How do you deal with culture of fear, where things are not reported or addressed in fear of retaliation?

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This is such a great question, adding to that: how do you move forward in these situations when you can’t trust HR to take appropriate action?

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Ugh. This hurts my professional heart. Assuming you don’t trust HR, I would seek out someone in a leadership role whom you do trust. In my professional career, there is always at least 1 person who genuinely cares and wants to help. If not that, you seem to be referencing a toxic culture and obviously, you’re not the only person who senses it. Perhaps, gathering a group of your colleagues with whom you have commiserated and schedule a meeting with HR (safety in numbers) and/or agency leaders to discuss and document your concerns. Also, you should try to hold your agency accountable to an engagement/cultural survey (if they have one) and air your concerns there. Not a perfect answer, for sure, but I hope that gives some alternative avenues for redress.

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Move like a gangster.

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Thank you Nadia, I value and appreciate your advice.

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