A veteran worker who worked at a company is going viral for refusing to train a new hire who got the promotion instead of her.
Videos by Wide Open Country
In a TikTok video, Jennifer Schroeder says her company passed her over for a promotion in favor of a recent college grad. They then expected her to train the new hire. She promptly refused
"I watched a 25-year-old get my promotion, and then they asked me to train her," Schroeder told her followers. "Here's what I said — No."
The veteran worker continued, "Not sorry. Not maybe. Just no. She shocked. Manager furious. HR email about team player. Don't care. They passed me over for promotion I earned. Gave it to someone with zero experience. Expected me to teach her job they said I wasn't good enough for. Train my replacement? Pay me."
Veteran Worker Goes Viral
She concluded, "Want 25 years knowledge? Triple salary consulting rates. Want me to smile while you humiliate me? Wrong person. Not your free training program, not making cheap hire look competent. Not handing over everything so you can pay her half. They said unprofessional. I said appropriately compensated or not sharing. They said not supporting team. I said team didn't support me. Silence. Second you stop being useful they stop caring. Stop pretending you owe them anything."
The veteran worker didn't reveal the company that she worked for. But she works as a "workplace advocate" on the side and gives advice on her TikTok. She urged her fellow workers to not get taken advantage of by their employer.
"I am not your free training program," Schroeder said. "I am not here to make your cheap labor look competent, and I am not going to hand over everything I know so you can pay her half of what you pay me."
In a follow-up, she revealed she ultimately parted ways with the company with a six-month severance pay.
"Ultimately, this experience has underscored the importance of standing firm on professional boundaries and the necessity for a fair corporate culture that cultivates talent rather than exploits it," Schroeder wrote below her video.
