"Long before she left the corporate world to advise others on career advancement, Tabatha Jones didn't get a promotion in a way she says felt "completely unexpected." She was, after all, the person at the major telecom company her colleagues would consider the natural successor to her then-boss, who was getting ready to vacate the director-level role. "I was her next person on the bench. I was sitting in the room"
"when it was announced it was someone else. And it was very hard to contain my emotions," Jones recalls. After the meeting, Jones "just looked at her and said, 'I'm not feeling very well. I'm going home.'" And when she came back the next day, she "had a very honest conversation with her about how hard I had worked, my accomplishments, and why I felt I deserved that job.""
Tabatha Jones expected a promotion and was seen as the natural successor, yet the role went to someone else. She left a meeting shaken, returned the next day, and candidly described her work, achievements, and reasons she felt she deserved the job. She later learned the decision was not an intentional snub. The account highlights lessons from a viral reaction to a high-profile social-media move and stresses the importance of managing one’s narrative, avoiding a victim mentality, and using setbacks as an opportunity to engage leaders rather than withdraw.
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