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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened to me SO much in my early non-profit jobs. I was a pretty, nice and smart employee and at one famous DC organization, my boss literally would put me down and scream at me in my office. I still have PTSD from that experience. I could not figure out why I was mistreated and it took me years of therapy to come to the conclusion that she may have been threatened or jealous of me.

I have also had female colleagues backstab and bully me and exclude me.

Its very hard when you feel like you have no reason to be treated this way but you never know what about you triggers peoples jealousy.

My only advice is to LEAVE NOW. DO not expose yourself to more abuse.

My career is destroyed due to people who emotionally abused me.[/quote]

This happened to me, too. I would never advise young people to work in DC nonprofits, where abuse like this is rampant and unchecked. [/quote]

PP here. I SO wish someone had warned me. DC non profits are an absolute snake pit in every sense of the word. The pay is poor and the jobs unstable and mostly administrative. The higher level jobs are held by unstable, abusive mean girls. There is no upward mobility, no promotions and the few jobs that open up ignite politics and competition equal to the Tudor court!

I have severe PTSD from my experience at these places. I have spent years in therapy and am presently underemployed due to the years and talent I wasted at dead-end jobs at prestigious non profits where I was abused and mistreated.

FWIW, the non profit where my senior level boss fired me was the National Geographic Society. Interestingly, she was fired  3 months after I left as management did not think she was a good fit. I saw she obtained another C suite job at another prestigious DC nonprofit. I feel like throwing up when I see her face online.  :(

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