#workplace abuse

[sevspins]

fired for being autistic

being fired for being autistic a few weeks before autism acceptance month is crazy. people are very evil and they’re still not ready to accommodate autistic people in the work space. they only like us when they can SAY they work with us for brownie points but not when they have to “deal” with our autism.

[bitchesgetriches]

How Abusive Workplaces Mirror Abusive Relationships

Earlier this year, Piggy and I delivered a speech on the subject of burnout. That there’s an appetite for advice on this subject among women’s professional associations will, perhaps, not shock you?

As I was researching the impact that burnout has on the body, I got an eerie feeling that the symptoms seemed familiar. I wondered if I’d already written something on this topic and forgotten. (We’ve written several hundred articles apiece, so it happens!)

But no! What was tripping my extremely faulty memory triggers wasn’t a past article about burnout.

It was a past article on domestic violence.

This really got me thinking about all the stories I’ve heard from you, our readers, about burnout. And I started noticing disturbing patterns in the ways those stories were told. As a result, I’ve come to a stronger opinion about the overlap between the psychology of abusive workplaces and abusive relationships.

… Which is that they’re functionally identical.

Keep reading.

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[jubileemon]

The Sad Truth About Moxxie

As frustrating as it is, Moxxie's behavior in "Unhappy Campers" makes a depressing amount of sense when you consider the circumstances of his life. From childhood to early adulthood, he was kept isolated and under Crimson's thumb, which implies that he had no friends growing up, with the only person showing him genuine affection having been killed by his father when he was barely out of toddlerhood.

In the present day, he still receives verbal and physical abuse and humiliation from his own boss Blitzo, Loona and other people alike, not to mention that his in-laws clearly don't like him, but just tolerate him for Millie's sake. In other words, even after meeting Millie, he's clearly not received much in the way of platonic love and appreciation in his life. The poor man must be so starved for affection and approval that he overcompensates when he sees a chance to get it, as he just wanted to make Blitzo proud of him and that desire most likely bled into his attempt at a "stereotypical popular girl" persona to get the kids at the camp to like him.

Moxxie doubles down on trying and failing to act like a "popular girl", despite it clearly not working out for him. Why doesn't he change tactics or even try to be himself when he sees that it works wonders for Millie?

A) The first one is that, as somebody who is a fan of theatre and movies, he knows about the the "popular girl" archetype, so he probably tries to apply movie logic to his situation despite being unable to pull it off.

B) As for the second one? Well, it's not like he's received much in the way of appreciation for being himself before, has he? And while it doesn't excuse or justify his behavior, it might explain why he gets jealous of Millie instead of happy for her: He sees her effortlessly blending in and becoming loved by all simply by being herself whereas he seems to end up becoming a pariah or a punching bag no matter where he is and what he does. It must've done a number on his self-esteem.

Blitzo calling Moxxie a "disgrace" in the end is harsh and cruel enough, especially since he baited him with supposed praise first. But it manages to become even worse when you consider that Moxxie has likely heard similar sentiments before from Crimson. Since there are some implications that Moxxie might see Blitzo as a bit of a parental figure, that's one more session of verbal abuse from somebody who he's tried so hard to gain the approval of. Combined with the humiliation, it's not surprising if Moxxie walks away from all of this with his self-esteem worse than ever.

[girliguess]

everyone hello I quit my toxic management job (in which my team, community, and corporate reps loved me) because the owner is so narcissistic and psychotic that he actively abuses his employees emotionally and mentally.

I have been with him for a year, I have tried my best to understand him, and it was not worth it. I ran myself into the ground for a company that I got paid $15 an hour to manage and I got horribly mistreated in the process.

That man is doing so much illegal shit I can’t even begin to explain it all but he is so good at manipulating that he will always get away with it. 80% of the time my team never even saw their paystubs, and I never saw mine either. (I told him it was illegal and he dismissed me)

To him, everything is my fault, when in reality I am probably the 10th manager to leave his company because of him in the last 5 years.

I asked for more training, for consistent hours, and he literally laughed in my face. I laid a plan out for him, I explained calmly why I needed those two very basic accommodations. In return, he blamed all of his failures on me, told me that I couldn’t handle the position, but the reality is that I asked him for basic respect and boundaries and he didn’t feel like giving that to me. He told me that if I wanted those boundaries, I should consider stepping down from that position.

The next day, I tried to step down, and he told me I was running from responsibility. So I stopped going the extra mile for him and found another job, and today I leave that motherfucker high and fucking dry for all the shit he has put me through.

I hope his business fails- I’m taking most of the team with me. I was the only reason people were staying.

All this bullshit for a fucking failing coffee shop.

Good luck, asshole! 💖

PS I got no benefits and neither did any of my team. Promised a $2K sign on bonus that would have changed my life had he given it to me. I eventually saw half of that about 8 months into working there. The other half was never even discussed. Fuck him.

[icedsodapop]

God this article is an exercise in abuse apologism:

Accusing the accuser of being a goldigger? ✅️

Accusing the accuser of tarnishing someone's reputation? ✅️

Saying that there is no evidence to support the accusation? ✅️

Mentioning mob mentality and cancel culture? ✅️✅️

Saying that someone's (the alleged abuser's mostly) reputation and/or career is at stake? ✅️

I bet the writer is a White woman.

Yuppppp. White women supporting abusive White women? The White feminism tracks.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for not defending my coworkers? (CW for I guess workplace abuse) I (36M) work in an office that has… some problems. I'm scraping by fine, but the other employees can barely afford to live, they're constantly overworked and on a time crunch, and our boss (???God) (I'll refer to them as U) is a horrifying otherworldly monster. I've been working here for a while now, and I know exactly what U does. U will pick a specific employee, usually one that no one would notice disappearing, and take out their seemingly endless anger on them. U will mutilate them, crush them, poison them, and just kill them over and over again, all while making sure they come back to life every time. It's so awful hearing their screams every time, but I'm always too scared to do anything because I think I might be next on the chopping block. I've seen this happen to so many people. I saw one employee take another employee's finally-dead, mangled body out back (after the most horrific sounds I've ever heard). Then, after a few decades (U prevents us from aging), that employee vanished too. Time and time again, I see these innocent people die at U's hands (tentacles?), but every time it happens, I just freeze like a deer in headlights, and keep my mouth shut. I haven't called the police, or even told anyone. But it feels like the longer I wait, the more people die. I feel like I can still hear their voices, and see their faces, like they're haunting me due to my inaction. I can deal with it fine, I know it's my fault. However, this one scary lady (??F) (called V) has taken a liking to me, and she won't stop going on about how I had nothing to do with it, that it's all U's fault and I was just trying to stay safe, but I don't know how well I can believe that. V kidnapped me and kept me as her pet for a few months, so I don't know if I can trust her judgement. So, I'll ask an anonymous audience. AITA?

[frost-felon]

Just learned about the working conditions of JJK S2 and or JJK media. :/ Not at all surprised, given MAPPA's previous dealings, but looks like it's coming to a head. Didn't know just how bad it was due to getting into JJK late and being more focused on the manga.

Here's an article, detailing the issues. It's like they took the issues behind Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V and said, "Hold my present and future beers." I had assumed the art style changes were moreso for fluidity in animation and cutting corners for time, but not to this extent.

[lisascr3ature]

my boss who is also the owner of my workplace keeps coming in sick and now i have strep throat because she refuses to stay away and i don't feel safe coming to work anymore because of her. she gave my mother and i covid last year that nearly took me out. there's a long labor board and osha violation list is on them but nothing will happen because my boss and her whole family lie.

[titleknown]

In something that would be hilariously on-the-nose if it weren’t so horrible, a fucking chocolate company runs most of the pet hospitals in the US, and they are horrifyingly awful.

Tho, ironically the biggest site of horrible treatment is towards the workers...

[alliumdykes]

As much as I enjoyed Across the Spiderverse I need people to know that so much work place abuse went into the movie.

Theres an article by Vulture that has anonymous animators which have recounted their experience with the film, such as:

77 hour work weeks (11 hours per day, everyday of the week)

Having to make fully rendered scenes which might not even be in the final product

having the story still being worked on and in the layout stage while animators were animating scenes

Them not even starting anything on the third movie despite claiming the were working on it at the same time

And it really sucks to see a movie that is absolutely amazing have so much work place abuse put into it, and getting shrugged off as ‘just making a movie’.

I love animation, it is an art form I love so much and care for so deeply, and it sucks to see such great films have so much abuse put into them knowing that people will shrug it off or bury it under

[ollieofthebeholder]

to find promise of peace (and the solace of rest): a TMA fanfic

<< Beginning < Prev. || AO3 || My website

Chapter 59: April 2017

[CLICK]

[SOUND OF A TELEPHONE BEING REPLACED IN ITS CRADLE]

[PEN SCRATCHING ACROSS PAPER, CAP BEING REPLACED, PEN BEING LAID ON DESK]

[STEADYING BREATH]

MANAL

[Faintly, from outside the door] Excuse me, y-you can’t—you can’t go in without an appointment, Mr. Bouchard is very busy—

ELIAS

[Under his breath] Ah. Ten minutes ahead of schedule.

[More loudly] It’s all right, Manal. Send them in.

[THE DOOR OPENS]

DAISY

Bouchard.

BASIRA

Easy.

JON

Hello, Elias.

ELIAS

Goodness, Jon. Whatever happened to your neck?

DAISY

[Smugly] That was me.

ELIAS

You look a mess.

JON

It’s been a hell of a week.

MANAL

It’s only Monday…?

JON

[Sounding slightly dismayed] It’s Monday?

ELIAS

Manal, will you call down to the Archives and ask the rest of the staff to come up, please? I think it would be worth their time to be here.

MANAL

O-of course, Mr. Bouchard.

[DOOR CLOSES]

DAISY

Okay. Let’s do this.

BASIRA

Er, Jon? Do you…you want to get this on tape?

ELIAS

No need, Basira. I’ve already got one running.

Now, you have something to ask me?

BASIRA

Go for it.

DAISY

Before I strangle the grinning bastard.

JON

[DEEP BREATH]

Elias. Did you kill Gertrude Robinson? And Jurgen Leitner?

ELIAS

[PLEASURED SIGH]

That’s…that’s quite nice, actually. Tingly…but sort of freeing.

[AUDIBLE SHUDDER FROM JON]

You know, even Gertrude never properly tried to compel me. I always wondered—

BASIRA

Just answer the question.

DAISY

Or don’t.

ELIAS

Oh, no need to worry about that. I just feel it’s only fair to wait for your colleagues, Jon. They’ll want to hear this too. Uh, it’s also very important to me, in a personal capacity, that you understand I’m answering you of my own free will.

JON

[Dry as the Sahara] Aren’t I the lucky one.

[HURRIED FOOTSTEPS OUTSIDE, DOOR OPENS QUICKLY]

MELANIE

Jon! Jesus, where the hell have you been?

MARTIN

[Overlapping Melanie] Thank God, I—

[Slightly disappointed] Basira?

TIM

Oh, Christ, what is it now?

SASHA

Yeah, same question, please.

JON

[Deceptively calm] Elias here is about to confess his crimes.

MARTIN

Ah.

MELANIE

Did he know that?

ELIAS

Yes, I was just saying to Jon. It’s very important to me that you understand that no action I have taken has been controlled. I have done everything because I wished to.

TIM

You know, that’s not nearly as comforting as you might think?

DAISY

Get to the point.

ELIAS

[Sighs] Of course, Detective. So. For the avoidance of any doubt. Yes, I killed Gertrude Robinson.

I’m surprised Martin didn’t tell you that.

BASIRA/DAISY

What?!

ELIAS

[Pleasantly] Oh, yes, didn’t you know? Martin has been aware that I am the one who murdered Gertrude Robinson for…quite some time.

How long has it been now, Martin?

MARTIN

[Tightly] Three hundred sixty-three days, twenty-one hours, thirty-five minutes, and about twelve seconds.

Not that I’m counting or anything.

ELIAS

[Does he sound slightly caught off-guard?] Of course not.

BASIRA

How did you know?

MARTIN

He told me he’d done it.

I-I didn’t have any proof. It’s not like I could have told either one of you when you were interviewing us…after.

MELANIE

Also, he did tell the rest of us.

MARTIN

Also that.

JON

We just wanted it on tape.

ELIAS

Of course. To business.

I killed Gertrude Robinson because she intended to destroy the Archives. And I killed Jurgen Leitner because he was…an unnecessary complication. Likely to tell Jon too much too early.

SASHA

Bloody hell!

TIM

Wait, wait. That was Jurgen Leitner?

ELIAS

It was.

MARTIN

Niech to szlag trafi! I knew he looked familiar…

DAISY

You’ve met him?

MELANIE

Our brother almost beat him to death once.

