Investigation Reveals New Colleague Lied about Language Skills and Was Fired

It’s a situation that many of us have encountered before: you catch a colleague in a lie. But it’s a different story when the lie is serious enough to result in that employee getting fired. That’s exactly what happened to a new colleague who was lying about her language skills, as a Reddit user recently shared in a post. The original post was updated with a follow-up of what happened after the initial incident, and the result was surprising. Read on to find out the rest of the story!

Colleague exposed for lying about language skills and was fired.

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Colleagues shared conflicting advice on how to handle the situation, but ultimately the colleague was fired for lying about their language skills.

A colleague confronting the individual reveals a hidden truth – that Cathy had been lying about her language skills and was subsequently fired.

Cathy’s version of events was found to be false, leading to her termination.

Colleagues spread false stories about her language skills, resulting in her firing.

HR investigated and confirmed an employee lied and was fired after a month.

Cathy lied about her language skills and was fired after a colleague exposed her and she started calling people names.

Cathy was caught in a lie and asked to leave the job after being challenged to prove her language skills.

After Cathy’s deceit was revealed, she was fired for lying about her language and work experience abroad.

Relief and vindication for coworkers after investigation confirms colleague lied about language skills ‍♀️

Edit: A hiring process without language tests revealed a candidate lied about her skills, leading to her firing.

Investigation reveals new colleague lied and was fired

A couple of months ago, events unfolded at work that revealed a new colleague’s language skills were not what she had said they were. The situation escalated quickly as the colleague began rolling her eyes at the original poster in meetings, and talking behind their back. After the original poster took advice to document the incident, HR was brought in. Following a meeting with HR, the colleague was asked to leave after admitting she had lied about her language skills and other work experiences. The original poster is relieved that the situation is resolved and is confident it was not their fault.