After 25 years in tech, I started a new career working in a library literacy program. Soon after I joined, we had a wonderful intern Joana join our team. A position was in the process of being created for her because of her excellent work.
A few weeks ago, she was yelled at by the program manager for no justifiable reason in front of students. When she stood up for herself, she found herself berated and blamed. This unfortunately was not new behavior from this manager – myself and other staff had also been spoken to similarly.
I made a complaint to their supervisor and was assured it would be taken care of the next day, Instead, a few days later, Joana was fired.
Two managers were responsible for this. As soon as I found out, I went into our program manager's office, resigned, told her she was an incompetent, and that no one in the department respected her (this was all true). Then I went into the other manager's office and called her a f*** failure. This was all done at very high volume and security was called.
As satisfying as it felt, I regret resigning this way. I could have done more damage to their career and reputation had I endured enough to file a complaint to the union and city.
I'm still figuring out my next career move, but this great intern has already started a better paying job in a different library. We've also talked about co-writing a short book to help office/city workers protect themselves. We want to channel this bad experience into something good.