Archive · 13 Sep 2025
Employee's Exit Reveals Workplace Toxicity and Political Infighting
Imagine a person who worked at a big company for a long time.
They were denied a promotion and got bad reviews.
Feeling unhappy, they decided to leave.
Before leaving, they helped their teammates find better jobs.
After the person left, some teammates quit their jobs at the company to find jobs with better pay and benefits, motivated by the former employee.
The person felt the work environment was toxic, full of office politics.
An employee described navigating workplace politics and negative performance ratings in an MNC.
The employee was denied a promotion and gave up the project.
Employee's departure led to the exit of several solution architects.
The departing employee coached former team members on optimizing resumes.
The employee stated the project was toxic, and had racism and politics.
- Who
- Former employee and project manager at an MNC
- What
- A former employee's account of workplace toxicity, negative performance reviews and the subsequent departure, leading other team members to seek new opportunities.
- When
- Within approximately 5 years in the MNC, with the employee leaving in June after being denied a promotion.
- Where
- A project within a multinational company.
- Why
- The employee was denied a promotion, received poor performance ratings and due to workplace toxicity.
- Incident Source
- Reddit post
- Company Type
- Multinational company (MNC)
- Employee's Action
- Departed and assisted team members in finding new jobs
- Employee's Motivation
- Denied promotion, poor performance ratings, family obligations
- Impact
- Multiple team members resigned with better opportunities
- Allegation
- Workplace toxicity, racism, and political maneuvering
