A Twitter Space, Work Culture and So Much More !
‘But would you rather be the person talking, or the person doing the things that people talk about?’ Dave Santan Today, I choose to be the person talking...well, in my case writing things that people do. Earlier this week, there was an uproar on Twitter, specifically on the Nigerians Timeline. #toxicworkplaces & #toxicbosses trended for ten hours plus. There was a Twitter space that attracted an audience of over 15,000 people. This space was hosted by two bold Nigerian ladies, I must say the majority of the audience hailed from and worked in Nigeria. So, the space had testimonials of employees who have been or still are in toxic work environments. The experiences shared were extremely heinous. The complaints and the toxicities ranged from verbal abuse, sexual harassment, rudeness, and lack of empathy to employees by bosses and employers, infringement of employee’s rights like not granting them leave, delayed salary payment and so on. It was really A Lot. ...