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"[Today I messed up] by trying to help my coworker, but they ended up getting written up!
So I have a coworker who I've worked with for about 6 months, and she's pretty chill, but I wouldn't say we're friends. A couple of days ago, she texted me saying she was running late because of a family emergency and asked if I wouldn't mind clocking her in since she didn't want to be in trouble for being late.
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I really contemplated doing it since I know I could get in trouble for it, but I figured it was a family emergency, which I sympathized with, and she's never asked for anything like this before. So I waited a few minutes and clocked her in about 5 minutes after her shift was supposed to start, but she ended up being over 30 minutes late, which really had me regretting my decision to help her. Once she got in, she was very apologetic and appreciated me helping her. I said no worries, and we moved on.
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Today, my manager pulled me aside to talk about some inconsistencies with the time logs. Apparently, our system actually tracks when we log into our workstation on top of clocking in, and the manager noticed there was quite a discrepancy on that day. My manager asked if I had clocked in for her, and I admitted I did and explained the situation. This ended up with my coworker getting written up, and myself getting a warning for clocking her in.
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My coworker is upset with me for outing her, which is ridiculous because she should have just been honest and shown up late, and I did a huge favor for her, which sacrificed my job on top of things. Safe to say I won't be helping her ever again.
TL;DR: [Today I messed up] by clocking in my coworker when she was running late, now she got written up, and I got a warning."
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Two female coworkers helping one another in the office.
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Most people in the coworker's position would have been grateful to have the support of someone like the author. Even if things didn't go their way and they still got in trouble with management, they likely would have stepped up and advocated on the author's behalf to ensure that they would not take the fall for their mistake.
Unfortunately, this coworker sounds like the kind of person who only cares about your situation if it benefits her. Since she received her own form of punishment, she had no desire to take on more ridicule, even if it meant that the author would get written up.
Now, it is worth acknowledging that there are other adults in this scenario who could have recognized that the coworker was fully to blame. First, the author now knows that this person could not be trusted, but clearly, they could have advocated for themselves more to their manager. Once it became clear that the coworker was willing to throw them under the bus, the author should have stopped playing nice and defending her.
As for the manager, he also could have acknowledged that the coworker was fully at fault here and that the author was pressured to help her out. Sure, what the author did was against protocol, but it was minor, and it wasn't their idea. Where do you fall on this issue? Sound off in the comments!
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