5 signs that you have an unhealthy work environment

Without realizing it

This is the place where you actually spend most of your time: the workplace. You see your colleagues more often than your own friends or partner, so it is important that this workplace is also healthy. It is often easy to signal whether a colleague is good or bad for the atmosphere at work; they are a bit too focused on themselves, take credit for work that is not theirs and are mainly busy promoting themselves rather than having a heart for the business, says relationship expert and author April Masini. But there are also things happening in the workplace that are less obvious and can lead to an unhealthy work environment.

When your boundaries are ignored

It surely happens that you have done something for your company outside of working hours or called a colleague or whatever – that is absolutely no problem. But do prevent this from becoming a standard thing, that you are not working during your free hours. The boundaries must be clear and made clear by yourself. If these boundaries are ignored, it creates an unhealthy work atmosphere and a lot of unwanted stress.

‘Innocent’ gossip

Yes, we all participate in that sometimes. Some people even claim that gossiping is good for you. ‘When you notice that a colleague is much more focused on gossiping about other colleagues than on his or her work, then you are dealing with the rotten apple in your team,’ says Masini, and that rotten apple ruins it for the rest, because it is anything but motivating. And nobody likes an office mean girl anyway.

Friendships that turn into a clique

Meeting with colleagues outside of work does not have to be bad, it’s nice that there is such a good click, but you should not form a clique. Cliques ensure that there will always be someone who feels excluded, that people can start feeling unhappy in the workplace. You certainly don’t want that.

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Underappreciated

An unhealthy work environment is one that makes you feel uncomfortable, unappreciated or undervalued. Even if you know you are doing your job well, that your colleagues and boss are happy with you, if this is never expressed, it is also demotivating. So make sure to schedule those performance reviews often. Then all those positives and of course the points of improvement are clear.

Source: Bustle