When a Career Move Becomes a Setback
I left a senior role to pivot into a new field — instead, I landed in a toxic environment with incompetent, bullying managers. My promotion, overdue by 8 years, didn’t happen. I walked out to protect my mental health. The role I took next set me back a decade, but I had to escape. Now I ask: should I report what happened, even if HR won’t act? Maybe not for me — but to protect the next person. Silence protects the wrong people.

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