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Jan 2023
24m 4s

Set Up to Fail: Miranda's Toxic Workplac...

Carleigh J. M.
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Miranda works in the accounting and finance industry. She lands a job at a firm where she is set up for failure from the start. The person assigned to her training is incompetent and makes things confusing. Miranda's boss is aggressively frustrated with her mistakes during her training. Her co-workers openly gossip about her peers with bullying, racist and sexist remarks. Miranda's confidence starts to dwindle as she feels isolated and anxious in this hostile environment.

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