They deleted a file off the company shared drive. The advice: tell your team leader.

A Naver Q&A asker nuked a shared-folder file, and it wasn't in the recycle bin either.

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Anonymous · 2025.08.01

Accidentally deleted a file from the company shared folder…모르고 회사 공유폴더에서 파일 삭제…

I accidentally deleted a file from the company shared folder and it's not in the recycle bin either ㅜ What do I do ㅜ모르고 회사 공유폴더에서 파일 삭제했는데 휴지통에도 없어요ㅜ 어떻게 하나요ㅜ

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  1. Chosen answer

    You should tell someone at team-leader level quickly and get it handled.

    빨리 팀장급에게 알려서 처리해야 할 듯 합니다.

  2. Original posterOP

    I am the team leader.

    제가 팀장인데요.

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💡 Why is "tell your team leader" the automatic answer?
In Korean offices the 팀장 is the rank that owns problems — you report up and they escalate. The asker is already that escalation point, with nobody left to hand the panic to.vs. the US: "just tell your manager" — said to the manager.Klore note

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