A toxic workplace is somewhere you really
don’t want to be as, even if you try to avoid it, you will be dragged into the backstabbing shit that’s going on and it will adversely affect you. It’s a place usually characterised by
drama and infighting and where the personal battles between individuals or departments harm productivity. Toxic workplaces are often the result of workers who are, themselves, best described as toxic. These individuals are motivated solely by personal interest, the desire for
money, power and status. They will use any means no matter how unethical,
mean-spirited or illegal to manipulate the
system for their own ends whilst undermining others and diverting attention away from their own shortcomings.
Toxic workplaces have been found to have profoundly adverse effects on the health and wellbeing of the non-toxic
people working in them. The best advice if you find yourself working in such an environment, no matter how good the
money or benefits, get out as quickly as possible.
“Malcolm’s crawling round
Mark again trying to undermine Nick.”
“That toe-
rag really is poisonous; he’s turning this into a
real toxic workplace.”
