My previous workplace preached about caring for mental health and it was the most toxic environment ever.

[FireFox]

Before I got fired earlier this year the place I worked was a very diverse workplace which always preached about equality and inclusivity. When it came it to mental health the workplace always preached about caring for mental health in the workplace newsletters, websites and did the whole mental health awareness projects during UK mental health awareness week.

The values they preached did not match how they treated me and it was a toxic environment where I felt never belonged and worst of all humiliated and disrespected.

●Within the months I worked I was regularly ignored by colleagues. I sent the whole department a Christmas card and my boss too thanking them for making me feel welcome when I started. I took time writing it and the majority of the department along with my boss said nothing not even a thank you. I got was 2 likes on the workplace communications group. The department has over 30 people.

● I got reputation for being a trouble maker due to criticising a extremely unpleasant client in a case and my criticism upset them so much. Everyone at work was talking about what I did. It was so terrible being now that employee in controversy. It became unpopular with the management

● My male boss blamed me for bringing problems to the department ever since I arrived. He even brutally criticised my immaturity and kept insulting me.

● My older colleagues humiliated me at work

● I was always so alone even at my lowest my colleagues abandoned me. 5 days before I got fired I said in an office meeting " Nobody says it but everyone thinks it I am the worst case assistant." I was so visibly upset and the entire room fell silent .

I was relieved when I got fired.

 

[day]

This is some coverup that companies and organizations do frequently to act like they care about a group of marginalized individuals. Like all the companies who promote pride, blm, and mental health but their work environments are known for being extremely toxic towards those people.

Also a thing is, most marginalized people don't want this "support" or whatever you call it. You're bringing attention to race, sexuality, gender, and mental health but that tends to backfire more than anything. Most the time this awareness just brings people out who complain then target individuals than people who actually support them.

 

[FuneralCry]

Those people really sound so cruel, it must had been awful being stuck with people like that.

 

[FormerlyFe(IV)]

LOL sounds about right

There was both a case of suicide and a case of sudden heart attack at an old company with the same BS values.
Sudden heart attack ain't normal for 20-something year olds. Everyone was overworked to the brim.
The stockkeeping team, the most vital for the whole fucking operation, was composed of like 10 interns and an intern as their boss.
They dangled promotions to interns but a lot didn't pan out or took too long to happen. I was lucky and only got an year of spreadsheet slavery.
Nobody clocked their time which meant that I pulled all-nighters, with my team, as an intern, and got nothing extra for it.
When I became full-time, they started dangling that damn promotion again. I was the best in my team and got shit recognition.

They had no sympathy when I burned out.