To the Googlers sending me private messages about the troubles they're having there: I'm sorry you're experiencing distress and unhappiness.
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But honestly, I have no idea. I handled my shit at there by just quietly accepting it all for years until I couldn't anymore.
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The silence caused me lots of stress, pain, & grief (previously documented here ICYMI: https://medium.com/thelist/the-other-side-of-diversity-1bb3de2f053e …). So I stopped being silent.
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Speaking up didn't fix a damn thing, but it made me feel better. I didn't feel complicit in my own unhappiness there anymore.
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Ultimately, tho, IANAL, or the Oracle, or Mrs. Cleo, or any other magical negro, so I can't tell you what to do in your various situations.
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Unfortunately, IME, nothing you say or do is going to make any appreciable difference in what happens there. Which sucks, I know.
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You kinda want to believe you can change things, that you can make a difference, that you can make your experience better.
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...even the best coal trimmer couldn't change the course of the Titanic.
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Notice that I'm not writing this on internal G+. IMO, the only thing that will cause any significant change in your situation is to leave.
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@EricaJoy I may be projecting my own experiences here, but I wish someone had sent me this earlier in my career:http://issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html - View other replies
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@garychou Jesus. Wow. Wow.
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