BASIRA

Daisy, where do I know that name from?

DAISY

Oh, the Yousuf case. An Introduction to Higher Anatomy.

MELANIE

[Under her breath] Flesh?

MARTIN

[Under his breath] Or Stranger.

BASIRA

[More or less over top of this] Ah…oh, God! And you killed him? You sure we shouldn’t be giving him a medal?

JON

Very sure.

DAISY

Ask him about Rose Zampano.

JON

I—I don’t think he had anything to do with that, actually.

TIM

Debatable.

BASIRA

What?

JON

Something else, it…it…it replaced her. I still don’t know how, but—

MELANIE

I don’t think you want to know that, mate.

ELIAS

He’s right, I’m afraid. The thing you remember as Rosie was nothing like her. It toyed with your memory. If I showed you a picture of the real Rosie now, you’d have no idea who it was.

TIM

So the night of the murder…?

ELIAS

It finally tried to kill Jon. Then Leitner killed it. Then I killed Leitner. And I believe that brings us up to date. More or less.

SASHA

What about Michael?

ELIAS

What about him? An irritant. Interfering because he’s bored, and he resents us. He has no purpose—

DAISY

Right. That’s enough for me. Even got it on tape.

Everyone get back.

[SOUNDS OF GENERAL ALARM AS DAISY DRAWS A GUN]

SASHA

What?

BASIRA

Daisy, wait.

DAISY

Out the way.

TIM

I thought you were going to arrest him.

DAISY

Get out the way!

MARTIN

Melanie, don’t—

[INTERCOM BUZZES]

DAISY

Don’t.

ELIAS

…

Excuse me.

[KEYPRESS STOPS THE BUZZING]

Yes?

MANAL (INTERCOM)

Um, M-Mr. Bouchard, the—there are some police officers here to see you?

ELIAS

Ah, yes, thank you, Manal. Er, could you ask them to wait a minute or two?

MANAL (INTERCOM)

I—yes, y-yes, sir. Of, of course.

[ELECTRIC SCREECH AS INTERCOM SHUTS OFF]

ELIAS

There. That should make it even easier for you. Right, Detective? I know you were planning to kill me, but surely an arrest is a consolation prize?

[LOW FRUSTRATED GROWLING FROM DAISY]

BASIRA

Daisy?

ELIAS

Oh, didn’t she tell you why she hadn’t gone back to the station?

Allow me. She rightly suspected that I held evidence of various murders she had committed, and that I sent this to her superiors.

SASHA

[With bitter irony] I didn’t think it counted as murder if it was in the public good.

DAISY

…

ELIAS

Well. She was correct, of course, I spent some time acquiring that evidence. Or creating it.

It’s true your superiors don’t much care about the killings, but the fact that there is proof…they’re not happy. And they want you brought in.

DAISY

So I kill you and go to jail. I’ll take that deal.

ELIAS

Martin, would you care to explain to Detective Tonner why she’s mistaken?

JON/MELANIE

[In the exact same tone of voice] Leave. Him. Alone.

MARTIN

[Sighs heavily] No, it’s…it’s fine.

As much as I hate to say it—he’s right. They’re not going to arrest you. They’re not even going to try. You’re not the only one like you on the Force. Some of them are even Sectioned. There are plenty of people besides you that your superiors could call on to…tidy things up.

BASIRA

They wouldn’t.

DAISY

Yeah. They would.

ELIAS

And anyone close enough to be implicated. They will kill Basira.

SASHA

But—but wait, wait, that’s not—she’s not even a cop anymore. They wouldn’t…

Would they?

DAISY

I’m sorry, Basira.

BASIRA

Yeah.

…

This is what you meant, then, is it?

MARTIN

When I said it would be safer to stay away? No. I told you exactly what I meant.

ELIAS

If those officers downstairs take you away…

Oh, but perhaps I was mistaken when I called. Maybe it was a false alarm.

DAISY

What do you want?

ELIAS

Collateral.

[PAPER IS PUSHED ACROSS THE DESK]

DAISY

That…what?

ELIAS

A contract of employment. For Basira.

BASIRA

Uh?

JON

What?

MARTIN

Don’t. Don’t you dare…

ELIAS

Sign it, and I’ll send your ex-colleagues on their way.

DAISY

Basira, I…

TIM

Don’t do it.

BASIRA

There.

MARTIN

Damn it…

ELIAS

Hmm.

