Signs You Are In a Toxic Workplace and How To Deal With It

Signs You Are In a Toxic Workplace and How to deal with Toxic Work Environment. Are you caught up in a toxic workplace and in a toxic work environment, bad work environment which only holds back your career and penalizes your emotional health? I already published a few videos on toxic management and an unhealthy work environment. Many continue asking me toxic boss and signs of a toxic workplace, so in this video I am exposing 5 signs of a toxic work environment, I also share 3 main tips on how to deal with a toxic boss and a bad work environment. Workplace culture dictates how employees behave, make decisions, and interact with each other in the office. A positive company and empowering culture leads to happy and engaged team members and to incredible productivity levels. A toxic culture leads to completely the opposite, to gossip, rumours, judgemental attitude and disrespect.
First sign of a toxic workplace is when Your boss is a bully and a bad leader. Every toxic workplace starts with toxic leadership. Which means bad or narcissistic toxic bosses are those who create and install the toxic culture. Many times employees do not realize that their boss is bullying them. Instead, they believe that they have a tough boss or a manager that simply pushes employees to get results.
Typically, toxic bosses are a tremendous pressure at work. They love control and they feed off your emotional reaction.
2. There is a fear of speaking up. Employees fear speaking up because management is genuinely hostile about a different opinion. It’s not safe to speak up since the reaction might be completely unpredictable.
3. Constant office gossip and rumors. Some office hearsay can be considered normal, even though it doesn’t have any benefits! But constant gossip and rumors about your colleagues’ personal lives, the judgemental gossip, makes it clear that your workplace is indeed toxic. If you feel that your average day at work is like a reality tv show with a lot of constant drama. If people don’t openly say things but prefer whispering behind others’ back, all of that is a HUGE red flag.
4. When company culture feels like a “cult”. Does the company culture go too far to position the workplace as a replacement for family and friends? You feel that everyone is encouraged to center their lives around the job, the work is EVERYTHING. There is hardly time for leisure, family or friends. It’s like you’ve joined a cult without even knowing it...

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[myemmotion]

What has been your experience in dealing with a Toxic Work Environment? Was it a Toxic Boss? A Toxic Colleague?
What is your advice in dealing with Toxic People?

[Gabriel-tttt]

"Every toxic workplace starts with toxic leadership" so true! Unfortunately, toxic bosses can also hide in plain site behind a demeanor of loving and caring leaders. Survival in a toxic workplace is dependent on working on your mindset and emotions and staying focused on the big picture and the things that really matter for your professional success. Do not be afraid from taking difficult decisions to carve out the career path that you want and deserve. Thank you for the video!

[markstone]

Gossip is the worst! you are right about cliques that spread gossip and rumors

[forzabowe]

Horrible managers and sometimes even co workers can make the job toxic and unbearable

[dodongai]

I just “quit” my toxic job. Sad because the company was brilliant and I really enjoyed working with everyone but 1 bad manager can ruin so many goodness… just a heads up guys, during the interview if you get a bad feeling, please don’t go.

[armrashid]

In the past 6 months and my hell job started, as you said in the video there is so much gossip, backstabbing, silence treatment, negativity, some from my boss and some from the other colleagues, even a coalition of 2 narcs against me. Takes a lot of strength to deal with this mess. But it seems like this place doesn’t know better. They are USED TO BEING TOXIC

[Passion-J-]

I had to battle these animals at my previous job. Its exhausting! But yes, dealing with them, I’ve learned not to even do a lot of smiling. Dead pan and all business persona.

