She Beat Out Her Best Friend For A Promotion And Kept It A Secret, So Her Friend Is Barely Speaking To Her Now

This 29-year-old woman works in marketing and has been employed by the same company for five years. And just one year after she landed her position, her best friend Sara, who’s 28, also joined the company.
So, while they were always super close even before they became colleagues, getting to work with Sara has been pretty great.
“We’ve been supportive of each other through everything,” she said.
Around six months ago, though, their department had an opening for a new senior role, and both she and Sarah wanted that promotion. They each decided to apply and knew they were essentially competing against each other.
However, she and Sarah agreed that no matter what happened, they’d remain friends and continue cheering each other on.
“I was genuinely happy Sara was going for it, and I thought we both had a good chance,” she recalled.
Well, it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that she found out she actually got the promotion. She was obviously thrilled as well, but she realized Sara was going to be disappointed.
That’s why she opted to wait a couple of days to share the news with her friend. She just didn’t want to put it off for too long and risk Sara finding out in a meeting or something.
During those few days, though, Sara actually brought up the position and started making remarks about how much she wanted the role. Sara believed no one else in their department even deserved it since, apparently, her friend worked harder than everyone else.

Drobot Dean – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Then, when she finally told Sara the truth that she was the one who got the promotion, her friend was furious.
“Sara accused me of keeping it a secret because I ‘felt guilty’ and claimed that as her best friend, I should have told her immediately,” she revealed.
Their friendship is on the rocks now, with Sara barely speaking to her. Plus, she and Sara’s mutual friends agree that she was in the wrong. They stated that she lied by omission and allowed Sara to think she still had a chance to get promoted.
“I thought I was being sensitive to her feelings, but now I feel like maybe I went about it the wrong way,” she vented.
This has left her wondering if keeping her promotion from Sara really did make her a jerk.
Can you understand why she didn’t want to upset Sara? Should she have handled this differently?
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