I work in a team of just my manager and one other colleague (same level as me) - colleague has now got a promotion. This was a promotion they were put forward for and not an advertised role. I had absolutely no idea.
I am currently on annual leave and colleague feels the need to message me to tell me she got a promotion. Of course it made me feel shit but I sucked it up and said congratulations etc.
My issue isn’t so much the promotion but how I was told. Firstly this has just consumed my mind at a time I’m away from the office and don’t want to think about work and that I felt like it should have been my manager who told me privately - so I could then ask them for feedback as opposed to not being in the office for another week. It almost felt like she was gloating and I felt it was really inappropriate and this really does change the team dynamics so it does impact me.
My judgement is a bit clouded as obviously I’m feeling disappointed and that I had no prior knowledge of this - it wasn’t like we both had an interview and I was prepared to get a yes or no, it just came out of nowhere for me.