10 Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore.” It highlights behaviors that are considered forms of bullying in a professional environment. These signs can significantly impact an employee’s well-being, productivity, and mental health.
Here’s a brief explanation of each point:
1. Sabotaging Your Success
When colleagues or supervisors:
- Take credit for your ideas
- Intentionally create obstacles
- Undermine your work efforts
2. Constant Criticism
Your work is:
- Overly scrutinized
- Undervalued regardless of its quality
- Rarely or never appreciated
3. Public Humiliation
You are:
- Embarrassed in meetings or in front of others
- Ridiculed or mocked
- Made to feel small in public settings
4. Manipulating Performance Reviews
Your reviews:
- Focus on minor issues
- Ignore major contributions
- Are used to limit your growth or promotions
5. Setting You Up to Fail
You are:
- Given unclear or unrealistic expectations
- Assigned tasks with no chance of success
- Blamed for inevitable failures
6. Silent Treatment
You are:
- Deliberately ignored
- Excluded from meetings or communication loops
- Made to feel isolated
7. Spreading Rumors
False information or gossip is:
- Shared to damage your reputation
- Used to turn others against you
8. Verbal Abuse
You experience:
- Yelling, insults, or offensive language
- A hostile tone in conversations
- Degrading or threatening comments
9. Excessive Micromanagement
You are:
- Constantly monitored or questioned
- Not trusted to make decisions
- Denied autonomy over your work
10. Unreasonable Workload
You are:
- Overloaded without adequate resources
- Expected to do more than is possible
- Set up to burn out or fail
Purpose of the Image:
To raise awareness and encourage people to recognize and address toxic workplace behaviors that often go unspoken or are normalized.
If you want, I can help create:
- A PDF guide from this
- A workplace bullying awareness poster
- Tips on how to handle/report workplace bullying professionally
Would you like one of those?
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