No workplace is free from the following:

[Seiko]

• Passive-aggressive emails.
• Verbally abusive management.
• Harassment from colleagues.
• Incompetent leadership.
• A scandal HR is investigating.
• Road rage to and from work.
• Alcoholism or drug abuse.
• Incredibly toxic office gossip.

Adult life is normalized toxicity and workplace culture is one of the many culprits. But that's okay — a 2% 401(k) match and a free share of company stock and you don't have a right to complain.

 

[motel rooms]

Somebody didn't get to bang anyone in the broom closet at the office Xmas party...

 

[Insomniac]

• A scandal HR is investigating.
• Road rage to and from work.
• Alcoholism or drug abuse.

I'd love to hear more on these. Is Road rage that common? what trigger people? what if you're new at driving and make a few mistakes.

do people go to work while drunk?? I didn't know that. My father when to work drunk but he is an alcoholic.

 

[Sherri]

Tick tick tick all of you said. And then we make a barely ends meet wage.

 

[life_goes_on]

Never heard a manager verbally abuse someone at my workplace or had collegues harras me. But then again I'm not in house very often.

I can't rule out and of the others.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Also: a cliques that will ostracize and bully somebody for not fitting in; especially if they are the more quiet "type" of person, and are surrounded by loudmouths. I am not sure if this would already fit into the "toxic office gossip" category though.

 

[CatLove56]

Never understood this bs. We are here to make a living not put down others to boost fragile egos

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

• Passive-aggressive emails.
• Verbally abusive management.
• Harassment from colleagues.
• Incompetent leadership.
• A scandal HR is investigating.
• Road rage to and from work.
• Alcoholism or drug abuse.
• Incredibly toxic office gossip.

Adult life is normalized toxicity and workplace culture is one of the many culprits. But that's okay — a 2% 401(k) match and a free share of company stock and you don't have a right to complain.

Golly how can any of that be true if my mom and friends keep telling me that finding a job is going to absolutely be guaranteed to cure all of my motivation and depression issues as well as magically lead to me finally having a girlfriend for the first time ever in my almost-28-year-old life??? It just doesn't make sense. Something doesn't add up here…

 

[CatLove56]

Golly how can any of that be true if my mom and friends keep telling me that finding a job is going to absolutely be guaranteed to cure all of my motivation and depression issues as well as magically lead to me finally having a girlfriend for the first time ever in my almost-28-year-old life??? It just doesn't make sense. Something doesn't add up here…

Why you gotta call me out like that

 

[deflationary]

My biggest problem with workplaces is that none of them are free from work.

Except for mine atm because I'm writing this at work.

 

[motel rooms]

My biggest problem with workplaces is that none of them are free from work.

There's this creep where I work who keeps reading threads on a forum for suicidal nutcases, touching himself & observing my every move...

 

[CatLove56]

There's this creep where I work who keeps reading threads on a forum for suicidal nutcases, touching himself & observing my every move...

I wish you'd stop looking over my shoulder

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

Even when I did find a part time job that wasn't toxic and stressful, I realized I still didn't fit in with the workplace culture. Being able to banter politely, constantly hold conversations, appear charming, and never struggle with brainfog is something my autistic disabled ass is incapable of.

 

[CatLove56]

Even when I did find a part time job that wasn't toxic and stressful, I realized I still didn't fit in with the workplace culture. Being able to banter politely, constantly hold conversations, appear charming, and never struggle with brainfog is something my autistic disabled ass is incapable of.

gets harder the older I get. only 25 how tf do people do this for so long? i want my N but i don't trust myself not to get scammed