Hey there! New subscriber here and I'm a social worker from Singapore :)
I really resonated with what you have written because I have been in a workplace with such culture before and it took me a long while before I realised what was wrong and eventually left. It's challenging to see the toxic culture as the organisation is also often seen by outsiders as doing really good work and there's almost as if workers had a reputation to uphold. Looking back, I wished I have had the moral courage to speak up for myself, for my colleagues when we were invalidated or put down. But I think Im learning to also have some self compassion for myself for things that I can no longer change.
Hey there! New subscriber here and I'm a social worker from Singapore :)
I really resonated with what you have written because I have been in a workplace with such culture before and it took me a long while before I realised what was wrong and eventually left. It's challenging to see the toxic culture as the organisation is also often seen by outsiders as doing really good work and there's almost as if workers had a reputation to uphold. Looking back, I wished I have had the moral courage to speak up for myself, for my colleagues when we were invalidated or put down. But I think Im learning to also have some self compassion for myself for things that I can no longer change.