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Anyone read this blog?
https://www.theytriedtokillmebut…
It's called Corporate Gaslighting, and it's basically a guy from R/GA who — after experiencing an exceptionally toxic workplace earlier in his career — started collecting stories of bullying, abuse, and toxicity in the workplace, particularly in ad agencies.
It's shocking stuff ... but only from the point of view that I'm finally able to identify a lot of the stuff I went through, too, over the years in this business.
And it's really, really fucking depressing.
- hahh, i can't be thankful enough to my first workplace where i got the full spectrum. it helped me to make the right decisions to avoid places like that.********
- Unfortunately, not all toxic workplaces (or bosses) show themselves for what they are from the onset. The reality often comes later after the contract is signedContinuity
- Facts are: if you come from an upper class family, have private education, but no intelligence or skills, love to party, take drugs, drink, whore houses etc....shapesalad
- ... you use dads connections, money, and your prestige to either start an AD agency, or work high up in one. Whereby you party and piss take, and your staff areshapesalad
- unwitting slaves, dedicated to the craft, but managed by egotistical lazy drug taking idiots. At least that's been my 15y experience in LDN.shapesalad
- It's thusly called "The Advertising Industry." At least the rise of in-house is filtering out such people, who now do "start-ups" and spend all day in a wework.shapesalad
- I worked at R/GA that place was dogshit.cannonball1978
- I was gaslit for two years. Fucked me up for a long timescarabin
- Yup, it does fuck one up. Badly.Continuity
- hahh, i can't be thankful enough to my first workplace where i got the full spectrum. it helped me to make the right decisions to avoid places like that.