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What to text back when a coworker says « must be nice to be new »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

Coworker

must be nice to be new

Resentment as a joke

What they actually meant

A joke with resentment inside it. They think you're getting slack they don't get. It's about their situation, not your performance, and it doesn't require a defence.

How loaded this is · loaded

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

haha still figuring everything out honestly

Hold your ground

not sure how to take that. everything ok?

Change the game

We'd send this one

if i'm missing something i should be doing, tell me

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