you dread going to work and certain things have been making you feel
miserable for a while if the recent pandemic has taught us anything it is to
take a step back and discover what truly makes us happy at work and in life in
general find out if you might actually be caught up in a toxic workplace and in
a toxic work environment which will only hold back your career and penalize your
emotional health I'm Marat from EMMOTION, Career Services Agency, look me up on
LinkedIn. I already published a few videos on toxic management and on
unhealthy work environment but many of you continue asking me about this and I
would like to share my updated perspective on this subject so in this
video I'll be exposing five signs of a toxic work environment and if you stick
with me till the end I'll also share three main tips on how to deal with it
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as a professional number one sign 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 booing 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 of your emotional reaction a bully boss usually questions
your worth by belittling your opinions and your ideas
this may take place in private or even in front of others they blame you for
problems at work while claiming to be responsible for all the good outcome
they question your commitment unless you work long hours and sacrifice your
personal time they play favorites and manipulate the team against each other
find out the full list of toxic boss signs through my linked video number two
the fear of speaking of employees fear speaking up because the management is
genuinely hostile about a different opinion it's not safe to speak up since
the reaction might be completely unpredictable
there is a general rule for keeping it quiet and serious positive or negative
feedback is usually being held back achievements are not celebrated making
any noise all laughing out loud is considered a crime and even something to
be ashamed of no team-building activities are being promoted because
the management is always against it everybody is afraid of getting in
trouble for breaking the rules and so they keep their heads low and try not to
step out of line employees simply know that speaking up is bad and such
environments are perfect for toxic behaviors to strive number three
constant office gossip and rumors some work-related hearsay can be considered
normal even though it doesn't have any benefits but constant gossip and rumors
about your colleagues personal lives the judgmental type of 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 going on
if people don't openly say things but prefer whispering behind each other's
back all of that is a huge red flag and you might have contributed to gossip
yourself since you consider it a way of getting integrated in the team otherwise
you feel left out but stop right there people who constantly create and spread
gossip about others will eventually do that to your as well at a certain point
so don't contribute to such a poison circulating number four when company
culture feels like a cult thus 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 anyone with different ideas
is immediately being excluded there are even cleese within so-called
cultish culture the leaders of creeks are usually considered an example to
follow and instead of transmitting actual corporate values these leaders
are usually the ones who spread the rumors and the gossip the most behaving
like corporate teenagers whenever a new person joins the company they go out of
their way to make their early days anything but easy
treating the newly joined members as if they were a threat
number five you start questioning your own worth your work-life balance is not
working you notice you are not being yourself anymore all the external output
you get signals that you are not fitting in that you are not good enough
if you start questioning your own worth this is definitely a toxic workplace
being surrounded by toxicity for at least eight hours a day
causes extremely high levels of stress resulting in sickness mental health
issues and a lack of self esteem so as I promised these are three tips on dealing
with toxic work environment of course many people are not in a position to
quit without having another job lined up that's why no advice is going to be
enough no amount of talent is going to make things comfortable but if you just
have to stick around in the company for a certain amount of time try to do the
following to survive number one focus on what you can control and keep in mind
that this is not permanent remember you have no control over what others say or
do but he do have a control over your own response keep your thoughts free of
anger focus on your job focus on the tasks you need to perform it's all a
direct control over your own performance the more emotional power you give to
your toxic boss the more your boss will focus on you as a target number two
change your mindset find people who feel the same way you do maintain a positive
mindset try to completely ignore the negative I made a few videos on this
subject and I'll add the link to the card and below in the video description
number three be kind to yourself remember no one has to be perfect to
deserve basic human kindness and decency toxic work environments make you feel
like it's your own fault it's easy to think that if you were faster more
efficient more brilliant and more tough you wouldn't have had
these problems but this is completely wrong how would you respond to someone
that you really care about being mistreated at work so try showing the
same level of kindness to yourself workplace culture dictates how employees
behave make decisions and interact with each other in the office a positive
company an empowering culture leads to happy and engaged team members and to
incredible productivity levels a toxic culture leads to completely the opposite
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