toxic workplace

Having a boss who depends on drinking is an incredibly stressful situation, especially when their behavior directly impacts your professional image. Luckily, with the right steps you can protect yourself, and even come out stronger on the other side.

Having a toxic but highly skilled subordinate is a classic dilemma for project managers.

Sometimes, a toxic workplace doesn’t announce itself with shouting matches or public humiliation—it sneaks in through smaller, subtler demands. A reader recently shared that their boss told them: Bring me coffee every day, or I’ll mark you as “non-collaborative” on your performance review. It’s the kind of situation that sounds almost laughable until you realize it’s a genuine abuse of workplace power

Look, sometimes bosses exhibit unusual behaviors—and if your boss insists on being addressed as "Captain" and ends meetings with commands like "Dismissed!", it makes sense that you might wonder if this crosses the line into a hostile work environment.

If you're noticing that a certain someone who you've never seen at company meetings, who's "working remotely", is repeatedly winning "employee of the month" awards, it's possible that your boss is creating fake employees and pocketing the bonuses "paid out" to these "employees". What do you do if this is happening at your company?

Being told to “wear makeup and smile more” to earn a raise is legally considered discrimination or harassment. You’re well within your right to feel uncomfortable. We look at the steps you can take without putting your job or career in jeopardy.