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On the other hand, my reality changed when I fell prey to the classic use of manipulation against me with my sensibilities, and emotional sensitivity was violated. Here are my signs of mistreatment by Abiola Oke.

Has your CEO/Boss ever screamed at you rather than giving you feedback or criticism beneficial to your growth? I received messages saying “ARE YOU RIDICULOUS” countless times, I’ve had calls starting with “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?”

I witnessed and heard him scream at the staff in the conference room. Abiola struggled to express himself when he was upset and acted impulsively in his emotions.

Has your boss been inappropriate? Abiola entrusted his inappropriate behavior with me due to our pre-existing friendship. I can’t even begin to address daily transgressions of sending suggestive + provocative dms. He’d tell me how his friends thought he only hired pretty women.

Has your CEO/Boss created roadblocks that get in the way of the job, lead to pointless extra work, and create unnecessary frustration? Abiola Oke cancelled or rescheduled more meetings than he attended. He made my job very difficult by venting his emotions.

Has your CEO/Boss ever worried more about his perception of ‘CEO” than doing the required work? He would hate it when I made any decision without him and prioritized anything for the company especially the well-being of staff.

He would dislike me advocating for staff needs such as getting company laptops, requesting vacation, and getting resources to do their job. He wanted to uphold the dignity of the CEO by gaining the respect of staff that I had without meeting their needs.

Has your CEO/Boss taken advantage of you? I was consistently working overtime, I played the personal assistant role, and I juggled two to three jobs. He was extremely aggressive and vicious in his response, resorting to personal attacks and criticism if I dropped the ball.

Has your CEO/Boss been ineffective and toxic, mine has! Abiola managed company funds poorly. I have put thousands in my personal card during my time at OKA because the company card was declined regularly. He would not prioritize the staff safety and basic office needs.

What baffled me was when a C-level exec was hired I was asked to order an apple laptop on her first day at the office even though other employees who had been working on their personal laptop for years + were ignored/ asked to submit a repair bill for the company to cover.

A week before my termination, On Feb 22, 2019, Abiola asked to meet offsite for dinner at Dumbo house after missing our meeting during work hours. This meeting was primarily about my title change request which had been in limbo for about a year.

Our conversation lasted six hours, where he deflected the agenda of the meeting by expressing his pain point about how the staff did not understand his struggle as a CEO and his growing frustration of ‘doing everything by himself.’

I had no sympathy for his cry because I witnessed the company under Abiola’s leadership was not equipped with proper basic tools, managing employees, and building a team. Alternatively, he wanted everyone to have blind loyalty and get in line to respect the CEO.

Unfortunately, I lost respect for him that evening when he mentioned that firing everyone and starting fresh was the best solution.

A week later, Abiola messaged me at 6:35pm to come to the conference room. I found him and EIC, in the room where he said “the company is restructuring and we have to let you go” — believe it or not, he has told several people different stories as to why I was let go.