I just resigned an hour ago from my toxic job and I feel amazing. All of that stress and misery disappeared in 5 minutes.

The only solution for a toxic office culture is to find a new job. See it early and quietly put an exit plan in motion, don’t even try to play the game.

Don't forget no room for growth and the constant repetition of a monotonous task. The boredom of these types of tasks can drastically increase anxiety .

1. Being overworked 2. Not feeling valued and appreciated 3. high turnover 4. Having an overly demanding or dictatorial boss 5. Gossip

If you are watching this, you already know the answer.

I’m trying to understand why I stayed in a toxic work environment for 8 years. I finally decided I had enough and walked out. Never again. Thank you for this video.

The #1 sign. When you go to sleep and awaken, are you nervous anxious or fearful of that job. If so...it is Toxic and one needs to always be looking. 👍🙏

My job is a living nightmare but I will be debt free at Christmas "including house",I can't wait to walk out that door for good.

I'm a doctor but I was made to work as a receptionist.. I totally lost confidence in me. It was really toxic. Today I took this step to resign for my mental health.. though I don't have another job in hand, I had to take this step. I hope I'll get a good job next 😇

Left my toxic job and I feel AMAZING

If you think about self-harm or suicide before, during or after work that may be one.

Sometimes you can feel like the job you are doing becomes so overwhelming due to stress factors that you feel like you are not good at your job or it is something you are not meant to do but what your feeling is not because you are doing something wrong.

I quite one after just 3 hours !!! Before lunch !!

I left my job working in the Pharmacy due to toxic coworkers

4 more days and I leave my toxic job. It’s been a year too long

I've been working at my toxic job for the past six years. My mental health has gotten worse because of this job. For the past six years I'd been dealing with verbal abuse, bullying, verbal harassment, and physical abuse. My shift leader is abusive, my boss is a hypocrite, my coworkers are wannabe bosses/high school bullies. Right now I'm searching for a temporary job

Just quit my job of 6 years in the middle of my shift something flipped a switch and I just couldn’t do it another hour.

Gave my 2 weeks notice in a job that is literally making me sick. Working overnight, toxic co workers, cannot sleep well during the day hours. Physical symptoms. Not worth it. Thanks.

Working from home is the future. Physical locations too toxic and costly

Just hit 21 years at my job. Feel my mind is so cloudy and so far gone with depression that I'll never enjoy life, hobbies, or music again. The frosting on top, spinal fusion from work accident ruined my life at work and, more importantly, my life outside of work. Countless days I sit at work and stare until it's time to go home. What a waste of life, I hope nobody else is thus unhappy where they are at.

On top of my head: healthcare, social work, food services, and customer services could easily check off the boxes.

I left my position eight months ago after three years of bullying and intimidation from the boss. She is a marginal narcissistic who took great pleasure in tormenting staff who, she felt, weren’t loyal to her. I haven’t been able to work since then but feel like I’m ready to finally move forward. But the boss got her just reward - she is currently on ‘study leave’ while an external investigation is happening. She is the only one who hasn’t realized that there is no coming back from this. The work environment had every one of the five points and more - my favourite was getting other staff to spy on colleagues.

Leaving a toxic workplace in two weeks after 4 years

Uncertainty about job security , high turnover rate both from resignations and terminations and rigid rules designed to dehumanize a person . I just described the majority of corporate and call center environments. If you have anxiety or depression avoid these situations at all costs .

My job couldn't have been more toxic and I stayed too long. I had to take a few years off after it cause it was so tormenting.

Job stress depression is so common but rarely discussed. Great topic selection that I hope gets developed more on your chanel.

Great Video. Sadly a number of managers would simply say to the victim " don't worry about it " " Its all in your mind" "You got a bit of a persecuted complex". In reality they don't know how to deal with the situation.

