In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, John Sharp, the newly appointed chancellor of the Texas A&M System, authorized a third-party company to run food service, ground maintenance and janitorial services in College Station.

But the cost-saving measure has seen workplaces across campus change into a “toxic” culture where sexual abuse and labor law violations allegedly run rampant, according to current and former employees working under Compass Group North America and its two subsidiaries, SSC and Chartwells.

“It was three years of the most toxic environment I had ever worked in,” an upper-level managerial employee for Chartwells said. “There was zero accountability in terms of staff violating rules. My first semester up there, I had conducted 13 investigations into staff members at The Commons dining hall.”

The employee asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation, having recalled several instances of her supervisors refusing to discipline high-ranking employees after instances of sexual assault.

SSC was charged with overseeing campus custodial services, and Chartwells runs every dining location on campus.

As a former student, she was excited to return to A&M to work with Chartwells in human resources. But settling into the role, she began to notice discrepancies in how employees were treated.

“What I saw was the worst workplace harassment and bullying I had ever seen in my career,” the managerial employee said. “Typically in those processes, as I...

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