'Now you expect me to give him pointers?': Worker gets passed up for promotion and asked for help by the successful candidate

Getting passed up for a promotion when you know you are deserving of the role is rough. Probably the only thing worse is being asked for help by the person who got the job and has no idea what they're doing—proving definitely that you should have gotten the role in the first place.

But, it's not uncommon for these types of things to happen in the workplace, where politics, corporate narratives, and other misguided decision-making processes often override actual logical reasoning. Unfortunately, as has been proven time and time again, it's not what you know… it's who you know and how those people feel about you. 

This worker shared their experience of being passed up for a lateral promotion to another team, which they partially applied to get away from the micromanaging head of their current work group. They didn't get the job, and the candidate they chose for the role had less experience in every regard, prompting the worker to turn in their notice. Before their last day, they were contacted by the person who had got the job asking them for help since they were the "go-to person" for the tasks they were now responsible for.