I've worked in healthcare for over twenty nine years. I have always liked being able to help people , but it has been a struggle for most of time. The main reasons are the overwhelming work load and having to deal with Doctors with arrogant, spoiled brat attitudes. Most hospitals refuse to hire enough staff to take care of the patient load... and if you bring this fact to their attention, they usually reply, " just do the best you can." Thank God I've only got a few more years left to work!

Yup... working in retail for almost four years and trying to find something less anxiety inducing!

Working at a job you like is good for you. I like assembling flat packs, it sends most people to stress out. It relaxes me, im weird. Another great vid.

I just love how a boss won't give you a raise until you threaten to leave or put in the notice. My one former boss waited until my very last day to sweeten the pot. I was to the point that I didn't care anymore. I already had one foot out the door at that point. When they asked what they were doing wrong, I just told them I was done. Let them figure it out on their own. I was the 4th guy to go in less then a year and he finally decided to hire replacements. I make way better pay now.

I started a new job 2 weeks ago. I've had stomach pain and throbbing headaches since day 3. My manager has zero patience and has been trying to train me. She will say "this is how you do it" then you follow her directions. About 2 hours later, she will say "this company doesn't do it like that, you have to do it like this." I was driving home tonight and realized I can't stay there, even for the money. It sucks knowing I'll be losing a paycheque, but staying in a job like that will take its toll eventually. I have a rule though for making important decisions, I always give it 48 hours to assure it's the right one as I've made some hasty mistakes in the past that I regretted. I plan on giving my notice after this coming weekend.

If you work in retail, and it’s no longer the customers that bother you, that’s usually very telling.

I quit a job where the environment is not hostile, but there was no feedback or guidance. For years I have anxiety over my performance because my co workers are getting promoted while I stay behind. Then it clicked to me how they use promotion for employee retention. When they promoted a junior over me to keep them from leaving, finally dawned to me how my years of good work, humility, and loyalty is not worth much.

Wow...ALL of those things apply to my workplace; but, then I already knew it was toxic. I haven't finished listening. Hopefully, there's something here to help. Thing about changing jobs is that eventually, you run into the same crap that you left at the other job. You just have to try to wait until you win the lottery and can do what you want, when you want.

This describes my boss completely. Micromanager + OCD. The staff are nice. HE has the problem and he refuses to get treatment for it. He is the President and CEO and there is no HR department.

Currently walking away from a 14.50 job (I’m 19) and still trying to remind myself I am not weak, just wasn’t the right time.

I was off work sick with work related stress when I returned to work they warned me that any further periods of sickness could result in my being dismissed. They also gave me additional responsibilities which resulted in extra work! I lasted another year and a half before I was forced to retire early due to my now depression. That was over a year ago and I am still coping with depression and anxiety

I don’t have a job right now but I can relate to what you discussed about clicks. I looked for another job when I did found myself involved with a company that encouraged new employee isolation and other abuses. Thanks for the video.

Wow, everything you said about the workplace is true, true, true! Thanks for the tips on how to deal with it. I've jobed hopped for too long. I need coping skills. Keep up the great advice.

The jokes made me laugh and smile. I just had a really bad anxiety episode that's lasted almost an hour and the jokes themselves made me feel better. Thank You

Your video has literally gave me all the things I am experiencing during work and my depression is getting nothing but worse as time goes on, I’ve been debating leaving my job but not until I have another job confirmed secure to replace my current place

You hit it head on! Haven't heard it better from anyone else. Thanks for sharing!

Dealing with this right now. I have all kinds of physical issues as a result.

Only 13 more days left at my toxic job of 4 years.

