Culture | Early signs of a toxic workplace

Heading into work knowing you are going to have a difficult day due to its toxic workplace or boss can be incredibly damaging to an employee’s wellbeing and self-esteem.

Faced with bills and a mortgage or rent to pay, staff members can often feel trapped and forced to return to work, despite the negativity they are faced with on a daily basis.

For adults, we spend most of our waking hours in the workplace with our colleagues and our boss, as such, it is crucial that employees can recognise the early signs of a toxic boss or workplace.

While many may believe that riding it out is the best solution, finding a company instead that promotes a positive culture is essential to our health and wellbeing. In fact, this is crucial to a number of employees as a CV-Library study this year discovered that 40% claim that a positive culture is the most important factor in any company. In addition, 48.2% of employees consider having friendly colleagues their top priority.