Categories
Antiwork

Example of gaslighting in toxic workplace discussions

Ive read a lot articles and online discussions about toxic workplaces. Ive come to a conclusion that there is some massive gaslightning going on when an employee complains in a forum that he/she is bullied at a workplace. And then the other people comment things like ”have you considered changing industries” or ”you need to apply elsewhere if you are unhappy in your current role”. None these bullshit comments address the real issue of workplace bullying at all. These are chickenshit self-defeating attitudes. Bullies need to be stopped, with lawyers if necessary. You can have a worker who is very satisfied in the actual job, but is bullied in the workplace. Workplace bullies most often have dark triad personality traits (narcissism, psychopathy, machiavellianism). If a worker is bullied somewhere by these predatory people, why in the hell he should ”change industries” or is labeled as ”unhappy”, when the real issue…


Ive read a lot articles and online discussions about toxic workplaces. Ive come to a conclusion that there is some massive gaslightning going on when an employee complains in a forum that he/she is bullied at a workplace. And then the other people comment things like ”have you considered changing industries” or ”you need to apply elsewhere if you are unhappy in your current role”. None these bullshit comments address the real issue of workplace bullying at all. These are chickenshit self-defeating attitudes. Bullies need to be stopped, with lawyers if necessary. You can have a worker who is very satisfied in the actual job, but is bullied in the workplace. Workplace bullies most often have dark triad personality traits (narcissism, psychopathy, machiavellianism). If a worker is bullied somewhere by these predatory people, why in the hell he should ”change industries” or is labeled as ”unhappy”, when the real issue is bullying? The bullying needs to stop in a given workplace, period.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *