u/Asleep-Designer-7568

I worked at a startup company where our department only had around 3 to 5 people.

I already noticed some red flags early on sa glassdoor reviews but I accepted the job because I was a fresh grad and badly needed income at the time.

The environment ended up being exactly like the reviews said. Constant micromanagement, poor communication, unpaid overtime and the team lead didn’t really guide or support us properly.

Whenever deadlines came and things went wrong dahil sa poor leadership, the blame would still fall on us and kami pa rin ang kailangan mag overtime.

Two weeks before I resigned, I was crying straight for two weeks from stress and still doing overtime just to meet deadlines because of poor leadership and planning.

There were days na hindi na ako nakakakain ng dinner dahil sa OT and my hair was already falling out from stress.

There were also times when I felt mocked and belittled by our lead and even when obvious na siya yung may mistakes, he would focus more on making himself look good to upper management rather than guiding and protecting us.

Eventually, I resigned without a backup plan. I knew it was risky and not really recommended to resign nang walang backup, but my mental health had gotten so bad that I couldn’t take it anymore.

Luckily, our contract didn’t require a rendering period naman, so I took a month break, applied elsewhere and found a healthier workplace after a month.

Now I’m in a much better environment and honestly I’m having so much fun working again. Sobrang laking difference when you’re in a workplace that treats people properly.

Though recently, I noticed one of my former coworkers viewed my profile and had the “open to work” frame on his profile picture.

So I checked my former coworkers' profiles and found out that around one to two months after I left, three more people from my department also resigned, sunod sunod na sila bawat month.

Those employees (including me) also lasted longer than the average employee. Usually kasi people would leave after 1 to 3 months sa sobrang toxic environment so I was surprised that they quit.

Even though previous employees had already left before, my former coworkers still chose to stay at that time so I really thought they would stay na for good. It was only after I quit that they ended up leaving too.

Currently, the company is still hiring for roles specifically from our department including one for my previous role. I think hanggang ngayon they’re still trying to replace me and the others who left.

Knowing all of that felt so satisfying and validating on my part. It made me wonder ano kaya nangyari after I left.

I really do think my former coworkers deserved so much better though and I hope they find a company that treats them well too.

I worked at a startup company where our department only had around 3 to 5 people.

I already noticed some red flags early on sa glassdoor reviews but I accepted the job because I was a fresh grad and badly needed income at the time.

The environment ended up being exactly like the reviews said. Constant micromanagement, poor communication, unpaid overtime and the team lead didn’t really guide or support us properly.

Whenever deadlines came and things went wrong dahil sa poor leadership, the blame would still fall on us and kami pa rin ang kailangan mag overtime.

Two weeks before I resigned, I was crying straight for two weeks from stress and still doing overtime just to meet deadlines because of poor leadership and planning.

There were days na hindi na ako nakakakain ng dinner dahil sa OT and my hair was already falling out from stress.

There were also times when I felt mocked and belittled by our lead and even when obvious na siya yung may mistakes, he would focus more on making himself look good to upper management rather than guiding and protecting us.

Eventually, I resigned without a backup plan. I knew it was risky and not really recommended to resign nang walang backup, but my mental health had gotten so bad that I couldn’t take it anymore.

Luckily, our contract didn’t require a rendering period naman, so I took a month break, applied elsewhere and found a healthier workplace after a month.

Now I’m in a much better environment and honestly I’m having so much fun working again. Sobrang laking difference when you’re in a workplace that treats people properly.

Though recently, I noticed one of my former coworkers viewed my profile and had the “open to work” frame on his profile picture.

So I checked my former coworkers' profiles and found out that around one to two months after I left, three more people from my department also resigned, sunod sunod na sila bawat month.

Those employees (including me) also lasted longer than the average employee. Usually kasi people would leave after 1 to 3 months sa sobrang toxic environment so I was surprised that they quit.

Even though previous employees had already left before, my former coworkers still chose to stay at that time so I really thought they would stay na for good. It was only after I quit that they ended up leaving too.

Currently, the company is still hiring for roles specifically from our department including one for my previous role. I think hanggang ngayon they’re still trying to replace me and the others who left.

Knowing all of that felt so satisfying and validating on my part. It made me wonder ano kaya nangyari after I left.

I really do think my former coworkers deserved so much better though and I hope they find a company that treats them well too.