Toxic Work Enviroments

[Mizzkizz7]

Everybody has to work with other people but what is a headache are negative people who like to nitpick and bully other co-workers. I strongly feel that ANY issues that pertains to gossiping, drama need to be dealt with accordingly. Meeting with the supervisor, One warning, If it continues, then termination. I say this because people who have been fired or bullied have come back to work to kill innocent people just like what happened in VA. Beach, VA. So, my point is there needs to be consequences. Be nice to your coworkers, everyone is there for the same reason. 

[gaylasue]

I get along with my co-workers very well.  There is one who takes out her bad mood on everyone, though.  I will usually put her back in her place real quick if she starts with me.

[vg7405]

Unfortunately, I have had to work in a toxic work environment. In fact, I am working in one right now. No one in our section likes the section manager as a result of his brash and unprofessional behavior. Thankfully, I will be moving to another section in a couple of weeks.

[lywb2168]

I changed my job about 18 months ago because of a Toxic Environment.  I worked for a Government Contract for 20 years, 10 of those where with a Company that was Toxic, they hired us as Subcontractors and treated us as 4th class citizens. The environment was so bad that everyone was stressed and in bad mood.

Then I had a co-worker that left the company and came back 3 years later and took it upon himself to Supervise MY WORK, up to the point that he will go back to every response email that I sent and correct me in front of everyone if something was wrong and also report it, out of his own, everything to the manager. He went back and checked entries, print it out the errors, accumulated 50 or so and sent an email to everyone on the department with my errors, errors that the other people also had and he did not check theirs, it was only me.

As soon as I found a new job a Quit, it so happened that I quit at the same time as the Supervisor going on vacation for a month and someone else for 2 weeks, so it was going to be only the Manager and the Toxic co-worker.  Manager got mad and told me that I had to stay until everyone came back (YEAH, RIGHT), he was staying with his favorite worker so I packed and left and never looked back.

It was the best decision of my life, I am too old to be stressed out and having to look over my shoulder to everything a did and make sure that I did not make mistakes since I could not be Human and to be treated like we were not good enough to be there.

[stevensm4]

The past jobs I've had, there is always the one and its usually a supervisor of sorts that most people hate and/or wants to fight with it coming close from some of the stories that I've heard.

[countrygirl12]

Everybody has to work with other people but what is a headache are negative people who like to nitpick and bully other co-workers. I strongly feel that ANY issues that pertains to gossiping, drama need to be dealt with accordingly. Meeting with the supervisor, One warning, If it continues, then termination. I say this because people who have been fired or bullied have come back to work to kill innocent people just like what happened in VA. Beach, VA. So, my point is there needs to be consequences. Be nice to your coworkers, everyone is there for the same reason. 

You say ppl who have been fired come back and kill people and in the same sentence say people need to be fired.  smh  I do agree with what you are saying but usually nothing is done.  I have worked in places like that and it seems you have bullies every where you go.

[alice44]

Do onto others as you would want them to do onto you 

[gtdoss]

I have definitely had my share of toxic people in the workplace! I just don't understand that kind of attitude, though. Why not make the workplace as tolerable as possible? I was able to start working from home in my early 30s, and I was so glad to not have to work with people who made me miserable! 

[gwilson31]

I work in a family shelter and I work overnight.  So everyone is asleep when I am there.  I don't really see all my co-workers much   except at our weekly staff meeting.

[darkxtsuna]

Never had a toxic work environment but my last superiors was just trash 100% but my co-workers were fam. 

[Mizzkizz7]

I have definitely had my share of toxic people in the workplace! I just don't understand that kind of attitude, though. Why not make the workplace as tolerable as possible? I was able to start working from home in my early 30s, and I was so glad to not have to work with people who made me miserable! 

Trust Me, I know! It's better working from home.

[pectacon]

I'm very fortunate to be able to work from home as well. I dealt briefly with a person like that at another job and it sucked all the enthusiasm right out of me.

[kvanwert]

I think this extends outside of the workplace in just your every day life. There is generally no reason to treat people badly.

[singletonb]

It has been quite a while since I have been gainfully employed out of the house.  I volunteer a lot so if I don't like my volunteer environment, I can take some time off.  however, when I used to work, I tried to avoid the negative people.

[arobinson1331]

toxic work environments definitely should not be tolerated. toxic people need to be put in their place and be addressed. especially the root cause of it all instead or only punishing them.