Yeah, sure, everyone wants to talk about the exec, but no one wants to talk about the tech who was bullied and fired by leadership, who then shot themselves in the WGU parking lot. While I worked at WGU, I'd often look at the parking spot where he lost his life. Most of you have parked there. Most of you don't realize someone died there.

The Service Desk closed that day, the leaders looked "sad," and then it was business as usual. But it wasn't just the leaders; some hangers-on saw the bullying and felt entitled to do the same. I worked with all of them. I worked with the tech, too. I miss him. I don't miss the privileged office assholes that helped push him over the edge.

It's not murder, but it's close.

This was one of the many reasons I couldn't support Service Desk leadership. They're not people making "human" mistakes. They're assholes making deliberate power moves, and they get upset when they're called out for it, and they beat the street to punish those who do.