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REACTION 4

 I recently came across a young professional sharing that she left a good paying job due to the toxic environment which was the brain child of the Managing Director.

The summary of her complaints were:-

- No detailed job description.

- All instructions were verbal.

All instructions were to be carried out immediately.

- Turn around time of all instructions was 5 minutes.

For her sanity sake, she had to resign.

REACTION

I shall share with briefly, my experiences in three companies I worked.

Firstly, My colleague who was meant to provide staff uniforms, acuse yours truly in a Union/Management meeting of failing to provide the same staff uniforms. The CEO came to my defense.

Secondly, There was this company I worked where the Managing Director refused to pay thirteenth month salary inspict of the fact the current year's nine months performance was better than the previous years performance by 60%. Again, the FC who had the MD in his pocket, bought two officials for yours truly and another manager and decreed a Toyota to yours truly and a Nissan for the other, which we set at nought.

Finally, There was this company I joined with attendance issues and when I took action the Managing Director took side with the employees. I suddenly fell ill and resigned.

In all three cases, I worked 1 year and 5 months in the first, 1 year 4 months in the second and 3 days in the third.

My honest advice to HR Professionals is what you cannot endure continuously, do not endure it for more than one day.

Conclusively, working in a toxic environment is a personal choice.

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