Navigating Workplace Intrigue: A Quest for Justice in a Toxic Environment

In a bizarre turn of events at my workplace over the past year, our office phone system has become the unintended target of a persistent and troubling intrusion—specifically, calls have been frequently rerouted to a dubious dating service. As frustrating as this situation is, we suspect an unethical coworker may be behind these disruptions, and despite reaching out to ATT for assistance, they’ve been unable to provide a solution. I’m turning to the community in hopes of uncovering a resolution to this baffling problem before I make the difficult decision to leave my job.

Working in a law firm, one would expect professionalism and ethical conduct to be the norm. However, I’m in a toxic environment filled with suspicion and hostility. The higher-ups appear to dismiss my concerns, seemingly unable to grasp why someone would attempt to sabotage their workplace. This state of affairs has me contemplating resignation, but I feel a strong urge to see justice served before I walk away.

What makes this even more perplexing is the nature of our phone system. We’re using antiquated Comdial phones, now known as Zeracom, serviced by AT&T. We have six phone lines, one being the primary line for clients. Unfortunately, these individual lines are frequently and inexplicably forwarded to a recording of a dating service, sometimes multiple times a day. Today alone, this happened four frustrating times. The only way to resolve the issue is to manually dial 73# or *73 to unforward each line, which has become an exhausting routine.

We’ve consulted with several professionals from both AT&T and the manufacturer of our phone system, all of whom insist that this redirection cannot be executed externally. This revelation suggests a significant breach that must be occurring within the office itself. Yet, despite our repeated presentations of these facts, management remains skeptical, proposing instead to switch carriers—a solution that overlooks the more pressing issue of internal sabotage. One of the main suspects is a coworker who happens to handle financial deposits, raising the stakes even higher for our investigation.

Given our lack of caller ID and the unreliability of *69, keeping track of who is behind these interruptions is a Herculean task. We even attempted to have AT&T disconnect the call forwarding feature, but the intrusions continue. After dozens of hours spent troubleshooting without meaningful results, our focus is now primarily on identifying the source of this chaos rather than merely preventing it.

Among our suspicions, one