There’s nothing worse than being reprimanded at work when you had no idea you were doing anything wrong.

That’s what happened to this person, who thought their work was satisfactory, but their manager said they’re “not being a team player.”

Now, this person has come to Reddit to see if this story really adds up!

Let’s find out for ourselves…

this has been irking me, got a verbal warning for not “Being a Team Player”

So, I started a new job about three months ago. So far, i’ve been liking it alot.

Its alot more hours then my previous job and i feel like i have a way to actually accumulate currency at a standard rate- rather then working maybe, at max, 10-12 Hours a week.

I’ve been working around standard 25~ Hours, with my next few weeks due to the insane amounts of problems coming up where i work being 32.

Seems like a pretty good gig.

The job in specific is online orders and dispensing them at a large corporate supermarket.

Generally, i do as im asked when im asked. I’ve been working the same as everyone else- keeping my head down and just doing what im told.

until, a few days ago when something came up.

About halfway through my Shift i was called into a managers office. I go there when i hear the call, and kinda just sit.

I get a lecture about “Being a team player” and the importance of being one, and was told that i was not being one. She gave a few specific examples that has my brain racked.

Uh oh…

Basically, it was about doing returns. and the reason this confused me was that I had been doing returns, quite a bit.

The issue was I didn’t have a work phone yet and did not shop at this local food market. So i wasn’t certain on locations and felt i wouldn’t get what i was asked, done on time.

So, i tried not to do them every single time i worked since i felt like, if i did, it would end up not working.

The other example was that i was “Picking and choosing” on what i worked. Which… just felt like a lie? I had been, to my knowledge, going top to bottom on orders as fast and as quickly as i could, like a colm.

Then what’s the real issue?

It has me somewhat paranoid that someone reported me, for basically nothing?

I’m unsure what to think right now but i’ve been kinda worried on this. Or that i haven’t been doing well.

The manager told me if I don’t do as i am told, I will receive a write up.

Besides that, from what i can tell, the other people i work with don’t have anything problematic about how i do my job, and that generally i “Do it well”.

Let’s get into the comments.

This person gave some advice for what the problem could be.

Another commenter points out some leading questions to ask.

While this person can relate and thinks it’s could be time to find a new job.

Don’t stay somewhere you’re not wanted. Might be time to find a new workplace!

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