Soul-crushingly manipulative? Please elaborate. Have you been manipulated? Assuming you are in the US, you are free to do whatever you please. You don't need to

Soul-crushingly manipulative? Please elaborate. Have you been manipulated? Assuming you are in the US, you are free to do whatever you please. You don't need to work for these places. You can work literally anywhere: Starbucks, the local library, or heck you can even choose to not work at all.