Stop Stalking
By Raine38
@Raine38 (12387)
United States
August 22, 2023 7:04pm CST
My former boss' executive assistant keeps viewing my LinkedIn profile. At first, I thought she's just curious on how I've been, or if I have a new job. I do, but I haven't updated my profile yet. I don't know, I'm not yet in the mood and plus I am busy catching up on Mylot. 
The following day, I saw that she viewed my profile again. I was confused, but still okay, maybe she thinks something will change for me. When she starts viewing my profile everyday multiple times a day, I decided to block her. I don't like her anyway. She got mad at me when I refused to divulge information about other employees to her. She even said that she can just ask our boss about it, so I told her that she sure can. I know that she will never get any answers from him, because my boss knows better than to ask me about it himself.
In every workplace, there will always be people like her who likes to stir the pot. At first, I fell for her "concern" and "wanting to help" approach, until I realized that information that should be kept confidential are now being discussed in the open. I am at fault too, for trusting her so I learned my lesson on that pretty quickly. It's too bad, because she is good at what she does, but unfortunately the professional maturity is something that she needs to hone. One of these days, she will get herself in trouble if she does not stop. Initially, I thought I'll talk to her about this, but then I am days away from leaving the organization so I changed my mind.
The following day, I saw that she viewed my profile again. I was confused, but still okay, maybe she thinks something will change for me. When she starts viewing my profile everyday multiple times a day, I decided to block her. I don't like her anyway. She got mad at me when I refused to divulge information about other employees to her. She even said that she can just ask our boss about it, so I told her that she sure can. I know that she will never get any answers from him, because my boss knows better than to ask me about it himself.
In every workplace, there will always be people like her who likes to stir the pot. At first, I fell for her "concern" and "wanting to help" approach, until I realized that information that should be kept confidential are now being discussed in the open. I am at fault too, for trusting her so I learned my lesson on that pretty quickly. It's too bad, because she is good at what she does, but unfortunately the professional maturity is something that she needs to hone. One of these days, she will get herself in trouble if she does not stop. Initially, I thought I'll talk to her about this, but then I am days away from leaving the organization so I changed my mind.5 people like this
5 responses
@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
23 Aug 23
I learned this the hard way. Unfortunately I am a sucker for new friends and my weakness is when people showed me kindness then I am hooked. But I will not let her ruin it for the rest of the decent people that I will meet along the way. But yes, it's manipulation at its finest.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
29 Aug 23
@Shavkat I tried to address this with her before, and she flat-out denied it. She even tried to accuse me of power-tripping, as I am way above her in the organizational hierarchy. Our boss did not believe her, and that's when I found out that she's had the same issue way back. Makes me wonder why they cannot hold her accountable. One of the things that I can see is she's good at what she does at work. But that's just about it, the professionalism, attitude and maturity is sorely lacking. And to think that she's older than I am. Not that age is a good indicator of one's maturity. But one can only hope! 
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
23 Aug 23
Ignore her, some people are crazy, 13 o clock.
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