Trust your gut when something feels off at work. Document everything meticulously to protect yourself, know who your real allies are, and don't stay silent about problems. The speaker rebranded from "Toxic Tamika" to "Truthful Tamika" by learning to be honest and advocate for herself.
And it might take a few go-arounds, it might take a few— let me not do the Twitter fingers. I erase a lot of emails. Mm-hmm. I mean, a lot of emails, because I really wanna tell people a lot of times where to go and how fast they can get there, because trust me, I'm really not the one in a work environment, and I have to just tone toxic Tamika down and know who is an ally at work And who is just the hi and bye, just the email person at work. And I have a great sounding board, a great support system, and on my leadership team that I'm a part of at work. So Toxic Tamika, she doesn't make too many appearances these days. More like Truthful Tamika. I'm— I, I definitely, because I come from some toxic work environments, I'm always— I gotta protect myself. I gotta keep documentation because if it feels funny— that's one thing I will say— if it feels funny at work, it is funny every time.
I was literally kicked off a Southwest flight before for being disrespectful.
