I'm having some trouble getting this one right…lend me your brilliance! Wring a drop of justice from this garbage heap!
Context: worked 10 months in a role that was a blatant bait-and-switch (was promised project ownership and application of research skillset then handed a bunch of admin-y tasks). It took me 6 months to suspect gaslighting, and to realize that there is no potential for growth. The manager has also created immense thrash in adjacent teams and has trash talked colleagues to me…all while actively blocking important work (it's in the public sector, and this guy is basically lighting taxpayer $$ on fire). Also, I can't link it without doxxing myself, but there is a LITERAL FUCKING ARTICLE on local NPR about how he is a dumpster fire who creates chaos and toxic work environments (yes, I discovered it 3 months in).
The fun part: I'll be accepting one of three better roles within the next few weeks! Hallefuckinglujah!!
Where you come in: be my muse! Sing me beautiful songs of “byeeee muthafucka!!”
Initial option A: go full scorched earth. Arrange for an exit interview with his boss (who is also very unamused with him). Lay out the emails, the scuttled projects, the sheer chaos in the day-to-day. Cite the NPR article. Keep it grounded firmly in available evidence, but also pull no punches. Reveal the unprofessionalism and waste. Tell the current team and the three people who jumped shop previously EVERYTHING.
Option B: highlight the “wonderful new opportunity” and mercilessly emphasize how weirdly easy it would have been to retain me (seriously). Share email with work team and adjacent teams.
Option C: be bland with the quit email, but be extremely blunt with soon-to-be-ex-coworkers about why I'm leaving. Share information, but retain plausible deniability.
…something else? I'm open to new and glorious missives!
Bonus item:…do I contact the NPR journalist who wrote the first piece (they're still on that beat)?