I was stuck with an unethical, narcissistic line manager. I was interviewed by a wonderful person initially. Suddenly, I was told my strengths would be best utilized in another group. But, that was not the entire story; I sensed that this new person I was given was perhaps not easy to work with. My gut was right. In the initial one week itself I sensed so many horrible things. I was told that I cannot write to anyone in the company without my line manger's knowledge, even to HR; I cringed. In my 15 years of work experience all over the globe, no manager ever told me I have to talk to them before I reached out to HR. I felt like I was in a solitary confinement and my interaction was with one person (95% of my time spent in the company). Finally, I was smeared with a mistake on my face, and the truth was nicely covered. I felt very concerned at the unethical standard. I spoke with my professional advisers, they strongly advised me to immediately resign and made me understand the toxicity in the work environment. Luckily, I do have few emails that I forwarded to myself which can act as strong evidence if I ever have to defend myself. I am glad that I am out and free.
