I used to work at FB, without going into too much detail I crossed path with a super toxic colleague that started harassing me from day one as I realize they were forging user feedback on a feature we were working on and left me with a bomb to defuse. This person realized I noticed and immediately started undermining me and reporting me to HR.
After months of battle I finally was able to prove my case, the person got fired but at that point I had no motivation or energy to stay. I left for a different company and I don't miss that hellhole AT ALL.
I was really worried about compensation, optics etc... but life is too short to go through stuff like that for a job.
I ran into a guy in the early part of my job at a company several years ago. We had a 30 minute discussion about how to collaborate. By the end he was screaming at me.
I realized there was something deeply wrong. I realized he was completely incompetent in his job and was very threatened by being “exposed” by having someone like me (knows the market) enter his space.
He then started spreading rumors about me and trying to humiliate me in public. He screwed up and dropped the ball on a major deal I referred to him worth millions.
I was so fed up with him I told him exactly what I thought of him. He escalated it to Hr and it blew up hilariously in his face.
Incompetent people are the most dangerous and nasty people, and most vindictive. You have to be so careful.
After months of battle I finally was able to prove my case, the person got fired but at that point I had no motivation or energy to stay. I left for a different company and I don't miss that hellhole AT ALL.
I was really worried about compensation, optics etc... but life is too short to go through stuff like that for a job.