So, this all started when I was two months into the job and was asked to change my delegate permissions on my outlook and contact IT to ensure my boss had access to my emails when I was abroad. I was naive and new – so I didn’t see it as a huge problem. After I got back from my trip (it was four days long), my boss had told me to contact IT to change the setting backs. In a jet lagged haze, I contacted IT and forgot to change the delegate permissions back on my Outlook settings.
Fast forward 8 months, my coworker emailed me and my colleague a question while I was on an hour phone call. 5 minutes later, my coworker receives an angry call from my boss asking her to not ask me or my colleague questions about particular aspect of her job (that my boss has no business being a part of.) My boss only oversees me, and not her. My coworker was confused as to how my boss knew she asked my the question, and I immediately remembered to look at my delegate permissions and saw my boss has had access to my emails this entire time.
So, I’m not sure how to feel. I feel violated and upset, but I’m worried I will rock the boat and make my job miserable if she knows I said something to management.