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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 39 and just got laid off last week.  I have worked for the better part of the last 26 years, and I am exhausted.  I did blue collar work until my early thirties, when I got my degrees, and have been in the professional work force for the last five years.

I have been lied to, lied about, been caught in the political crosshairs of the office environment, bullied, sexually harassed, demeaned, pushed out, sidelined, etc.  I was so on guard leaving my previous role for this new one, but this last job was probably the worst in terms of a lack of “psychological safety”: I was micromanaged, asked to send copies of emails for editing/review before sending out, spoken to like a naughty child when I didn’t read the minds of the managers I was supporting etc.  The client loved me but my immediate peers/managers were passive-aggressive and the opposite of supportive.

ATP corporate America just seems like an exploitive toxic sludge and I feel panic when I think about taking on a new role.  I never seem to be able to align with the right people and end up scapegoated.  I’m sure there’s some blind spots but generally I’m very well-liked, it just seems that I’m an easy target for the workplace bully/ies and I am afraid of being in any kind of situation like that again.

Has anyone else been in this position? I have an MBA and want to work - I actually like working, even outside of the income perspective - but I am just so gun-shy.  I feel like I’ll never find a place that’s honest and transparent and generally positive.  Is it me? Is it them? Is this just the nature of work in America?[/quote]
Honestly, this sounds like a mix of real grievances and petty ones. You've been in the white-collar world for only a few years, and being asked to have emails reviewed before being sent out for typos and errors is NOT on the same level as being sexually harassed. If everything to you amounts to trauma, you'll come across as a lightweight. No one deserves to be harassed, but any newbie should be glad that their communications are being reviewed prior to being sent out to clients. 
Are you someone who is easily overwhelmed?[/quote]

I disagree. Sounds like OP had a micromanager who had to review all of her comms. I worked with a woman who would spend a good 30 minutes writing one email because she had nothing else to do. OP's manager needs some real work to do. [/quote]

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