Bullying, gaslighting, and threats of getting fired were a daily occurrence. If we weren’t being used as a punching bag for the frustrations of management throughout multiple departments, then we were being thrown into meetings without notice to be used as an excuse for the incompetency and laziness of our manager who behind the computer screen could be seen relaxing with shoes off scrolling on the phone. Our managerial team ensured that we were placed into situations on a daily basis where we could not properly prepare ahead of time resulting in harassment by other managerial teams as a result for “our” incompetencies. Throughout the day, our manager would interrupt our own meetings and critical work to resolve her lack of understanding with responsibilities pertaining to her job alone. Blatantly ignoring our impossible workload, our manager would force us to sit with her and explain basic issues that had already been resolved or issues we were actively in other urgent communication for, often causing us to have to leave others waiting on the completion of our work. Some individuals on our team were often forced to sit in on meetings unbeknownst to the other meeting attendees and asked to explain to our manager what was actively occurring in those meetings. Having to hold our managers hand throughout the day so she could understand the basics of her job greatly took away from what we were able to complete, leading to conversations from our senior manager and the same manager about our work priorities and lack of efficiency. Our team was barely able to keep our heads above water while those from other teams we relied on for critical information and updates were in the same boat. What came out of us bringing these issues to light was an incredibly unprofessional and childish yelling fit from our senior manager and a passive aggressive environment where we could do nothing good no matter what our numbers showed, all because we “hurt our managers feelings”.
