Toxic Leadership - Senior Designer Overland Partners Architects Employee Review

No Integrity; words consistently don't line up with actions. Values are just fluff and not real. I went through 4 interviews over two months and after the last one was told I could expect an offer letter and was given information about travel arrangements to come to their San Antonio location for a week. I didn’t hear anything for a week and when I reached out I was told they “didn’t have a position for me.” No apology or explanation. I reached out asking for further information, confused and frustrated by their lack of consideration; HR responded with a weak apology and vague explanation, and said maybe in a few months they’d be able to hire me. A few months later, I reapplied and was extended a formal offer letter. The company and leadership portrayed themselves as altruistic, caring about its employees, having strong Christian values, wanting to create a better world. The next nine months were grueling. Two team members would publicly shame other members. Which I reported and was addressed with the whole team. I was consistently working 50+ hours a week. I was consistently not getting information I’d requested; needed from the client and consultants. Despite consistent follow ups, information I requested was not provided until right before a deadline; without sufficient time and requiring overtime to incorporate. Major design changes were demanded right before deadlines requiring overtime to incorporate. This included the final deadline. I spoke up and spoke out during that meeting, stating that expectations for the final deadline were unreasonable. I was told everyone was expected to work overtime to deliver. I worked sixty+ hours for almost two months straight, including almost an 80hr week. I pushed through and received glowing reviews from my two managers and was given increased responsibility. Throughout the project, I grew to manage first 1, then 2, then 4 team members. Meanwhile, some people on my team would came in late, work limited or no overtime, not care about repercussions on the team, would take long lunches, and not follow through on assigned tasks. I delivered my portion complete; others did not. When the project ended, I asked for a reprieve from the long hours and pervasive stress. I had had (5) 40hr weeks in nine months. I was told I mattered and actions would be taken to address the issue. I was put on a new project and team. I placed on a project and area completely out of my wheelhouse and experience, which I expressed on day 1. The project manager was consistently not available, would be passive aggressive when I would make comments about key dates not being shared with me and not receiving important information. After almost of a month of this, I scheduled a meeting to address it and was told I was the problem. Despite my consistent and repeated efforts at communication, I was told I “I wasn’t being proactive enough”. I continued to be stonewalled and gaslit by the project managers for the duration of the project. Despite getting near to zero help from my team, I continued to do my own research, to build my own resource network outside the team, learn and grow in this completely new area, and meet all deadlines with expected deliverables. I shared all of this with my immediate direct manager for employee reviews to keep her in the communication loop. I was told I mattered and that the goal was to have me thrive at the company and changes would be made. Shortly after that project, upper leadership flipped the script on me. Saying I wasn’t fulfilling the duties of my job. They brought out a piece a paper, which I had never seen before, that listed a job description way above my experience level. To get the job, I met with 4 interviewers and in those meetings I was very detailed in explaining my experience level. HR placed me in my job position/title. I had no say in this decision. In that meeting I expressed my willingness to learn and grow, but not my willingness to work myself to death. I was denied a raise based on that piece of paper, despite the horrors of the last year and my long hours, and despite my direct manager giving great positive feedback for months and alluding to a raise along with a hefty bonus for months. When I was denied the raise I wrote out a formal complaint. Listing all the facts and was basically told to measure up or else. I was placed back on my old team, doing “fill in” tasks for a period of time and told leadership was finding me a good fit. Then without any notice I was laid off with no severance. (Industry standard is one week per month of employment). In the end, I was used and abused and then discarded like trash. No human decency, the company took no responsibility for the abhorrent working conditions and way I had been treated from day one. I was lied to, I was gaslit and I was stonewalled. None of the values of the company were upheld. I spoke with my immediate manager afterwards (she was not included in my exit meeting) and she basically told me that she advocated for me for months and no one in upper leadership would listen. No one had told her I was being laid off, that call was the first she was hearing of it. She still maintains that I was one of her best workers. Completely toxic behavior by upper leadership; from people who stouted being "better"