One executive told us to have a “challenger mindset.” Now employees are challenging leadership, and apparently this wasn’t what they had in mind.
Suddenly, we’re whiners. It’s all speculation. This place is unhealthy. Stop reading. Stop posting.
Sure, there are trolls. There are rumors. Nobody has to believe everything here. We’re adults. We can ask questions, compare information, and decide what holds up. A bad post doesn’t erase someone else’s experience.
Read what people are actually saying. There are accounts of people afraid to answer eNPS honestly. People who say they raised concerns and nothing changed. A commenter identifying themselves as an executive director described being mistreated by a leader above them. Having a title doesn’t necessarily protect you from this culture.
How many chances does a leader get to improve while everyone underneath them is expected to absorb the damage? Where is that same patience for employees? People shouldn’t have to spend their careers waiting for someone above them to learn how to treat them.
And if you’re a leader here complaining that employees are speaking up, who’s actually whining? Address what they’re describing instead of demanding they stop describing it.
To those saying, “That leader was always good to me” maybe they were. That doesn’t make everyone else wrong. It’s uncomfortable to question someone you’ve defended for years. But people don’t owe you silence so you can keep believing the best about them.
For some people, this is the first place they’ve said what happened and heard, “You weren’t the only one.” That matters. Don’t let anyone shame you out of it.
Keep sharing what you personally know. Be clear about what’s firsthand and what you’ve heard. Protect your privacy and other people’s. Assume leaders may be reading and remember that their discomfort doesn’t make your experience less relevant.
If you need a break from this board, take one. That’s your choice. But taking care of yourself and speaking up aren’t opposites. We want this company to change. That means listening, addressing the behavior, and replacing leaders who keep getting chances while the people beneath them keep paying for it.
Employees have spent years being told to adjust. It’s time leadership did some adjusting.
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