I want to coin a term for people who work at toxic jobs but form a sort of attachment to their workplace like a person who’s been taken captive but forms an emotional bond with their captors. (Basically Stockholm Syndrome but for work)

Have you ever turned down extra shifts and then feel bad about it because your boss had to take those shifts he wanted to dump on you?

Have you ever wanted to quit a toxic work environment but are hesitant to quit because of how negatively it could impact the work-life balance of your fellow co-workers and boss?

Have you ever felt guilty of taking time off because your work load will be left up to your co-workers to pick up the slack?

If you had said yes to any of these then you may have “Work-Empath Syndrome”

Work-Empath Syndrome is when you hold an emotional attachment to your workplace or feel empathetic towards the struggles of your superiors and/or Co-workers due to you quitting or taking time away from work.

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At least that's how I would like to coin it, cause sometimes I see or hear stories of people feeling guilty for leaving a toxic job or taking a break from it, but there's no word I can find that describes this sort of feeling. So I thought I would coin a term for it.

What do you guys think? How would you coin the term for this?