Is it ethical to warn an incoming hire of an extremely toxic culture before they accept the offer?
So I'm on a team where nearly everyone is at each other's throats, and the manager who used to be an engineer can't bring himself to stop doing technical work and taking over people's projects, basically doing them himself, because he has severe control issues.
This is devolving into an extremely toxic mess very quickly. 60% of the team is ready to quit within the first year of hire, some of them within weeks and months, one has quit, and another got fired for losing his cool over the situation.
Would it be unethical to privately warn the incoming hire before they accept the offer?
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So I'm on a team where nearly everyone is at each other's throats, and the manager who used to be an engineer can't bring himself to stop doing technical work and taking over people's projects, basically doing them himself, because he has severe control issues.
This is devolving into an extremely toxic mess very quickly. 60% of the team is ready to quit within the first year of hire, some of them within weeks and months, one has quit, and another got fired for losing his cool over the situation.
Would it be unethical to privately warn the incoming hire before they accept the offer?
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So I'm on a team where nearly everyone is at each other's throats, and the manager who used to be an engineer can't bring himself to stop doing technical work and taking over people's projects, basically doing them himself, because he has severe control issues.
This is devolving into an extremely toxic mess very quickly. 60% of the team is ready to quit within the first year of hire, some of them within weeks and months, one has quit, and another got fired for losing his cool over the situation.
Would it be unethical to privately warn the incoming hire before they accept the offer?
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So I'm on a team where nearly everyone is at each other's throats, and the manager who used to be an engineer can't bring himself to stop doing technical work and taking over people's projects, basically doing them himself, because he has severe control issues.
This is devolving into an extremely toxic mess very quickly. 60% of the team is ready to quit within the first year of hire, some of them within weeks and months, one has quit, and another got fired for losing his cool over the situation.
Would it be unethical to privately warn the incoming hire before they accept the offer?
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It is not "unethical" but it is dangerous. Can you really trust the new recruit?
If there is a toxic culture your primary concern should be survival and if possible improving the situation. Not adding to it by putting someone on the defensive from day 1.
Alternatively you could find another job and leave this behind, life is too short to waste in places like that.
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It is not "unethical" but it is dangerous. Can you really trust the new recruit?
If there is a toxic culture your primary concern should be survival and if possible improving the situation. Not adding to it by putting someone on the defensive from day 1.
Alternatively you could find another job and leave this behind, life is too short to waste in places like that.
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It is not "unethical" but it is dangerous. Can you really trust the new recruit?
If there is a toxic culture your primary concern should be survival and if possible improving the situation. Not adding to it by putting someone on the defensive from day 1.
Alternatively you could find another job and leave this behind, life is too short to waste in places like that.
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It is not "unethical" but it is dangerous. Can you really trust the new recruit?
If there is a toxic culture your primary concern should be survival and if possible improving the situation. Not adding to it by putting someone on the defensive from day 1.
Alternatively you could find another job and leave this behind, life is too short to waste in places like that.
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It is not "unethical" but it is dangerous. Can you really trust the new recruit?
If there is a toxic culture your primary concern should be survival and if possible improving the situation. Not adding to it by putting someone on the defensive from day 1.
Alternatively you could find another job and leave this behind, life is too short to waste in places like that.
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