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When career opportunities feel tainted by loss

My boss offered me the promotion my late colleague was supposed to get and I feel like I'm profiting from her death.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement following others' deaths can trigger survivor guilt that poisons achievement.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief in the workplace?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.