Real struggle: Honesty served me right
It was the very first time my boss called me, so I just flew in. He gave me a warm welcome which is very seldom to find in workplaces these days. The meeting was mostly related to my promotion. My boss asked me how things are, he also enquired me about my colleagues. He wanted me to give honest feedback about my colleagues so I gave. One day, a colleague questioned me, "What did you talk about with our boss?" I honestly answered whatever I said in the meeting because if you like someone's work you say if you don't then again you say so. I said both the negative and positive sides of my colleagues without hiding anything from them. But it seemed they only heard the negative feedback and didn't even want to listen to the positive one. Though I tried to tell them twice/thrice they kept on interrupting and started getting annoyed at me. After a few days, one more colleague called me and said, "Girl you shouldn't have said such things. If you are not honest