[BUTTON PRESS]

False alarm, Manal. Could you apologize to the officers for me, and thank them for their time.

MANAL (INTERCOM)

O-oh! Um, all right. I-I mean, yes, sir, Mr. Bouchard. Right away.

ELIAS

[Sighs heavily, mutters quietly to himself] My kingdom for another Mrs. Nesbitt…

DAISY

So…what, you’re her boss now? Is that supposed to stop me?

ELIAS

Yes.

TIM

Can someone please explain to me why?

[SEVERAL BEATS OF SILENCE]

MARTIN

I…I actually don’t know the answer to that one.

I mean, she does still have a gun. And since that tape recorder is still running, it’s not that you think Basira would be the one to get the blame for it.

ELIAS

Hmm. Good to know you don’t have all the answers figured out, Martin.

[JON SPUTTERS INDIGNANTLY]

Basira is now tied to the Institute. All of you are. Like fingers on a hand. And I am the beating heart of it. Should I, or the Institute, be destroyed, you will all, unfortunately, follow suit.

SASHA

I’m sorry, what?

MELANIE

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

ELIAS

And it would not be a pleasant death.

DAISY

Bullshit!

ELIAS

Then shoot me. Just squeeze the trigger, and watch the only person you care about die screaming. Your last connection to humanity.

Do it.

BASIRA

Daisy…

[LONG PAUSE]

[CLICK OF A SAFETY BEING PUT BACK INTO PLACE]

[CHORUS OF SIGHS]

DAISY

What do you want?

ELIAS

The police are not the only ones who can find a use for your violence. I’m sure there’ll be plenty for you to do. Feel free to go where you like in the meantime. I’ll be in touch.

DAISY

You piece of—

BASIRA

Daisy, it…it’s okay. We’ll figure something out.

DAISY

[Pointedly] You sure about that?

ELIAS

Now that’s taken care of, if you’ll all give me and Jon a moment alone—

MELANIE

Jon and me. You’re supposed to put the other person first.

And no, I don’t think we’ll be doing that, thanks.

ELIAS

Now, really, Melanie—

MELANIE

Don’t you “now Melanie” me, you rotten bastard. You don’t have the first fucking clue what I grew up dealing with. You don’t scare me.

ELIAS

Ah, yes, that’s right. You’re Martin’s sister, of course. You must have dealt with some of the same things he has.

MELANIE

Damn right.

ELIAS

Please explain why you think you should stay in the room while I speak with Jon.

MELANIE

Does it matter if we do or not?    That tape’s still running. And I’ve been working here long enough to know it’s not going to shut off until it’s good and ready. Whatever you say to him will be on tape.

TIM

And we’ve had tapes turn up in odd places, too, so it’s not like you can try to keep it from us and hope we won’t listen to it. If we’re meant to know, it will find us, and we will hear it, so you might as well let us all stay.

DAISY

This is fucking bullshit!

[FOOTSTEPS, DOOR SLAMS]

JON

They stay, Elias. Whatever it is you want to discuss, you can discuss in front of them.

ELIAS

…

Fine.

JON

Out with it, then. What do you want?

ELIAS

Honestly, to offer some congratulations. You’re doing a lot better than I expected.

JON

Feels like all I’ve managed to do is…not die.

ELIAS

And believe me, that is a remarkably rare skill.

JON

[Exasperated sigh] Elias, I know that’s not all you wanted to talk to me about, or you wouldn’t have tried to talk to me alone. Either tell me what it is you want me to do—want us to do—or let us go.

ELIAS

The Unknowing. I need you to stop it.

MELANIE

[Acidly] Oh, is that all.

MARTIN

Melanie.

JON

What is the Unknowing? Exactly.

ELIAS

A ritual. The Stranger and its kin attempting to gather power enough to bring it closer.

JON

[Unimpressed] We know that. What exactly does it entail?

SASHA

And how do we stop it?

ELIAS

That is what you need to find out.

TIM

And the reason you can’t just tell us this is…?

JON

You have Gertrude’s files, her—her notes. She was working on a way to stop this. Not to mention that you can apparently just…effortlessly see anything you want to!

ELIAS

Hardly effortlessly, but I take your point.

JON

So you know how to stop this. You could just tell us!

ELIAS

Melanie? Martin? Would one of you like to explain why I can’t?

