Halloween confessions 🎃

It’s Halloween. You’re anonymous here. Its time to release the guilt inside. It’s time to share your confessions. What have you once done in a professional setting which you’re not very proud of ?

Happy almost Halloween! What have been your most horrific experiences at work? I’ll go first. My manager went on a week long holiday, all the while not replying to texts or calls and came back and yelled at me for going on without his approval :__

Share your best workplace horror stories!

Hello Grapeviners. Few of us must have had to do some naughty stuff in order to pass an online or face to face interview. Could be second screen during online interview, a mobile used, using a proxy, having another person attend on another call going in parallel...And so on. Be frank and share it here😊

What's your biggest remote work fail?

Guys write down dirty corporate secrets in the comments which you feel is real. Let's start with me-: If you are quiet, calm and less talkative then you will be ridiculed by your manager and if you are proactive you will be hated by your colleagues.

Presented wrong numbers and half baked story to my GM 😂, boss pulled me up and told me to make sure I don’t repeat such mistakes and come better prepared for the meeting

I know sometimes we refrain from saying too much about our company. But exes can usually be talked about, since there's not much holding back. Maybe it helps someone else avoid a mistake you did, or gain a new learning :p Shoot.

Last month, someone on Grapevine commented with a cryptic message, revealing my workplace. Scary part, I have not mentioned it anywhere on the internet. No one knows except my immediate family. And then, they deleted the comment. But I was frantic and scared, overanalyzing all the conversations where I may have overshared. Was actively building my personal brand on LinkedIn and Twitter, but that came to a complete stop. I reached out to Grapevine support, who, apart from providing support, taught me a new Gen Z word: 'doxxing' (yeah, call me a boomer) I did find the leak in my 'anonymous' plan - I was hiring writers and had spoken with three who reached out through Grapevine. Now, can we get to the good part? A month later, I have spoken to more than double that number. Not hiring now, but conceptualizing ideas. I have a fitness buddy (who works out and I cheer), working on business ideas that started right here, and I'm looking forward to meeting more people (and probably grabbing some gigs). I am finally enjoying being on Grapevine, not worried about hiding my identity with Biryani. Image: This is what ChatGPT had to say about the incident, and I couldn't agree more. P.S. I don't share my workplace because 1. It's still probation, and 2. I work with a small team, hence I can be easily identified.