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Using my story to speak up about the broken work dynamics in an Institutional setting.

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thatblondegirl88.bsky.social @thatblondegirl88.bsky.social · Aug 4

Don't worry y'all - I'm finishing this story out. I've actually been dealing with some of this fallout recently as well as some other life changes. So bear with me <3

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from you. Because people like you, who are unwilling to show compassion or even ethical practices shouldn't have positions of power. You actually remind me a lot of this administration.

And yet, I do find myself stronger for it. So long term, you failed. And I hope one day, there is some justice.

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on and continue to grow. I won't carry that burden, but whether you want to admit the impact you had, that burden and history will forever be on you. I hope moving forward no one has to go through what I went through under you. Because that harm, in a perfect world, would demote or rip your title -

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chose to respond to mine. The amount of gaslighting I experienced, especially from you, is something I'll never forget. My memory, and the impact you had, will be as a promoter of harm to those who struggle with mental health.

I may have been heavily impacted by your abuse of power, but I'll move

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My message to whom I referred to as Julie - I think the most disappointing aspect from my experience with you was how when we first met, you let it be known you had a partner who suffered from PTSD and was aware of mental health challenges. And yet, you wouldn't have known that with how you -

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showing me what I never want to become and how not to.

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fight against. All because you couldn't accept accountability and that maybe your way of doing things wasn't ethical, right, or helpful. Instead of being open minded to change and growth, you chose to protect yourself. And you had numerous opportunities to make a different choice. Thank you for -

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who had those struggles as well as and Anxiety/OCD disorder. There was an opportunity to advocate for me and to use your position to lift people like me. Yet you chose, rather than aide, to harm. You made the choices to disregard, deny, gaslight me and my experience. You contributed to that harm we-

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My message to who I referred to as Beck:

I learned a lot working under you. I learned how to advocate like hell for myself. And this was despite you. You are a Person of Color, so you know the struggle and discrimination women POC's have in the workforce. And you realized you hired someone -

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Comfort, that you are not alone and you're not crazy. The amount of gaslighting and trying to tell me, I'm the problem so they these heads wouldn't have to admit they were making mistakes really did have an impact. And I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I'm going to make two more post here and thats it

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So that's it, that's my story. I'll be posting it to two more social media accounts for reachability. And why you may ask? Because at the very least, this is my way of processing and having something good come out of that. The good is that at least one of you will relate to this and find comfort.

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Lastly to no one's surprise, this was the decision by #TWC . I wasn't surprised at least. It was there word against mine and no amount of documentation or retelling seemed to change holding them accountable.

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Here is the last email I sent to this Institution and I sent it to the President/VP's offices. Yes, I knew they probably wouldn't care as I'm just one person among many but I had to do everything I could do at the time. #HRfailed #Supervisorsagainstaccountability #gaslighting #ignoringmentalhealth

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I forgot to add, as you see at the top this was forwarded. I forwarded to the Vice President/Presents offices.

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On 7/31/2025, I finally received a response from HR shown below, and my following response to them. #HRfailed #Supervisorsagainstmentalhealth #retaliation #noaccountability

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Here's the third attempt to these departments that took place on 7/25/2025:

And the long awaited response.

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Here's another email I sent out on 7/21/2025 to another department head/member.

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So by 7/18/2025, I was sick and tired of still not having any of my concerns being addressed. Especially by such a massive conflict in appealing my Termination. With that I took a risk, to me at least, and reached out to multiple heads in different departments. Such as Compliance/Ethics department.

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Side Post: 6/30/2025 - This was one of my follow ups as well. Days without responses.

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New Post: Okay so this is a continuation of the previous Termination notice and took place on 6/24/25. This was from HR and after I sent it to the whole department, HR, and Payroll. As well as my response to her. They can't say they never knew what they were doing was wrong. #retaliation

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More tomorrow - I'm getting to the final entries of this story and my overall message. Hope y'all are finding yourself able to relate to some of this and it helps. <3

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So in response to the Termination notice: I decided I wasn't going to let them keep me silent by wrongfully terminating me. So I sent this to my whole department, HR, Payroll, etc. If I was going out like this, I wasn't going quietly.

#wrongfultermination #advocating #beloud #Supervisorsretaliate

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A new side note: Because I didn't have only me and my partner to worry about but our pups. I applied for #TexasUnemployment on 7/14. I knew my previous employer this whole story is about might push back considering they wanted to cover their ass but I thought I should still try.

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This is the response I did receive regarding the equipment. This conversation was with Beck, and HR as a whole, as well as single members were cc'eed.

And NO, I still haven't had a follow up since the "checking with the Dean's office" message from Beck. We are now 10/19/2025.

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This was a separate inquiry from the leave.

INQUIRY #3

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Keep in mind, aside from already being underpaid and having bills, I had just moved during this time as well. Even though I shouldn't need to justify it, I feel like it's a knee jerk reaction after all of this.

Anyways INQUIRY #2