So...my HR person gave my cell phone # to a fellow employee...

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lazydays wrote:
You trusted a coworker? Hahaha rookie mistake. They lie to you every day. You just don't know when. Try reading their email. You will never trust another person again.

reading someone else's email is not ethical, and it may be illegal. I know you worked in some IT positions so maybe you were entitled to check their email to protect the company. But for the rest of us, non IT people, reading someone else's email is probably asking for trouble.