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The Whole Team Isolates Me Just for Speaking Up Chapter 10
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.After joining the senior R&D team, my life changed completely.Every day was either the testing center or the project meetings.The work was intense, but it was nothing like before.Before, the exhaustion came from constantly proving I had the right to speak.Now, it came from solving real problems alongside people who actually wanted to collaborate.The senior members on the team were great.Whenever we hit a technical roadblock, everyone would sit down together and talk it through.Nobody ever used their rank as a reason to tell someone else to shut up.In the beginning, I still rarely spoke up on my own.There were plenty of times I had an idea, a direction, but I'd catch myself hesitating out of habit.Because after so long, I'd learned to doubt myself.The team lead knew my history, but nobody made a big deal out of it.They just let me readjust to normal communication in the most natural way possible.During meetings, James would turn to
The Whole Team Isolates Me Just for Speaking Up Chapter 9
Because I was the only person on the entire team who passed the project assessment, the news spread through the company fast.The department in charge of reassigning project personnel was getting ready to transfer me to another team.What nobody expected was that a senior executive overseeing one of the company's core R&D projects had noticed my evaluation report.She reached out to me directly."Emma, I've gone through your project records from the past several quarters.""Your analytical skills, your risk assessment, your ability to solve problems independently. All of it is well above your peers.""Would you be interested in joining my R&D team?"I hesitated. "Right now? But I'm still just a regular project member."She smiled. "Ability and title don't always line up.""If you're willing, I can apply for a special development track with the company.""Starting next month, you'd get early access to senior-level projects and train with my team."She handed me an internal application f
The Whole Team Isolates Me Just for Speaking Up Chapter 8
Not one person in the conference room spoke. Every head was down.I looked at them, and suddenly it all felt absurd."The most useless thing I've ever said is probably everything I'm saying right now.""Because I've been spending all this time trying to prove to people who refuse to listen that I deserve to be heard.""And that, in itself, is a waste of time."The director was quiet for a moment. Then something seemed to click."Hold on.""In those earlier project meetings, when you tried to flag risk information and they all told you to stop, that was for the same reason?"Nobody answered.The director looked at Claire and her group."Who gave you the authority to decide whether an employee has the right to speak?""A team meeting is not a private conversation for a select few.""Every member has the right to share their perspective."His voice grew sharper."You've been emphasizing professionalism and team spirit this entire time.""So let me ask you.""Where was your team spirit?""
The Whole Team Isolates Me Just for Speaking Up Chapter 7
I looked at them."So your position has always been that I talk too much?"Claire lifted her chin. "Is that even a question?""You don't see it yourself?""If you didn't always insist on sharing pointless opinions, we wouldn't have developed the habit."I nodded. "Fine.""Then let's look at what I've actually said that was so pointless."I opened another set of meeting records.This one was a recording from a few months back, when the department was discussing a client event.Claire's voice came through."Does anyone know a good restaurant for a client meeting?"Then mine."The French place on Harper Street..."The next second, several familiar voices chimed in."STOP.""Emma, can you please not keep saying useless stuff?""It really kills the efficiency."I paused the recording and looked at Claire."What did I just say?""What was the question you asked?""You asked if anyone knew a good place for a client meeting.""And my answer was to recommend a restaurant that fit the brief.""H
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Claire and the others looked at me, that smug, we've-already-won expression creeping back across their faces.As if shoving the blame onto me would make the project failure have nothing to do with them.I let out a quiet laugh."Sir, I didn't deliberately withhold information, and I wasn't trying to prove I'm better than anyone.""They're right that I wasn't part of their group discussions.""But the reason isn't that I didn't want to join. It's that they never actually let me in."The moment I finished, Claire's voice shot up."That is not true!""We were in the office discussing every single day. She's the one who sat there and refused to participate."Mia backed her up. "Were we supposed to personally invite her over every day?""She's an adult. If she wanted to be part of the team, she should've taken some initiative."The rest of the group piled on."She always puts herself in the victim position.""It's clearly her own issue, but she keeps blaming everyone else."I didn't respond
The Whole Team Isolates Me Just for Speaking Up Chapter 5
It didn't take long for someone in the conference room to spot the issue.Mia stared at the data on the screen, her voice rising sharply."Wait. The indicators she used are completely different from ours.""Her data source isn't the public version.""No wonder her model ran. She didn't even use the same dataset we all agreed on."In an instant, every pair of eyes turned to me.I looked back at them. "Have any of you re-checked the data source these past few days?"The room was silent for one second.Then Claire laughed."STOP.""It's a number from a public database. Why would anyone need to check it every day?"Mia jumped in. "All of us verified it together. Are you saying we're all wrong?"I started to explain. "Because that database was later..."Before I could finish, the familiar voice cut in again."STOP.""Don't start explaining your theories again."The director walked over to the computer. He opened the data platform and carefully examined several key indicators.A few minutes
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