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I have had only one full-time paid job so far, so I don't know how to assess the suggestion. But it's a thought provoking piece if you actually read the article and not just the title.
Can someone name companies that aren't like this? I've worked at 3 places and feel like I'm doomed.
> how to survive a toxic workplace Don't! Cut your losses and move on. Life is too short to spend any significant amounts of time around toxic people, no matter the context.
I spent years in a toxic primary school - things were tried to improve it, but some kids were still being bullied constantly. Back then, private schools in my area were hardly an option, and other schools were a legal hassle to switch to. Sometimes you need to learn to cope.
I just got a lot of "be loyal to each other before being loyal to Kelsus" and "Kelsus" and that's kinda empty.
Being "loyal" to your friends can be just as much a recipe for bad choices as good as far as I read it...
> how to survive a toxic workplace Don't! Cut your losses and move on. Life is too short to spend any significant amounts of time around toxic people, no matter the context.
Few people have the luxury of SV-style job agility, so having a basic survival guide is useful. It might just keep them sane until they can make a change for the better.
Can someone name companies that aren't like this? I've worked at 3 places and feel like I'm doomed.
> how to survive a toxic workplace Don't! Cut your losses and move on. Life is too short to spend any significant amounts of time around toxic people, no matter the context.
But, I had no other options at the time. It took 2 years to gtfo, and the next place was minimally better (I got ptsd from pager noises there).
So, yeah, learning to survive a toxic work place is a good thing.
I have some health problems now that I blame on the stress.
Or how about the one guy that shouts at people when they ask ANY question on why things work that way, responding with things like "NO!! It's not how we do it" and berating newer employees with their lack of legacy knowledge.
I've seen a grown man, extremely well educated, data scientist make a fellow data scientist cry. I've. Seen. Things.
I also made a conscience decision to focus on people, co-workers, and foster those relationships where I can. Sometimes I have to leave those behind when drastic life changes happen, but ultimately I'll always be there should they need me. Kudos to the OP for including the Sinek clip, love that guy.
Imagine going into an environment suffering some serious performance issues adversely affecting the day-to-day operations of the business. From initial conversations it seems great. You're asked about how you'd handle, "difficult personalities" a fair bit, but aside from that, seems like you can add a ton of value. In your first days, you exhaustively quantitatively measure the entire operating environment, prioritiz…
Yes, this is the problem. Unprofessional, low-quality employees think employment is "king of the hill," when really it's "tides lift all boats." It only takes 1 person in a company of a hundred to completely destroy it. Allow one psychopath into your company and it'll go bankrupt or otherwise defunct within just a couple years. These folks are afraid. They know their performance is substandard. They exist by hiding t…