[IDENTICAL SIGHS OF EXASPERATION FROM MARTIN AND MELANIE]

MARTIN

The Stranger is antithetical to the Beholding. To counter one, you have to lean closer to the other.

[FAINT SOUNDS OF STATIC GATHERING]

You—we—thrive on ceaseless watching, on knowing too much. What we face is the hidden, the uncanny, and the unknown. A simple explanation won’t do, because it would be information too easily obtained. In this case, it would not be enough to merely have the answers; we have to earn them. It’s as much about the gathering of the knowledge as it is about the knowledge itself. Even if we know the shape of the ritual, even if we know the steps Gertrude planned to take to stop them, if we don’t discover them for ourselves, there is every chance our efforts will fail. And—aah…

[STATIC CUTS ABRUPTLY]

MELANIE

And besides that, there’s a good chance it won’t look like what Gertrude thought it would anyway. I mean, they know she was on their trail and they probably figured she left notes for her successor even if she’s dead, so they’ve had, what, two years to change their plans since then?

ELIAS

[Interested] And how do you know that?

MELANIE

Please.

Everybody who’s had anything to do with the Fourteen knew about the Archivist and her…madcap crusade against all things spooky. Even Martin and I had heard the rumors, and all we did was help out at Pinhole Books on odd weekends. Anything working towards something that big would’ve known for damn sure she was after them. And once they got through their rendition of “Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead” after you oh so helpfully killed her, they probably set out to rework things.

Her notes might give us a starting point, but that’s about it.

ELIAS

Well. I can see that you will be ably assisted in your research, Jon.

[SLIDES A FOLDER ACROSS THE DESK]

Here. To tide you over for a couple days. You can get a Return to Work form from Manal, but don’t worry about the doctor’s note. Now, if there’s nothing else…?

JON

Right.

[CLICK]

[myceasefirefurious]

Dear John

I always thought I was lucky but I’m not

I’m just denying how horrifically you beat me

You tore my soul from my body for nothing

And worse I don’t even think you enjoyed it

You a disaster that has no reason or purpose, destroying everything

I am unlucky for spending so much time in the eye of the storm

[mrskayathefrog]

it occurred to me to wonder why many Drs dismiss their patients, and certainly the learning environment plays a part, but then I remembered that Drs (especially in hospitals) are often overworked, and some symptoms of sleep deprivation include:

Slowed thinking.

Reduced attention span.

Worsened memory.

Poor or risky decision-making.

Lack of energy.

Mood changes including feelings of stress, anxiety, or irritability.

so I am thinking that maybe part of the reason Drs dismiss their patients is because their brains are fucked up due to lack of sleep.

[9ragonmew]

I did it.

I finally reported the abuse I have been enduring at work. The schedule manipulation, the unfair work weeks, the shortened hours. I did it.

[absurdthirst]

How do you deal with an abusive coworker? she left back in October and now is coming back, Safeway is letting her come back. we just don't when. When i had to work with her, she would corner me, yell/scream at me, get in my face. pull down her mask and yell and get in my face at the same time as well. yelled loud enough for people at self checkout could hear her! Then she breaks down into tears and cries and says how sorry she is. She is 57+ and doing all this to a 25 yr old girl who is old enough to be her child. i really have no idea what to do nor expect when she comes back. I have tried the i am not talking to u treatment before but really anything can set this lady off. we do think she is bipolar or something. Please help!

Does your store have cameras? The next time she does this, screen capture all of this and go to HR and tell them that you are filing a lawsuit for abusive workplace practices.

Also gather any evidence you have of going to them with these issues.

I understand mental health issues, but that is not an excuse to behave that way towards co-workers and especially not behave that way around customers.

I’m so sorry you are dealing with this.

[msfbgraves]

Without doubting the allegations against very powerful figures accused of decades of abuse - these cases are well documented - I can't help but wonder which powerful unnamed figure these people usually pissed off for these actions "suddenly" to lead to their downfall. If abuse, whether sexual or other, can both be known and tolerated for literal decades until there is a 'shocking' tell all, the abuse is not the cause of the downfall. It's merely a vehicle by which it is executed.

So who did they really piss off? Because it wasn't the actress or intern or assistant producer or teenager or housekeeping staff they abused. And with powerful backing, all the evidence in the world could not topple them. So who is axing these people - be they actors, anchors, writers, politicians or civil servants? And why?