Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Washington state Democrat, was accused in a published report Monday of running a ‘miserable’ workplace despite a public persona of being a progressive force for workers across the country.
ran a long-form article about Jayapal's apparent reputation among ex-staffers in Washington, D.C. The report cited 14 former workers from her office who worked there over the past five years. They described an"especially harsh office with a boss whose treatment of workers runs contrary to the public expectations she has set for others," the report said.
Holding up a copy of the U.S. Constitution, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., votes to approve the second article of impeachment as the House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing to vote on the two articles of impeachment against former President Trump The BuzzFeed report pointed to the cultural shift in workplaces across the U.S. where old standards are no longer acceptable. One needs to look no further than the banking industryBut one staffer told the website that they understood the old ways of Washington and"worked in some awful environments" but"never worked in a place that has made me so miserable and so not excited for public service as Pramila Jayapal’s office.
The website pointed out that many of the staffers believe in Jayapal’s public message. They did not want the negative press to lessen what they see as the important policies that Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has tried to move forward. But they wanted their stories told.
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