I had to deal with this during the pandemic. As the team lead, my ex-worker, exhausted and furious at the political climate, fired off a email to our client base. It doesn’t matter if we agreed with the statement or not. But like, bro… we provide technical services.

I tried my best to step in front of the fire, brush it as a misstep and give them mental health days. But they went radioactive on the CEO and my boss and I had to let them go.

It’s like that Dave Chappelle skit “when keeping it real goes wrong”