Careers · by Silver Sparrow · 2026-10-07

took an internal promotion and now my old teammates act weird

Same company, same floor, different role with actual management bits now. A couple people are great. A couple have started doing this jokey 'oh sorry boss' thing and leaving me off lunch plans. I didn't expect it to sting this much.

8 sparks · 6 comments

Comments

Midnight Fern · 11 likes

Transitions like that are awkward even when nobody means harm.

Chloe Davis · 9 likes

Some folks are projecting their own stuff. Doesn't mean you did the wrong thing.

Haruto Sato · 8 likes

Make time for 1:1s. People get less weird when they know you still see them as people.

Alma Nilsson · 7 likes

Also: if someone crosses into passive-aggressive sabotage, address it early.

Rohan Mehta · 3 likes

I lost a lunch crew over a lead role years ago. It hurt, then I built new rhythms. Give it time.

Zeynep Demir · 1 likes

The 'sorry boss' jokes usually fade if you don't feed them, but yeah they can feel awful.