The 7 Habits of Highly Toxic Companies

From propaganda machines to insincere trust, recognize the subtle yet insidious habits that perpetuate toxic workplace cultures, and learn how to protect your career and sanity.

My mission is simple. I want more people to love what they do—and get paid well doing it.

Odds are, you’d like to love what you do, too.

We need to create environments that help one another feel truly happy and safe to accomplish this. We cannot feed or allow toxic behavior to fester.

Sometimes we may not recognize how toxic an environment is until we’ve had time to reflect. I’ve repeatedly found the following 7 toxic habits in scenarios with clients (and lived a handful myself).

I've been guilty of perpetuating this behavior—and maybe you have as well. Nobody is perfect.

This article identifies toxic behavior, so we can rally against it—or argue until the cows come home. The aim is to be satirical and critical—and earn a chuckle or two.

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A quick note: This article uses satire, hyperbole, and occasionally strong language to highlight problematic workpl…