• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Yuuuuuuup.

    Invite also shows up in your inbox an hour or less before meeting time, and is completely irregular from your normal schedule.

    Protip: BACK EVERYTHING UP NOW if this happens. There’s a chance that IT hasn’t shut down your access to systems yet.

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    Ooohhh, I’ve been there!

    The CTO couldn’t keep his grubby hands of his employees, loved to “tickle” everybody because it was suuuuch a positive experience for all involved! None of the employees dared to say anything

    So anyway, I started blasting. I reported the fucker immediately, the branch where I worked for went ballistic, the one in Malta where he was stationed… Suggested I talk it out with him.

    So the Americas branch where I worked started a shit show while I went on my (already planned) vacation. All the VPs said they’d have my back!

    When I came back, my first meeting with my devs was replaced with a meeting with HR and the CTO who immediately dumped my ass.

    The very next day, the CTO himself was fired and he committed suicide shortly after (no joke)

    Moral of the story: fuck corporate environments, they’re fucking toxic as hell and promote this behavior and for all the “we got your back!!” Nobody showed up when I got axed because they were all scared for their jobs, except me.

    No. Regrets.

  • Ahh yes, September '24. I got my email notice about the “Teams” appointment.

    I sent a pre-emptive reply and notified them of my diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

    Kept my job. Enrolled in counseling.

    Still pluggin’ along.

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    Oof i’ve walked into this before. Worked for one of the Big 4 banks in Australia. They start with “How was your morning? Good? Excellent opens folder now lets talk about the drugs in the carpark”. Can’t believe i survived that lol

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        Lol it was basically a “trade” in the carpark with some higher ups and someone ratted. Turns out all they cared about was “how compromised you were”. Once they investigated and found it was just one person who “witnessed” and reported it, everything was over in a few days.