Teachers in Transition – Episode 225: The Stress-Autoimmune link, and More About AI in Your Job Search
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However, the rapid rise came with challenges. Away faced scrutiny when reports surfaced about a challenging internal culture, revealing issues in leadership style, communication, and employee well-being. Some of this was rooted in apparent disconnect between stated core values and the actual practice of those values. This mismatch in values and mission added to a hostile atmosphere which led to multiple articles and exposes. After an unpleasant CEO shak-up it will ultimately be up to Rubio to rebuild.
Leadership failings included an extreme transactional style with no positive rewards to balance corrections. Communications failings included micromanaging and public shaming through slack channels. Employees from minority groups who didn’t agree with her and were caught talking about it on Slack were summarily fired. Employee well-being was put at risk through issues including long areas with no time off. When employees would demonstrate physical or emotional fatigue, Korey would use her core values as a blunt instrument to gaslight the employees.
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