[santoshgarg]

I was and I am in a toxic place and had suffered enough to be able to see the difference between what is good and what is not right. Generally in toxic societies people who are not blind to it many times stay trapped in the system because whenever they want to earn money they end up getting low wages (as being in a toxic workplace) and this gives then no chance to save up enough finances to be able to leave and stay afloat. It is terrible. I feel very frustrated. Exhausted because to be employed in a toxic culture I end up being literally energetically sucked up.Sometimes I am truly afraid there is no way of leaving and living a better life. Thanks for your toxic boss videos series, it helps and motivates

[muchinakaranja]

I just resigned 😢, I can’t stomach toxicity

[MarcosRodriguez-esgz]

All of your videos in these series are amazing you can't believe how much your words helped me to go through stuff

[emmsummer]

My boss bullied me for months until I couldnt go on. I was depressed and l had to quit and it took me time to recover

[LadyMngwa]

I completely agree especially with point 3. My experience in a nutshell: I have been working in a ToxicOffice for 3 years by now. Every day there is absurd amount of trash talk and gossip (it is the worst type of open plan office, small room fully packed with around 20 people, half of which is in love with their own voices). Not only I am not interested in hearing that or even joining endless debates about bs, that also devastated concentration which my quite hard work requires. When I began wearing noise cancelling earplugs in order to be even able to work, they began ignoring and gossiping me, complaining that I am "weird" and other such stuff. It continually grew worse, even though I tried to explain that. It seemed that this was taken as a personal insult by some. What came later: Backstabbing, even more gossiping, work sabotage by not telling work information, refusal to work with me at all, open disdain towards me, gaslighting (when I complained). I got finally fed up with that and leaving the company. I am able to deal with stressing and difficult job, but to additionally cope with extremely toxic and even more stressful environment is too much.

[entreentrevistas]

I had dealt with different toxic people but the boss which I had for 2 years, who was initially nice and who even wanted to hang out after work turn into an absolute nightmare. She started humiliating me in front of people, tried to make sure that no one would even talk to me. I was so depressed but one day I walked to my desk, grabbed my things and told her that I quit. She was not expecting that and immediately went into a panic, knowing that I was essential to that company and without me, there would be serious issues for them. I walked out and have never in my life felt more free than I did in that moment. Doing this isn't always easy, or even possible, for people but I had saved up enough money so that I was able to quit that day and never look back. She would continue to bombard me with texts, emails and communication via social media for about a year after the fact, until she finally got the hint that she was no longer welcome in my life in any way. I have dealt with a lot of toxic people in my life, but this woman was by far the absolute WORST.

[REESERAMPAGE]

I've had to deal with toxic bosses and employees every job I've had it makes it hard 4 me to keep a job

[qwz]

I totally agree with all of these steps and your approach is very professional and accurate. For years and years I had to learn these very steps that you discussed. When there is one toxic leader the non narcissists don’t last very long and move on. I wish I didn’t have to learn this through my experience. Thank you

[achieving.excellence]

Great insight Marat, I believe that a toxic boss is one of the main reasons people leave companies. The important thing is learning from past experiences so one can better handle future similar situations.

[erisshadriandimalanta]

I work with two guys who go out of their way to be insulting and derogatory. I try to avoid them but they manage to cross my ways daily and its really not cool.I'm job hunting right now.

[dancingfeet]

Thanks so much for this video. My boss was a covert narcissist and he constantly seeked adoration and flattery. As soon as he realized that I had strict boundaries and was not willing to give him the supply that he needed, he tried to disturb my peace and boundaries by telling me that he wanted me to come and talk to him after work hours. At that point I knew I needed to quit, I was so burned out. It was one of the best decisions I have made. To him it didn't matter if you're good at your job. If you get good reviews. If you bring the company a lot of money. He wanted the narcissistic supply. Thank you for your work and your insight Marat

[bendietrees]

This made want to cry. I have been questioning my abilities for the last few weeks feeling like maybe I'm terrible at my job and now I realise that's not true it's just the way my manager is making me feel.

[akhilraj]

Well said Marat. I also had similar experiences with my previous employer. There was a certain level of hostility at workplace and employees who use to stand up and speak against it were treated differently than the others. The company was run with an iron fist and the firm policies were completely employee unfriendly. Delayed paychecks, no variable pay, clear hierarchy on display regarding benefits to name a few. Glad I left them and changed the atmosphere. Your videos have been providing encouragement to me all these times.