I've been at an extremely toxic workplace for a few months now. It's a healthcare setting but there's only one specialist doctor, and I was originally hired as the 5th assistant working in the clinic. The first week I got there 3 people quit at once. I chalked it up to just bad luck, but realized after about a week that there was a reason everyone quit.
The doctor is an absolute tyrant and verbally abusive, has been bullying me and taking out her anger on me ever since the girl she was bullying before me quit. I literally go to work and get yelled at and berated for 8 hours a day. Everything I do is wrong, and if I've done something well she'll go and search for something unrelated to yell at me about.
Once when we were all leaving for the day she came screaming about how someone left something unwrapped in the sterilization room (this is an everyday thing at most practices, it's fine unwrapped as long as it's dry and everyone just wraps them in the morning). I wasn't even the person who left it there but she singled me out for no reason and came screaming at me to go back into the clinic, put on full PPE (protective gown, eyewear, mask, gloves etc) and go wrap this thing. When I finally got my PPE on she literally turned the lights off on me (super dangerous in a contaminated room full of sharp instruments) and bitched about me hurrying up (how tf can I if I can't see a damn thing…), and started trying to pretend to be nice to the other girls telling them they could all go home. Everyone else told me it was really awkward for them and they all actually stayed until I was finished, but it was just so blatant that she was bullying me for no reason.
It sucks because I've always had such a good work ethic and used to sacrifice so much for my job (I used to be a primary school teacher), so I don't know why she's so hell bent on making me just not want to even try anymore. I was doing my best and pushing myself so hard at first, but since I got yelled at regardless I ended up just being like, why bother trying if I'm getting yelled at anyway? I could try half as hard and still get screamed at, but I'm wasting less energy.
Anyway 6 people in total have quit since I got there three months ago now, the shortest lasted a day and the longest 2 weeks. I keep wanting to quit but now it's just 2 of us assistants (the other has been there for a couple years and is a very sweet person), so I feel horrible leaving the other girl alone with this monster because it's hard enough doing a 5 person job with just 2 people. One would be impossible and would almost definitely shut down the whole clinic for a while, and that girl would be out of work until it starts up again. But I swear I've been waiting for them to hire/train people for months but every time we hire someone and I starting preparing my exit, they end up quitting before I can.
Since we started training a third person a couple weeks ago I finally applied for another job and actually found out yesterday I got it and they want me to start the week after next. I was waiting for them to send the contract today so I could quit tonight and I swear to god right as we were about to leave for the day the newest girl called up and quit before I could. So now we're back down to 2 assistants and I feel terrible leaving the other girl alone but I already accepted the other job… Idk I know I shouldn't feel bad because the verbal abuse is affecting my mental health but I just hate to be the person that leaves the other girl alone. I seriously wish I had quit before the other girl did so I wouldn't look like such an asshole at least but I'm so sick of commuting an hour and a half every day just to be berated and bullied for 9 hours a day.
Anyway that's my rant. I hate to be the asshole who leaves one person alone but I've waited for months for them to train someone new but this woman is so abusive everyone just keeps quitting and for the sake of my mental health I can't keep waiting.
EDIT: Also quick side note, this woman is so terrible I shit you not I applied for another job and someone texted me about my application, then said “wait, is that the practice at [location]?”. I said it was and she went “Oh my god I worked there years ago and lasted a month. That woman is crazy”. So yeah, that's how bad it is.