A toxic workplace significantly impacts job productivity and increases the job burnout level of employees. When employees feel pessimistic about organizations, their productivity level is compromised. This can affect the organization’s performance significantly. Toxic workplace behavior harms employees and the organization in the long run. To a large extent, the performance of an organization is proportional to the thriving work environment in which its employees are placed.

1. DANGER OF TOXIC WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR &
IT’S IMPACT ON BURNOUT AND ATTRITION

2. T
he Workplace, over the years, has been an area where new ideas, world-changing innova-
tions, and creativity thrive. It is, however, necessary that the work environment is geared to
encourage these ideas and creativity. This is as important as the ideas themselves. Unfortu-
nately, even though proper work behavior and environment can aid in ideation and allow cre-
ativity to thrive, toxic workplace behavior can kill these ideas and not allow for much creativity.
The dangers of a toxic workplace cannot be underplayed as it takes a toll on employees’
health. The employees face stress, anxiety, and even dread. This affects their performances and
ultimately affects the employers.
How To Identify a Toxic Workplace?:
A toxic workplace is where employees find it challenging to work or progress in their careers
due to the hostile atmosphere created by co-workers, supervisors, or the company culture. This
sort of environment makes one feel unsafe mentally/psychologically unsafe. Many signs charac-
terize a toxic workplace, some of which will be outlined.
Toxic workplace Healthy workplace
Goals Undefined and unclear Obvious
Beliefs Considered Irrelevant Put into consideration and incorporated.
Passive-aggressive, Expressive communication.
Communication Aggressive. Understanding and assertive.
One-way communication,
only commands.
Human Resources Staff is treated as tools Staff feelings are valued and understood
used to aid business
Conflicts Avoided Resolved
Job description All-encompassing/Enslaving Clearly defined
These signs may differ based on the work environment or the people involved.
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3. These are a few ways to identify a toxic workplace:
Causes Of Toxicity in The Workplace
• Bad Leadership: If a leader constantly emits negative energy, this can affect the workplace
atmosphere and the team’s performance. When the leader has no idea how to lead correct-
ly, it can primarily affect the employees, creating a toxic workplace. Usually, leadership is
poor when the leaders are self-centered and build the business’s operation solely on them-
selves. These poor leaders do not often take responsibility for their mistakes, are tyrannical,
and micromanage.
• Corrupt work culture: Top organizations have solid cultural values. In a toxic work environ-
ment, these values are weaponized and used selfishly instead of their original intent. This
corrupt work culture is also characterized by certain people always having the reins in an
organization. Non-inclusion of people of a specific department of the organization also
comes under corrupt work culture.
• Harmful employees: Employees can also emit negative energy, causing a toxic workplace
for their colleagues. This includes bullying, emotional blackmail, and intimidation, affecting
their colleagues and smothering creativity.
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4. The Effect of Toxic Workplace Behavior :
Toxicity in the Workplace has many negative impacts, affecting the employees and the orga-
nization in the long run. Some of these include burnout and attrition. Employee burnout and
attrition are common in toxic workplaces. The employees are tired of the constant poisonous
environment, and either have a very laid-back attitude to work or eventually leave. This dramat-
ically affects the business as the organization’s success depends on the employees’ attitude to
work. These effects include increased employee turnover, lack of growth and development, and
decreased productivity.
Conclusion
A toxic workplace significantly impacts job productivity and increases the job burnout level
of employees. When employees feel pessimistic about organizations, their productivity level
is compromised. This can affect the organization’s performance significantly. Toxic workplace
behavior harms employees and the organization in the long run. To a large extent, the perfor-
mance of an organization is proportional to the thriving work environment in which its employ-
ees are placed.
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