I have no choice. My job is slowly killing me. But I’ve been at the same job for 18 years and I can’t leave

This is such a good video. Sharing w coworkers

Hey Dr, I've had depression pretty much my whole life and mainly have periods where I'm fine until something triggers me. Fast forward to now I got a new job sometime in March of this year as a bank teller. I came from a small town grocery store where I climbed the work ladder and became the front end Mgr. The only issue was the work hours and the fact that I had alot of responsibility, but it made me happy and I was confident in what I did. I thought that leaving would be the best thing. The bank was a completely different work environment for me and slowly made me feel worse about myself. I just could not fit in as much as I tried. Even in the middle of this job I felt uncomfortable about, my grandmother passed away who I loved very much. Needless to say I just got fired from the bank which has made my self worth even worse and every day just seems pretty hard. I wake up feeling restless and anxiety ridden. I'm just not me right now. I want everything to be okay. You want to think things will turn out for the better eventually but it's really hard to see from here

The source of my workplace related depression is because I am a shy introvert who has trouble connecting with people. It’s like everyone around me is in on something and there I sit feeling more and more withdrawn. The work week is excruciating for me. I would rather be home with my cats. I get such anxiety walking around and not sure of how to act when I walk by someone, so I look down at the ground. Gosh, I hate being around people.

Thank you for this video💜

Matthew 18:9 “And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.” My job was keeping me from Christ, from my family, from myself. I “plucked the eye out” today. I quit my job today and I cannot express how free I feel. My goal now is to find myself, find my purpose and to serve God. 🙏🏼✨

Thank you for this video!!

I just need a new better job that’s less stressful and although I have been applying to jobs for a year and it has been excruciatingly hard due to the pandemic. All 5 points that you said are exactly the issues with my job...I need to leave before a manager ends up missing...

Thanks for this! I just resigned! It was so toxic. I had a mental breakdown.

Submitted my letter of resignation today after 11 months at this company. Endured 4/5 of these signs all that time, can't wait to be out.

Hi Douglas. Thanks for doing this video. I feel stuck. A feeling a gloom and doom every day that I'm stuck.

Thanks for the wisdom, you are healing souls and saving lives. God bless.

Great Topic! I have 4 out of 5! This gives clarity why I am so exhausted and not motivated to go to work. Thank you for the video

Really enjoy your humor! Thanks for starting things off on a lighter note.

My current job literally checks off every single one of these points. I requested an internal transfer which got approved! Hoping that my new gig is less stressful than what I’ve experienced so far!

I've hated my job since day 1 and I've been here for 14 years. I have no idea what I'm doing with my life.

Thanks Douglas

This is the first time I see ur videos and ur amazing!!!!

Stupid as it sounds or I might be wrong but I recently started realizing school never really teaches us to think for ourselves. If you were obedient and quiet (except when answering questions in class) and did what you were supposed to do, it seemed teachers were okay with it. I have noticed the popular kids or the ones who were "social butterflies" at school, even if they didn't do that well in their studies back then, seem to adjust better at work. Just something I kind of noticed.

I worked in a call center. The job was remote. KPIs were next to impossible. Management was stressed and that translated to absolute toxic and abusive situations. It's funny that they do not understand employment is a two way decision!

You described my job perfectly. I think I have ptsd 16 years later

I stepped down from my position to a lower position today. It’s been building and building and I was about to blow my lid. I finally, after weeks and weeks of the build up, ripped the bandaid off and stepped down to my former position. I was “promoted” to do ten times the work for less pay and I thought I was more esteemed for the title I had. It was not worth it. After four months, the RELIEF I FEEK RIGHT NOW is INCREDIBLE. Just do it…. We have one life. Make it a happy one. It’s in your hands.

In heavy a contemplation the ppl-job are making me ill..the thing is I used to like going to my job now I loathe the joint.

My old job had and has high turnover because the new manager is hiring bodies rather than qualified people. We don't have the most technical job. But when you see that your bosses and coworkers don't care, why should you?

I'm honestly crying after watching this. My job, which used to be fun, is now very toxic and not tolerable at all. I dread going to work and no matter how many times I try to keep my head up, I can't get through my day. Thanks for the tips. Honestly, I need this wake up call.

