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Author, fanwriter, trash bandit, queer geek feminist, dork. Jack of all pronouns, mxtress of none. Yells about hockey. Aussie in the US.

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    1. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      So, a small thread on a thing I've not often seen discussed: how stressful it can be to keep applying for jobs, or to agencies, or other work-related institutions, when you've got a history of being mistreated by employers, clients, customers or coworkers.

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    2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      In any other emotional, interpersonal context, like friendships or relationships, we accept that a toxic, upsetting or abusive past history necessitates healing before moving forward, often such that it's a thing we eventually divulge to new friends or partners.

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    3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      But when it comes to workplace trauma, because we live in a world where it's frequently work or die for WAY too many people, or where, even with social safety nets in place, "recovering from my abusive boss" is not considered a reason to delay jobseeking, we just... ignore it.

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    4. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      It's taken me a long time to realise that some of the genuine issues I have around trust, insecurity and fear of rejection are the result of working for toxic people early in my working life, in a context where employees are *never allowed to discuss this with new employers*.

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    5. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      Outside the workplace, it's taken me ages to be able to say, "hey. sometimes I feel super vulnerable and insecure, and I'll sometimes need my friends and loved ones to reassure me that I'm valued." But I can't even IMAGINE ever saying that to a boss, especially as a temp worker.

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    6. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      And like, I'm still coming at this from a position of massive privilege! The trauma inflicted on exploited, abused workers, particularly those doing manual labour, service work, retail or who work in other unprotected industries, is both massive and largely unaddressed.

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    7. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      But even as someone who's spent most of their working life in offices, I don't think I've ever held a job - even a good job! - where I've actually felt secure or valued to the point of not worrying about being randomly fired. And that is COMMON. And THAT is VERY BAD.

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    8. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      One of the reasons I utterly loathe the stock, largely identical, jargon-packed job descriptions put on sites like Seek by job agencies is that they give you zero sense of the kind of person you'll actually be working for. It makes every application a total roll of the dice.

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    9. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      The graunching soullessness of much "professional" officework has long been culturally acknowledged; but even when basically every modern story acknowledges basic workplace horrors, we don't really ever address it in terms of "this stuff can cause actual mental health issues".

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    10. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      In a domestic context, a partner or parent whose moods are unpredictable, who shouts or rages or threatens one minute and then laughs the next, who punishes others for things they do themselves, who bullies and expects total obedience, would be considered abusive. But a boss?

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      Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

      Even when we get to the point of saying "abusive boss" to describe such people, we don't attach the same emotional needs to their victims - future security, better treatment, healing time, redress - because to do so would be to acknowledge that capitalism makes this impossible.

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        2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          Similarly, if a friend, partner or relative treated us dismissively, as if we didn't matter, ignoring boundaries and blithely asserting control over our time and lives regardless of our wishes to better suit their needs and pulling guilt trips if we resisted? We'd call that Bad.

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        3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          But when an employer does the same thing? Oh, well, the needs of the business come first, clearly!

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        4. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          Even in creative fields, this stuff happens. Hell, it's half the reason why you end up with so many abusive douchebags remaining in powerful positions in TV and film: because even when an employee moves on, complaining about old bosses to new ones is Utterly Forbidden.

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        5. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          That's an extreme example, especially in the recent context, but it also applies at other levels, too. For example: when writers who are POC talk about the constant microaggressions they have to deal with in publishing, with editors & agencies & at cons, it's the same damn thing.

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        6. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          "You shouldn't complain," says the received wisdom. "Don't make waves. You'll make yourself unpublishable if you talk about this in public. You'll mark yourself out as a Difficult Author, and you don't want that, do you?" AUGH.

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        7. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 6 Apr 2018

          Anyway. There's a lot more I could say about this, but I'm just tired. I'm at a point where I need to be marketing myself to agencies and agents and I just Can't, because I've got zero self-confidence after what happened last time. So instead, have a thread about stuff. THE END.

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