#workplace-culture

#workplace-culture

"One of the most recognised signs of a toxic workplace is when the hiring manager says something along the lines of the team being like a family," says Duris. "This might imply that you'll be expected to constantly go above and beyond and sacrifice your personal time." Duris adds that while some genuinely nurturing workplaces do use the "family" metaphor to describe a supportive culture, jobseekers should be cautious if it's paired with other warning signs - such as vague answers, long hours, or visible stress among employees.

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PB&J Parties Let's face it, most office routines aren't exactly thrilling. You answer emails, survive meetings that could have been a Slack message, and silently curse your co-worker for not saving the spreadsheet you need on the shared drive. But some offices have embraced the weird and wonderful, establishing traditions that range from hilarious to outright bizarre. Here are 15 of the greatest work traditions I've heard about from readers.

With the exception of a client's building burning down, any rush job means that someone, somewhere, didn't do his or her job. So if an account executive wound up having a rush job, he or she wasn't allowed to blithely make the request and then go home for the night. Instead, if the creative team was staying late, the account executive had to stay late too. Amazing how that cut down on rush jobs.

Many high-achieving women are living with burnout without even realising it. On the outside, they appear calm, capable, and in control. They're delivering results, meeting deadlines, and holding space for their colleagues and teams. They are often the people others turn to for answers and support. Yet on the inside, the story can be very different. These women are running on empty. They are exhausted, disconnected from themselves, and quietly burning out.

After the work-centric hustle culture of the 2010s, then the backlash and widespread burnout brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the general feeling around work right now could be described as ambivalent at best. At worst, it's openly combative, as evinced by frequent references to the battle over working from home. Managers want employees back in the office; employees want flexibility, and to limit work's impact on their lives.

To leverage employee feedback effectively, businesses must sort data to identify patterns which reflect employee behavior or opinions that require extra attention.

Low-performer quotas can lead to some "mea culpa" moments for managers - especially if a manager has been telling their team they're all aces.

"Employees do their own research, and they are already making assumptions about pay. The conventional approach to keeping salaries secret might be damaging employee morale."

A reduction in support and responsibilities signifies that a manager is trying to extinguish an employee's ability to grow, indicating the use of quiet firing tactics.

Employee spotlight templates are pre-designed formats used by a company to consistently and engagingly highlight individual employees' achievements, stories, roles, or personalities.

As a young lawyer in the early aughts, my first months as an in-house general counsel were chaotic. The previous counsel had left abruptly weeks before I arrived, and there was no one to fill me in on the multitude of open cases and ongoing projects.