My previous work caused me depression that I never experienced before in my life. I lost a will to live, to do anything, I was just a slave of my work, my life. I hated the fact that you have to still live because I didn't see any purpose and sense in it. This was caused by working extreme amount of hours, normally 10,11 but sometimes 15 hours a day. It was also caused by complete lack of support from my employer , rather opposite as my workplace culture actually demanded people to work crazy hours (as my boss once asked me ' soo.. you don't work at night but you could'). This should give you rough idea. Finally by complete accident I changed the departments and now I couldn't be more happy. My free time came back and my will to live with it. I actually even enjoy my life again which I already thought is not possible anymore. Now whenever I remember those grim and sad times, it brings chills down my spine and anxiety. After 3 months I still feel exhausted, like I really needed a year off to get back to normal, previous me.

Thank you so so much.

if the turnover rate is high even with very good pay, does that mean its highly toxic...

There's all kinds of stress, we're certainly not born to only take on TOXIC stress our entire life. Unlike negative stress that tends to occur in moments that tend to reveal areas of improvement, TOXIC seems to be stagnant, unchanging, and leads to burnout. Plenty of POSITIVE stress opportunities in life as well like fitness and improving our habits. Personally I say much of our wellbeing can be bolstered with a solid ritualistic set of daily personal structure that implements many forms of positive stress to outweigh inevitable negative and especially allowing more self-awareness and conscientious of navigating out of toxic stress earlier before it escalates and infects us.

Thank you for healing My mind as to see that I have just quit today .. I would love to watch more of your videos in the future. I struggle with anger and anxiety and I am a boxer and I am currently working on a movie I'm writing while working a construction job .. i just quit that one and now I'm looking for somewhere else. Can you do a video for techniques to calm down at the work place because I find myself quitting more jobs than usual in my lifetime

At the start of 2021 I had a great paying position at a call center that I was a dedicated workaholic to because it paid well and it was such a good job. Around mid January my position was outsourced to the Philippines. Because of it I was forced back into a cold call sales position that quickly killed my workaholic ethic and made me suicidal when thinking just how much it torpedoed my work ethic and made me feel like a failure on the daily. Today is my last day at this job, and I'm horrified about not being able to find a new job, but know that if I don't leave, that I will do something I know I'm not going to be able to undo

1. Gossip 2. Anger 3. Feelings being minimized 4. Passive aggressiveness and anger (in me) which is toxic 5. Management have no empathy all I was told is that I’m a hard worker none of them really wanted to get to know me when I’d ask them questions about themselves. 6. Rude co workers 7. High turn over rate 8. Upper management spying on all of us on Thanksgiving when she took the day off. (I called her out on this and was completely ignored no one even called me to see if I was coming back) 9. Manager also gas lit me when i asked her if she was going to hire someone new her response was “well you do only work part time and that’s what you wanted to work” 10. Manager is demanding and talks to other management and asks them why I didn’t get a certain job done. 11. Every time I went into work staff wouldn’t sit by the new girl. 12. Race sticking with their own race 13. A male manager touching me on my arm, fixing my collar, blabbing on about his wife and how wonderful she is when all i want is to find a certain project. He may have been on drugs to because he would act super high. 14. People showing up to work high. Im a Christian so at this point I’d rather just not work I’m too afraid to. The worst thing a female co worker said to me though was “you hurt your back because you were in all of these sexual positions with your boyfriend…hanging off the chandelier.” I was also called “sexy” by another female co worker. I think what helped me to get out of my head was to serve with kids around the community. Im thinking about working with children like at a Boys and Girls Club but I will never get back into special needs work or elder care do to how toxic people are. It’s the staff that’s toxic not the clients. Oh and The job I worked at wouldn’t go above $15 an hr no matter how long you stayed there unless you became a supervisor or manager

love your videos

I have anxiety and pretty much cry before I get to work everyday. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’m on a mission for another job.

I have a boss who is very toxic and I definitely suffer from anxiety and depression. I am currently anxious writing this because my work place exhibts all of the signs youve talked about, except the last one because my coworkers and I also agree managment is bad and the only thing we talk about is how we never know what to expect. I truly hate going to work and cry every day and more so now than ever since 2 of my wonderful coworkers have been fired. I just want to quit terribly but dont want to let my clients down.

