How good are you at judging a person’s character, especially a co-worker’s? I believe I suck at it.
I just found out recently that a former co-worker of mine was responsible for some pretty nasty, behind-the-scenes office maneuvering and politicking that eventually helped me decide to leave my job at one of the companies that I used to work for. I feel like Caesar during his assassination, “Et tu, Brut?”
It’s quite sad because I treated him as a friend. I even used to envy him for his work ethic. But this guy, so I’ve heard, apparently has a lot of issues that he needs to sort out at present. And in my opinion, being a “backstabber” is one of them. It’s too bad he didn’t take the “Indian Talking Stick” approach by speaking to me and clarifying things.
In any case, it’s water under the bridge and a blessing in disguise. Life goes on, the earth spins, and karma gets to you.