Toxic Workplace Signs Even if you absolutely love your job, there’s always going to be something about it that you wish you could change. That’s the ideal scenario; if you’re lucky, you have an issue or two that you’d like to resolve, but nothing that impacts your job satisfaction as a whole. On the other hand, if your problems are beyond minor complaints – if you feel threatened, suffocated, or compromised on your principles, work ethic, or professional and personal well-being – you may be working in a toxic environment. Here are five telling signs: 1. There’s a lot of competition – and there’s nothing healthy about it Everyone in your team seems to be trying to prove their worth … by putting somebody else down. It seems that the intention is not to succeed but to make somebody else look bad. If you’re spending more time trying to explain yourself to your boss because of what your colleague did or doing damage control in all your projects, you’re probably getting sucked into a toxic environment. 2.
