'I moved desks to be away from drama': Mean girl coworkers leave an urn on employee's desk with the label 'ashes of problem employees'

Every naive employee has to learn how to create boundaries with one's coworkers. A professional work team is not a sorority no matter how much someone may try to create that dynamic. If you find yourself trying to be one of the cool kids at work, take a minute to step back and remember that this is not high school and you likely do not need your work relationships to overlap too much with your friendships outside of work. Of course, there are exceptions and there are plenty of work environments that can help create healthy relationships. This particular startup, however, does not apply.

This Redditor had to learn the hard way that the "cool kids" at her job were petty and manipulative. It got to the point where they would pick on her repeatedly and even made a terrible joke by leaving an urn on the employee's desk with the label "ashes of problem employees." This came after the employee tried to avoid drama by moving to a different work desk.

Keep scrolling below for the consequences once the employee's manager got involved. For more, check out this post about a new hire who discovered a mistake in her contract.