The U.S. surgeon general warned that abusive or cutthroat workplaces may be harmful to human health. Here’s what you need to know about spotting toxicity and protecting your mental and physical health, and what employers should do.
among American workers — said the recommendations aimed to seize on the pandemic-era opportunity to reexamine how we work. Murthy said the pandemic-sparked “reckoning” should lead employers to turn workplaces into “engines of well-being.”
Five qualities can predict whether people believe their workplace is toxic, according to the surgeon general’s guidance: The culture is disrespectful, noninclusive, unethical, cutthroat or abusive. There are also physical red flags. Sleeplessness, anxiety, dry mouth, increased blood pressure and fatigue can be among signs that something’s off. Indications that the nervous system’s fight-or-flight response has been turned on — a pit in the stomach, butterflies in the stomach, heart racing — are important to notice, Sullivan said.
Whether a workplace qualifies as truly toxic, many workers suffer from chronic stress regardless — thanks to “heavy workloads, long commutes, unpredictable schedules, limited autonomy, long work hours, multiple jobs, low wages” and various other challenges, the surgeon general said.People struggling with negative work environments should recognize that it “is not them,” Sullivan said.
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