India, April 24 -- A seasoned manager with over a decade of experience is facing a crisis of confidence after accidentally discovering her team's secret group chat. While searching an ex-employee's laptop for a missing file, she stumbled upon a thread where her team members ranted about her, sharing their "unfiltered thoughts", despite being respectful in person. The manager was crushed by the team's hidden sentiments, prompting her to question her leadership style.

"I found their secret group chat and read about me," the manager wrote, adding, "A previous employee resigned and I was using his laptop to find a file that wasn't uploaded on our shared drive. There it was - the secret group chat of everyone in your team without me. Talking ...