Woman searches her name on Google Drive and finds negative feedback from her co-worker
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A woman has issued a warning against searching for her name on Google Drive after accidentally discovering negative comments from a co-worker who accused her of being “really selfish”.
TikTok user Liz Jane, who uses the handle @thelizajanewent viral after detailing how he stumbled upon his private interview notes while trying to find a document with his name in the title in his company’s cloud-based storage.
“I was hired, obviously, and it was mostly positive feedback, except for a note from one of my co-workers,” he explained. “It was a bit personal, and it really had nothing to do with work. So I sat with it and lingered on it for a long time.
TikTok user Liz Jane has gone viral after sharing how she found negative comments about her on her company’s Google Drive.
Liz admitted that the negative comments changed the way she looked at her coworker, even though he made that comment thinking she would never read it.
“If you choose to do this, you may not like what you find,” he said.
The stitched video was a response to user @dandydemon, who encouraged people to search their companies’ Slack channels for their names.
Liz later opened up about her coworker’s nasty comments in a follow-up clip after commenters asked for more details.
“The comments basically said that I was very selfish for only wanting a remote job, and that was probably my only motivation for wanting this particular job, which was not true,” he recalled.
He explained that he was looking for a document with his name in the title when he accidentally stumbled across the private interview notes.
“I wanted to work in the technology industry, and I wanted to work on that specific software that they were developing.”
Liz said remote work was “like a cherry on top” because she was exhausted and coming from a toxic work environment where she couldn’t leave her desk.
“I couldn’t even go to the bathroom without asking or telling someone to watch the phones for me,” she explained. “So yeah, I was excited to be able to work from home, have that flexibility, and work in an industry that I really wanted to be in.”
“When I look back, I really think it was just because I was so excited that I wasn’t going to be chained to my desk anymore, so I don’t hold it against him or anything. It’s something that when I first read it, I thought, “My God, am I a really selfish person? Am I doing this for the wrong reason?”
The comments were “mostly positive”, apart from a comment from a co-worker who accused her of being “really selfish for just wanting a remote job”.
Liz’s original video has been viewed more than 1.2 million times and has inspired others to share their own stories in the comments.
Liz explained in a third video that she tipped off her manager that she had access to that information and that other people could probably see it as well.
“Honestly, to their credit, they blocked it pretty quickly and restricted access to those documents,” he said. “But based on all the feedback I got on that video, it wasn’t a one-off, and it probably happens a lot more than we think.”
Liz’s original video has been viewed more than 1.2 million times and has inspired others to share their own stories in the comments.
“I did this and found out they were planning to fire me,” one person wrote.
Liz explained in a follow-up clip that she tipped off her manager that she had access to that information and that other people could likely see it as well.
Liz said that based on feedback she’s received, this happens “a lot more than we think.”
“I did this to try to find the last report I submitted to verify a detail,” added another. “I found my performance report calling me lazy, unmotivated and always tired.”
“I found an excel spreadsheet of every mistake I’ve ever made at work, even the smallest one,” someone else shared. “I sent it to myself, then HR, my boss, and my boss’s boss in a resignation email that I also cced the girl who did it.”
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