Most people get spooked when you meet them with total openness right from the start. Toxic work environments have conditioned everyone to expect a trap behind every offer. When people have endured exploitation or boundary-crossing bosses, receiving transparent information upfront actually feels suspicious to them. It reveals how broken our work culture has become: we need to unlearn this defensiveness, because upfront openness isn't a vulnerability—it's the baseline for real trust.
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