This and That with DrAnimwaa

  To Leave or to Stay in a Toxic Work Environment: Personal Experience Leave immediately!  If you can afford to take care of yourself for 6 months whiles you look for another job, leave and keep your sanity. In this write up, I will refer to the job as "the toxic job".  My Story This was my second toxic work environment experience. My first was a sexual abuse issues which is different from what I am about to share.  When I started  "the toxic job", everything was confusing and strange. I had to google the signs and challenges I was experiencing, and it was only then that I realized that I was working in a toxic environment.   My first day on the job, I did not feel cohesion on the team (I have a good intuition).  Also, I could instantly feel like there were people trying to tell me with their eyes that I should run for my life. Hahaha, I can laugh now but it was not a funny experience.  Most of the team members kept asking why I had left my previ...

10  Traits of a Toxic Workplace   Micromanaging Lack of Psychological Safety / a Culture of Silence High Turnover   No Acknowledgment of Employees   Policies are changed constantly to suit leadership only  or support the toxic work culture No worklife balance   Feedback is not collected or worked on No career growth   Gossips Employees are undervalued and their thoughts are not appreciated   What to do when you find yourself in a toxic workplace Fight   You can decide to fight the system by standing up against the perpetrators.  This usually from experience and from stories that people have shared, does not always end well. You cannot fight the system unless the system is ready to change.  Usually, the perpetrators are in bed with the HR or have been there for a while and so they always win. But you can try to find with evidence.   If you decide to fight, documentation and paper trail will be vital. Document every little thing ...

Don’t give up on your Job Search    Is your job hunting weighing you down? Don’t give up! Let me share my personal experience to encourage you. I have been there, it was exhausting! Are you feeling like:  You have been sending resumes after resumes and still no call back? Do you feel sad when you see people go to work and come back home? Are you tired? Do you feel like giving up? Do you feel unseen and worthless? I understand you perfectly well but don’t give up.  All you need is a yes! Just one yes and that yes is coming. But it won’t come when you give up.   My Story I have been on the job market before and I can tell you that it was not easy. I was applying and applying and applying with no response. And when there was a response, it was rejections and rejections upon rejections. During that period, looking for a job was a full time job for me. There were many times I felt like giving up but I knew giving up meant not finding a job. Don't give up!   What...