I Spent 1,900 Hours on the Pitch. My Coworker Hit Send and Took My Bonus. “Done.”

After 1,900 hours crafting the perfect pitch, my coworker hit send, smiled, and took my bonus with a single word: “Done.” The click was quiet. The theft wasn’t.

I logged the sleepless nights and the drafts no one else wanted to touch. Final sunrise, final polish, I stepped away to breathe—and that’s when the email went out under their name. Policies said the sender owns the win; leadership applauded, and I watched my work paraded as theirs. This is a workplace manipulation tale for anyone who’s lived through credit-stealing, where revenge stories don’t start with rage, but with receipts. The turning point came when the “Done.” thread revealed version histories, calendar invites, and quiet patterns I hadn’t wanted to see. I didn’t blow it up. I organized. I learned how family-level betrayal can show up at the office, how boundaries harden, and how silence can be strategic. Consequences followed: meetings got tense, allies showed their colors, and a bonus shaped like a promise became a test of what I’d tolerate. The final move? Not loud. Not kind. Just fair. And it left a mark no reply-all could erase.

What would you have done?

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