The UGLY truth about working in a toxic work environment

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[oriolrodriguezdelolmo]

Signs that you are in a toxic environment:

- You don't want to leave from your house at weekends
- You feel very very tired and you don't have any energy and the little energy that you have you prefer to watch garbage content to liberate from yourself

[beasaroseco]

My last job we started off great. I noticed that my boss was running off good workers and manipulating the new ones. I left because i sensed that she and her crawling monkeys were on the verge of setting me up. I left. My spirit is valuable.

[n.m.]

Giant red flag: nepotism arrangements. When the boss' wife/husband works in the office. Especially if they're not qualified for the role. Run far, far away and don't ever accept the job. Nothing good ever comes out of that. Or any form of nepotism really (friends, family members, etc). You, as the employee, will always be "wrong". Not to mention, if you have a legitimate complaint about a spouse, you can't exactly bring that up to the boss. Nepotism harms morale in the office.

[melissabrzescinski]

I just got fired from one. I wanted to leave anyway but it’s a blow to my ego. I wanted to go out on my terms. I hated the place but it paid the bills. Never trust a coworker to be your friend. It bit me in the ass.

[ivybichon]

I think the medical profession is riddled with toxic work environments. It’s been the story of my life. I grew up in a very sheltered kind of manner, and I didn’t know how mean people can be. The people I was most closest to weren’t even my colleagues. They were usually the people who worked in housekeeping receptionists, and ancillary workers. Mind you, I’m a nurse practitioner. I’m ashamed of what’s happening in medicine.

[brightspacebabe]

Just left a narcissistic Dentist boss. Demeaning, micromanaging, infantile-minded jerk. And the office was a war zone with flying monkeys ignoring the most inappropriate words that came out of his mouth daily. Was there 13 months and finally walked out. Now my migraines, chest pains, insomnia, depression, and low self esteem are gone. Thanks for talking about this; a lot of people ignore the evil these people bring.

[bigedslobotomy]

When you talked about hating your job, but stayed because of the pay, benefits and hours reminded me of my last job. We call those things (pay etc) the “golden handcuffs.”

[helenarichard]

I document these things now for my union. Never go to HR. They are more minions of the sociopath boss. I could also show this proof to my parents or partner so I know I am being gaslit and that I am right. My last job made me doubt myself but when I found the courage to tell my boyfriend, he told me that this company had a reputation. I even found the courage to tell his friends and one of them confirmed that bad reputation! I am so happy I told people. Don't be ashamed to talk about toxic jobs!

[TheBigdog]

These are the companies getting on TV and saying "people don't want to work". The missing words in their sentence is "for our company" Word gets around about the kind of place it is and people start avoiding it like the plague

[themetalhead]

I’m in a toxic environment now but it is only a stepping stone. Favoritism is off the charts. Telling me to ask questions and then responding with condescension when I do is toxic. I’m new to the industry so I naturally have questions. I try to always figure it out myself but when I can’t, I have to ask. Meanwhile, someone else can ask the same questions and receive a cordial and patient answer.

[africanqueenmo]

Totally agree. I don't stay more than a few weeks in a toxic work culture because I want to live a long happy life

[donalddias]

I don't allow toxic people at work to push me around. You just expose these kind of people.

[Yavin]

I was on a staff of 21. Three years later, the staff had dwindled down to just 6, and they weren't even interviewing people. My workload had tripled and I didn't get paid over time. We had a well established way of managing projects which required multiple people on a project. My managers never told our stakeholders that we were under-staffed. We were expected to deliver the same level of service. I left that job.

[helenarichard]

My last toxic job was at a notary. There was agression, swearing, large employee turnover, obvious depression, gaslighting, stress, bad manuals, no training, bad communication. One girl turned out to have anorexia. I only realised when the secretary came in and told her to eat some yoghurt... Ugh. This same girl seemed to have some loose screws. She played annoying Christmas music on repeat for an entire month. The other two at my office asked me invasive questions about my private life and always reacted neutral to negative. Whether it was because I was living alone, went to my parents on the weekend, didn't have a boyfriend and the worst I was working with a week contract. I was an ant that needed to be crushed in their eyes.

[l.]

After leaving a toxic (narc)mother, and then an abusive narc husband, I was alarmed to realize the new job I got had a very toxic supervisor and a toxic manager. Tried my best to 'work within the system' with a non-functioning HR and union. It just got worse. Went to a competitor company and got hired at a higher rate of pay, better hours, and way nicer environment. I said to myself I did not up and leave two previous abusive relationships just to end up in another one. I will 'walk' as often as is necessary. I'm done with abuse and toxicity.

[childrenshine]

There's power in leaving for your own peace which is priceless so take your power back!
To Everyone, please remember, when one door is closed another one is open! 💕

[brendaechols]

Working in a toxic work environment nearly killed me. They overworked us for years. It was so bad i truly believe it was cursed by the previous manager. She was mean. I had to go to see my doctor cause it changing me. I had to go on meds. I took meds for anxiety, depression, nerve pain, fibromyalgia, muscle pain, back pain, etc. I was in so much pain from the forced overtime, that i ended up with alot of physical health problems. I ended up getting a herniated disk from standing in one spot for long hours that my back gave out. Ive got arthritis on both wrist, tingling in my neck, bursitis, tendinitis, trigger fingers, bone spurs in my hands, muscular skeletal problems, the list goes on. I can tell u it does affect you in ways you never thought. I have such a fear of being in another environment like that in a new job. If that happens i k ow i will bail . Never going to put up w that again. Turnover was high. Our district manager came to visit us once and said he could feel the tension in the air when he walked in the room. Thats nuts. Thank god i left

[ilovemybeard]

I work in a toxic environment so bad…that Management favors the trouble makers and the people that start shit

And the innocent that try to defend themselves are threatened

That is the toxic place I work in 😔

[noemisolano]

I'm in my 2nd toxic work environment!!! My first toxic work environment I didn't know the signs because I have never been in a toxic work environment.

My first toxic work environment, the Supervisor had two favorites. Those two favorites were bullies and were constantly monitoring me to see if I was working. Then the two favorites went back to the Supervisor who was there friend and said I was not doing my work.

The 2nd toxic work environment that I am in, is the worst!! There are three toxic coworkers that I work with. Those three coworkers who are a click, love to bully, criticize, and start arguments at work!! I have seen my coworker who is a harder worker get told off and yelled at by the click at work!!!

When I am at work, I'm constantly walking on eggshells and my nerves are bad because I never know when the click will start trouble at work!! I realized it's time for me to go!