When Trustees Lash Out: The Recruitment Junction and Public Scrutiny

Date: August 2025

After raising legitimate concerns about safeguarding, governance failures, and public funding transparency at The Recruitment Junction, we became aware of a LinkedIn post by one of their trustees. The post referred to “malignant stalkers,” “fake companies,” and expressed frustration at people reappearing under “different personas.”

The post was published shortly after our founder’s advocacy work gained traction and appears to reference The Reasonable Adjustment – a free UK-based advocacy service for disabled and neurodivergent people. The timing and tone raise serious questions about the charity’s internal culture and its response to scrutiny.

🎯 Why This Matters

Trustees are held to high standards. When a trustee responds to a whistleblower or critic by venting on social media – instead of engaging with evidence – it weakens the charity’s credibility and may create legal risk. Trustees must act with integrity, even under pressure.

This is not accountability. It is retaliation. Public complaints are uncomfortable, but retaliatory language is never acceptable – especially when directed at a disabled service user raising safeguarding and GDPR concerns through lawful channels.

The message clearly struck a nerve. If your instinct is to attack the messenger, you’re confirming the validity of the message. Institutions that cannot face scrutiny will always try to discredit those who speak up.

We did not engage with the trustee until after we noticed their activity on our platform. After they viewed our profile previously, we looked at their recent posts and discovered the now-deleted outburst, which had received 42 reactions in just over a week.

The original post has since been deleted – but we archived it before that happened. You can view a screenshot here:

✅ Our Response

• We document – we do not defame.
• We seek transparency – not conflict.
• We will not be silenced by deleted posts or defensive outbursts.

This kind of behaviour is exactly why oversight, scrutiny, and lawful challenge are so important in the third sector – especially when it comes to organisations receiving public money while failing to uphold their stated values.

📌 Final Note

We stand by our work. If trustees make public comments relevant to our advocacy, we will respond calmly, lawfully, and with documented evidence.

Charities must do better – and so must their boards.