Work and Money
After leaving a job, must you respond to every rumor about you from your former company?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
You do not necessarily need to respond to every rumor. Especially after leaving the workplace, when each retold account is difficult to establish clearly, continually reading and arguing may only keep the hurt alive.
I have discussed friends who were already unhappy at work and, after leaving, heard accounts from colleagues or clients that differed from their own understanding. This made them angrier and more distressed. Not everyone can bear such things easily. Simply telling them not to care does not mean the words have no impact.
If gossip keeps arriving and reading it makes you increasingly upset, I suggest reducing contact with it first. Stop continually checking those messages. Leave groups or block incoming content when needed, and avoid repeatedly entering disputes where truth and falsehood are difficult to distinguish. At the same time, return to what you do well and gradually build inner strength, so that others' accounts do not become a complete rejection of yourself.