When Satan gets bald.....LOL Thanks for the laughs! Much needed today. Just titrated up on antidepressant and have got some side effects ugh. This too shall pass.

FedEx Express just ticked ALL those off. Ha, I can’t wait for this new job to call me. I’ll be making more and working from 7AM-3:30PM! Tired of being overworked and undervalued! I’ll be taking this new job next week.

My mental health is irreparably ruined due to my career choices and avoidant attachment style. Looking at my resumé disgusts and saddens me.

Hi Douglas! Thank you for providing great information to the KZfaq community. I know these videos take a lot of time and energy so we appreciate everything you do! Do you currently work with any affiliate partners that offer professional online education to your audience? - Warm regards, Adam

My job was great when I first started but after a year a co-worker got moved up to a manger who is now a complete ball buster and loads the guys up with work and that goes for the overnight shift and I got put on a swing shift that has been burning me out after 2 years now doing 2 overnights and 3 days am just done. Pay is great but its not worth it , I have been doing foot work and reaching out to find a new job and to move up in my field as well to a manger which I can and am able to do.

In my case good news is that upper management recognized people were leaving her section so she barley had anyone to supervise...she had no choice but to change her toxic behavior.

Hello Douglas, Thank you for all the videos. It's been a great help for me. Sorry I can't contribute 2 dollars an hour. :)

Oh my God I wish I quit my job too I'm dying. Irregular heartbeats, chest aches, depression,anxiety, panic attack. My mental health is affected. I live in a different country and I work for an employer on a contract. I have no choice I don't know what will be become of me after this year.

I have a toxic co worker that the boss won't handle her. She even snapped at him and yesterday he literally just left early without a word. My boss speaks word salad, and the training is so confusing and inconsistent. I've gotten to the point where I'm just drained. I can't learn anything, I'm dissociated.

I work in Bakery my manager always point and talk about with me about the mistakes I make or wrong im doing. But dint say "you doing a very great job" and top of that dealing with difficult customers that make my heart beat fast. I swear retail companies don't give care about employees they care either themselves or their businesses.

Gazzy helping me so much I have so much anxiety and fear of going back to place that I'm just fearful I don't know what's going to happen no boss know nothing changes a lot like a drama chaos mcchaos and control and No unity it's like high school stuff. And stresses me out that's all nothing else and I love my job I love my customer service for service helping people

praying for a good job that makes me feel better :) there's still hope. Not all bosses are mean

I was bullied in a job and got so unwell.l did not sure but left.The bullies family kept coming into the shop l went to work in.

1) Being Overworked 3:32 // 2) Not Feeling Valued or Appreciated 4:11 // 3) High Turnover 4:48 // 4) Having a demanding or dictatorial boss 5:51 // 5) A work Environment with Cliques and Gossip 6:47

I have decided to quit my job so I am here just to get more insight.

Working in Mental Health at a Nonprofit where the caseloads are ridiculously high, Supervisors are young and inexperienced. Ive been there 6 months and they have major systemic issues that Clinicians have no support for. Burned out. Only been there 6 months. When Agencies burn out Mental Health folks then we cant be healthy for ourselves or them

Working in Retail for over 20 years and different superstores here in the UK and I'm on sick leave for all of the five signs. My job is very toxic.

I love my co-workers and my boss. It's the work and the customers that I can't handle anymore.

Imagine being and HR manager and working at a place like you describe. Due to the company culture there and management I couldn’t take it anymore and left after 7 years. Nepotism - watch out for that as it is usually not good.

I've been feel all of that and i took depression test and i declared have severe depression, my boss is just like an alcoholic parent and i never get appreciation if i do my job well but when i do it wrong i got snapped really hard, even my boss didn't let me do my job and give it to my co worker instead and they gossiping me and stab my back on and on, i started feel hard to breath and think even when i got home and seeing my wife my tears suddenly came out, i hope this is over.