Office LifeSep 27, 2019
NewXY2000

Looking for Help of being the Office Pariah

Nine years ago I was doing really well at my company, promoting well, and doing great. Then an emotioanlly destructive Divorce hit my world and I got drunk just after ink was drying on my decree and made a fool out of myself at a company party. I learned my lesson... I now avoid company parties because I get the long stares just being in the room. My team members really like working with me, I bring a lot of value, do a great job, but if I see my team outside my group’s area they treat me like they dont know me. In fact they will avoid me at all costs. I figured over the years it would be forgotten. I had a new employee come onboard recently, and introduced. As they walked away, their co-worker warned them I had a bad reputation and it would be career-limiting to be friends with me. What really got my attention is that after that time I made a fool out of myself, I suspended my FB account. I recently opened it back up, and most of my company FB friends unfriended me within days. I even have it to where co-workers will say hi to the co-workers I am talking to professionally and avoid saying hi to me at the same time. I find that generally rude. Oddly my managers and VP really like me. I get great reviews. I am one of those people that knows how to fix any problem and can turn bad situations around. I have been with the company for nearly 20 years so I have a lot of invested and vacation time I would hate to give up, plus I like my job. I am surprised no one in higher places has put an end to all of this. I am looking for ideas and solutions. I know easier to find a new company and start anew, but I am just not there yet.

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Facebook gfg101 Sep 27, 2019

Dude it’s insane that you are still there. Your coworkers sound like assholes (depending on what you did of course) and there is no way to fix this. The worlds a big place, go somewhere else.

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XY2000 OP Sep 27, 2019

I just got drunk and danced with all my female coworkers including a VP from another department.

Salesforce OpPN30 Sep 27, 2019

Is that it? That made you a social pariah?

Salesforce OpPN30 Sep 27, 2019

There is no way around it. You are going to have to find another company. There is no magic bullet to repairing your reputation if it is as described.

Deloitte Gfes23 Sep 27, 2019

Yea this sucks. Same boat as you not the drunk part. Great reputation then make some mistakes and everyone are like vultures feasting on your good name. Unfortunately the only way Is to leave.