I started a job recently. When I started training I realized it was for a call center, which neither the job listing nor interview mentioned. I stuck with it because I needed a job, but wasn’t enjoying it upon getting out of training.
I asked my hiring manager if I could switch to a different position, otherwise I’d probably leave. I got a call from a supervisor, we’ll call her Grace, and she asked what I didn’t like about the role. I explained I thought I was being hired for a different position and didn’t like this one. Grace got me in contact with HR, who decided to promote me to another position because they like retaining recent college grads and saw potential in me.
Fast forward a little bit, I’m starting this new position and enjoying it more. However, I was chatting with the other new hires and one of them mentioned having a long phone call with Grace recently, and that Grace was talking about me a lot.
Apparently Grace told the new hire something along the lines of: “I don’t want you to think people get promotions because they complain” and explained to the other new hire what happened in my situation.
I just feel like it was inappropriate for Grace to talk about my situation, including talking about my grievances with HR, to another employee and also make a passive-aggressive comment about how I got the promotion. Especially because she was part of the process of listening to my complaints and helping resolve them.
I’m not sure how to proceed and would like advice.