Let’s talk about email trauma. I once had a boss who would send walls of passive-aggressive feedback at midnight with subject lines like “Quick Thought” that turned into five-paragraph takedowns. Then they’d show up to the 9am meeting like nothing happened. To this day, a vague “Can we chat?” subject line makes my stomach drop. I’ll even re-read a simple message ten times just to make sure I didn’t miss some hidden threat. Anyone else still carrying digital PTSD from a toxic job?

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YES! This is exactly how I felt at my current job, so I finally had to tell my boss she needed to give me more than just “can we chat,” or it would send me into a tailspin. Now she always prefaces it by telling me what we need to chat about, so I don’t get that pit in my stomach anymore 😂

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