Jessica was on a successful career path in NYC as a buyer in e-commerce. At first she loved her job, her boss and the company, but eventually she started to realize an underlying discriminatory bias within the company. There was an incident that uncovered the racist beliefs of a key manager which shook Jessica to her core. Speaking up about the incident only made the situation more uncomfortable. She eventually shifted to the HR department where her toxic boss seems to be pushing her out of the company by overloading her with work and giving no support.

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Elizabeth Miles Graham, author of You Know What They Say: A Memoir Presaging #metoo, tells her story of being manipulated, devalued and sexually harassed at a trading firm on Wall Street. Elizabeth loved her career in finance and her firm, but after a restructure at the company, it turned into a toxic boy's club complete with sexual harassment. Her job as a VP quickly became a glorified assistant to her toxic supervisor who had a hand in the sexual harassment she dealt with on a daily basis. This story of courage, strength and overcoming a mental health crisis is a must-listen!

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Research Credit:

Julia Boorstin; Survey: It’s still tough to be a woman on Wall Street — but men don’t always notice; Published Tue, Jun 26 2018 6:30 AM EDT Updated Tue, Jun 26 2018 12:07 PM

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/25/surveyon-wall-street-workplace-biases-persist---but-men-dont-see-t.html

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Gwen's new company seems ideal in the beginning. They have a beautiful facility which includes a gymnasium, beer machine and welcoming people, but once she gets inside the company, she realizes there is no depth and no trust. The president helicopters around all day looking over shoulders and policing time. Her toxic boss cusses out an assistant and is quick to throw anyone under the bus. She finds herself miserable at her job and loathing a place that once seemed promising.

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Maria moves to France from Colombia to settle with her newlywed husband. She is optimistic to start a career in France and finds a sales job at a company that promises an atmosphere that seems too good to be true. Within the first month, Maria experiences derogatory and sexist remarks from her toxic boss who rages at staff and is an insecure control freak. Maria says she never thought she could be part of a workplace this toxic.

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Clara worked at a toxic financial services firm as a customer service representative. Her resilient work ethic and determination made her the perfect target for the company to pile on the work load with the messiest of client issues. Since she started as a temp worker, the company never gave her the full pay she deserved and held back her potential. This is a story of discovering confidence and finding potential through perseverance in a workplace that relentlessly buried their employees.

Donna is a nurse practitioner that worked for a neurology group of twelve doctors for eight years of her career. She would be kept well past her scheduled work hours, sometimes working up to 12 hour shifts 5 days a week. These toxic doctors would triangulate the staff, gaslight their abilities and take full advantage of Donna's willingness to work hard.

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Walter kickstarts his career in a financial services firm and quickly realizes the company has no real vision other than to generate revenue at any cost. All work and responsibilities get pushed to the bottom and the leadership has a revolving door. Employees are constantly over worked and burnout is a part of this toxic workplace culture.

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Stacy lands her dream job at one of the largest non-profits in the U.S. The organizational culture in this story is cliquey and exclusive. Her toxic supervisors treat Stacy like an intern despite her credentials and background. This toxic workplace revolves around workplace bullying, power cliques, unqualified supervisors and a lack of communication.

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Brooke jumps ship from a failing work culture only to find herself in the icy waters of a new toxic work environment. Her boss doesn't listen and leads with a workaholic mentality. Non-existent leadership and a lack of processes proves poor management in this episode of Toxic Workplace.

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Michelle and Jen's story unravels as they both realize how the company they signed on with has a complete lack of accountability, respect, and abuse of power from an extremely controlling CEO. The employees who feed into the CEO's façade also participate in the gaslighting and confusion that comes straight from the top.

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