Everybody has a bad day at work once in a while. But when you work for a company with a toxic culture, bad days become the norm. Staying in a toxic workplace, like all toxic things, is dangerous and can lead to severe mental and physical health damage. Yes, we mean severe - cancer, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, obesity, depression.
Recognizing the signs of a toxic culture can be the first step in creating a healthier future for yourself.
20 SIGNS OF A TOXIC CULTURE:
1. No one really understands what the company stands for
2. Company core values are believed to be part of PR or marketing
3. Workplace relationships are formal and transactional
4. Rules and policies are more important than good judgment
5. Extreme focus on outperforming the competition (internal and external)
6. Low tolerance of vulnerability, mistakes and failure
7. Limited interactions between top management and rest of the employees
8. Mostly one-way and top-down communication with leadership
9. Little or no recognition of employee’ merits and achievements
10. Widespread fear, high concern for the safety of own spot
11. High-stress and high-pressure environment, everyone is very busy
12. “Brilliant jerks” are tolerated or even liked by leadership
13. High employee turnover, higher than industry average
14. Vacancies take long to fill, great candidates are turning offers down
15. High rates of absenteeism - people tend to get sick more often
16. High rates of presenteeism – people are present but highly disengaged
17. Micro-management based on a lack of trust
18. A wide spread atmosphere of apathy and negative work attitude
19. Leaders exert control, command and psychological manipulation
20. Top talent stays for financial incentives only
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