This year, Royal Media Services raided her rival media houses to polish up its Citizen TV with some of the best news anchors but a number have also left in the past few months.
After the exit of Fred Indimuli, Joey Muthengi officially left the station on Friday disclosing that she would be taking time to relax and recuperate from ''a hard time in the recent past."
It is during her Friday farewell remarks that her colleague Willis Raburu, revealed that he had on many occasions considered abandoning the media house.
In a live broadcast, the two disclosed that what they termed as toxicity that had pushed Raburu to nearly resign earlier in the year. It was Joey's consistent intervention that made him reconsider his decision.
"So many times I have almost quit but you (Joey Muthengi) have always convinced me to stay true to who I am, true to the game and to stay away from toxicity," remarked Raburu.
Joey, in a midway rejoinder, affirmed that indeed it was necessary for Raburu to keep of the toxicity, adding that; "this place (Citizen TV) needs you, Willis,"
More than once this year, Willis was rumoured to have resigned from the media house but the details of the kind of toxicity at his workplace have remained an insider-only information.
According to Prof. Riggio Ronald, a leadership and psychology expert, a toxic workplace exists when workers learn that if they stand out, make a mistake, criticize, or make a suggestion, then they get attacked or get punished.
Riggio describes such a workplace as a "shut-up-and-keep-working environment that is guaranteed to stifle any sort of creativity or innovation. This leads to ongoing worker stress because employees never know when the hammer will drop directly on their heads."
He asserts that in some cases, the toxic employees put down and belittle others, they are the ones who get ahead in the organization.
"It is bad enough to have bullying co-workers, but bullying bosses are a very good sign that you are in a toxic workplace." writes Prof. Riggio.
#10over10 @willisraburu, fans share their last moments with @Joey_Muthengi pic.twitter.com/gbte75Klb0
