Osama Dorias

"Regarding OT, when you're told that you're part of a family (the studio) and should give yourself to it without thinking of it as OT but as time with people you care for."

"In meetings, everyone feeling that they need to be defensive so much that people who are in agreement will argue before they realise they're on the same page."

"When people consistently fuck up but there are no consequences, and those individuals just being moved around or promoted while the rest of the team having to constantly fix/clean up after them."

"Them: Here's a task, how long will it take? You: 5 days Them: oh come one, we both know you can do it in 2."

"Had a manager slam their fist at a table because they were so pissed I told the receptionist the client was coming in but she didn’t tell me it was a privileged conversation. I felt very dumb bc of similar shit that after 6 months I couldn’t even print something due to anxiety."

"A creative directer threw a controller across the room. it broke against the wall. it was repeated childish, violent behaviour in front of two dozen people, and no one said a word."

"After yearly reviews their lead received critical feedback - they proceeded to drag their direct reports in a room 1 by 1 to find out who gave them negative feedback, which was a major fear tactic. No one is willing to be brave enough to give them any sort of feedback after."

"Making up reasons to HR to get you fired, then HR ignoring your requests for proof of this."

"When a lead received critical feedback during yearly reviews, they approached every member of their team and demanded to know who wrote them negative feedback. This lead to a lack of honesty and ability to give critique to that entire team..."

"Secret, internal rankings of employees (including if they do OT or not) to base future project call-backs on. Plus they can never act on any negative feedback bc they are never told."

“General manager constantly punishes individuals in meetings. I can literally hear her yell at other bosses and employees. HR is also friends with them, creating an unhealthy net of safety. Staff is on a constant turnover year after year. EVERYONE replaced, except for her.”

"Ive had a horrible experience where there wasn’t a lot of work to go around. Some people went above others to hoard all the real work and share none of it to the rest of the team, and some were eventually let go for seeming like they weren’t working enough it was so unfair."

"- Touching inappropriately - Shouting at your employees - Making sexual jokes - Asking employees to be transparent about their thoughts and opinions, and then taking it against them - Making sexual jokes - Having an 'inner circle' dictate all major business decisions"

"A manager asked for opinions on a product. One of our sales reps said that customers balked at the price. The manager threw a tantrum (punching walls, slamming chairs, etc.) No discipline was leveled against him. The owner said "he just is really invested in the business.""

"I was given a task by the owner of the company, and while working on it he berated me in front of staff for "working on inconsequential bullshit.""

"Tantrum manager once screamed at me for a price adjustment on products being too low. It was a price adjustment he requested previously."

"Owner of the company asked for honest input from staff on the course of the business and their position, then used it to deny raises/promotions of staff."

"Once had a dispute with a colleague which I think was due to personal life rather than work.But it was really starting to negatively affect my work life so I spoke to my superiors to ask what may be the problem,handle the situation gently and more importantly keep me anonymous."

"Week later I find they threatened to fire my colleague on the spot &didnt leave me anonymous at all.This blew the situation way out of proportion,made everything so much worse with my colleague and created a divide in the work space.Ive never brought up anyones behaviour again."

"I worked from home 3 days to crunch through tasks blocking people. I received public praise for the quality of the hard work...the same day my manager brought me into a room with printed OOO receipts to privately say I was letting down the team with my absence."

"A director who sends a workplace climate survey, but does not send it anonymously, and then calls those who respond truthfully to it into his office to try to talk them out of their valid criticism. Also, responding to the survey is mandatory."

"When a supervisor you see regularly tells you or your team some side idea would be nice without clearly assigning anything. Then a year or more later of not mentioning it, resurrects it with "I can't believe it's been a over a year and it's still not done.""

"When a supervisor spends more than half of a one-on-one performance review attacking a different employee's performance."

"When a supervisor lets you know you've done something unsatisfactory to them by sending an email copying their supervisor, as a power move. Then you hurt your relationship more by explaining in an embarrassing reply all that they have the incorrect information."

"When each of your co-workers are prone to being instantly defensive or feel the need puff their chest and point fingers, because they are made to feel insecure about their activities."

"When a group's conversational touchstone (at lunch, meetings, etc.) is gossiping about others and deriding other groups in the institution."

"I related so hard with the one about information coming and going through a bottleneck of 1 person. It's especially rattling when you witness that same person explain to someone else something you know they are distorting. You're then afraid of being divisive by correcting them"