u/Britt-a-brac

My coworker and I survived 4 years of working under toxic management, and we only had each other to rely on. Cut to current day, and our department has been bought out by a new company. We went from a university to a private company, so the new place operates MUCH differently.

I was moved to the new role weeks before her because I took a sick day, and my “punishment” was to be exiled. I wasn’t allowed to say goodbye to my old team, and was completely isolated with a day’s notice.

What was then seen as a slight, I came to see as a blessing in disguise. I love the new company. No dead weight, no nepotism, no gossip. You show up, do your job, and go home. If you can’t do that, you’re fired. It’s PERFECT. For those two weeks alone with the new team, I learned, I focused on my job, and I actually went home without feeling emotionally and mentally exhausted by the work environment.

Then my former work bestie showed up. Showed up with all of the old baggage, all of the old gossip, nothing but negativity. Despite her bitching, she continues to spend her days on her phone, and relies on me to train her in our new environment, but doesn’t listen and expects me to instruct her to take initiative, rather than seeing the job and DOING.

She won’t listen because we’re peers, she won’t stop talking about the horrible managers/directors I’ve completely left behind, and she’s just coasting while invading my new, peaceful space.

I want her to have peace, but it seems she only thrives in chaos and misery. She likes it there, and won’t let it go. I hate her in my new space, and she’s already advocating for herself to stay there permanently.

I don’t know what to do. This was originally an off-my-chest post, but someone please tell me if they’ve experienced this, and if/how they dealt with it. I want a space that I feel calm and capable in, and don’t want to have to work overtime emotionally to collect a paycheck.

The clips for next weeks’ episode were pretty astonishing. Most of the posts regarding Emmy address the fact that she’s either abusing prescribed meds or using something recreationally. Either way, it’s exacerbating very evident mental health issues that she discussed in the past.

The ‘sneak preview’ for next week spotlighting her being called out by Brad, and the complete focus and close-up of her pupils makes me sick. The fact that Bravo is allowing this deranged, privileged, white trash woman to be so hurtful and harmful to POC cast (and perpetuating that dialogue into the pop culture/mainstream sphere) is abhorrent, while also monetizing off of her obvious drug use issues. This is enough for me to call it quits.

End of, they don’t care what comes of the racist vitriol and the effects of blatant drug use that come from this. They just want to cash in. It’s disgusting. Leva’s even more disgusting for this, being the creator and signing off on airing this footage. We all know this was in the editing room 6+ months ago, and she said to herself, “anything for a buck, am I right?!” in what I’m sure was the most hideous, ill fitting outfit suited for someone in their early 20s.

Rant over