Dear Readers, do you know what to do when you hate going to work? Do you know how to survive toxic working conditions and still be productive? How can you meet an expectation if you are constantly clashing with your supervisor or co-workers? Keep reading to find out how to survive toxic working conditions and protect your reputation.
Welcome to new and returning readers to the Branding24seven community!
The JMS team is back with valuable insights that will inspire you to be fearless in the pursuit of your dreams. Dear Readers, if it’s your first time here, welcome, and thanks for stopping by the JMS blog. FYI, JMS is a consulting firm located in Philadelphia that advises people and companies to manage risk and avoid organizational or fiscal paralysis. To that end, the JMS team is in the business of designing recovery plans as robust as possible that avoid behavioral or productivity inertia.
Therefore, this blog will help you make sense of these unprecedented times without feeling devoid of motivation and utterly defeated. You, Dear Readers, can find your groove again as soon as you get a handle on a better approach to crisis management, thanks to a well-thought-out strategy that lays out how to survive toxic working conditions and find the path to the career of your dreams.
The key to surviving toxic working conditions is to know all the rules (even in a global pandemic).
Remember, Dear Readers, that patience has been in short supply ever since the beginning of the pandemic. Everyone is on edge. But of course, Dear Readers, we are all responsible for our actions. Therefore, it is a good idea to get familiar with the operations manual of your organization. Indeed, knowing the operations manual is the most effective way to defend your interests in any environment but especially in a toxic one.
Learning a copious number of rules is not a sexy task, but it will save your life if anyone makes a formal complaint to HR. Indeed, no supervisor can write you up, Dear Readers, if you have followed departmental procedures to the letter.
When you can defend your actions by showing which rule you’ve followed, Dear Readers, you send a dual message: 1) to your co-workers, you are showing that you are a force of nature, and 2) to your immediate supervisor, you are showing that you abide by department-approved rules. In either case, you’ve shown that you are no punk and essentially discourage anyone from bullying you. The goal is simple, Dear Readers, knowing all the rules is your best defense and the only way to be left alone to do the work your job requires. Share your thoughts if you agree in the comments below or by email at jms@branding24seven.com.
Keeping everything in writing is the only way to survive toxic working conditions.
Dear Readers, it is essential to document your work and all verbal exchanges traded with co-workers and managers. In any situation, word of mouth is not reliable. But, in a chaotic or outright toxic environment, the written proof is a lifesaver!
Thus, Dear Readers, you want to get in the habit of writing notes at the end of your shift or each week. By cultivating the discipline to summarize the actions you’ve taken, you are always ready to defend your decisions, especially if you are not in a unionized position. Indeed, when a collective agreement covers the conditions of employment, it means that the employee has access to an advocate in any confrontation. But if you’ve signed an individual non-unionized contract, Dear Readers, it means that you must be your advocate.
If all else fails, you can always quit and move to greener pastures!
As we keep hearing in the news, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, a record-breaking 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August. Should you, Dear Readers, join this Great Resignation?
We’ve certainly have been hard at work here at JMS with a slew of new clients who wanted help planning their exit strategy and landing on their feet, often in a vastly different industry! Of course, many factors push people to leave their jobs, such as poor compensation, inconvenient shift hours, and the day-old question of what to do with childcare.
However, this blog believes that toxic working conditions are also pushing Americans to quit in droves.
Indeed, it appears as though the global pandemic forced many to reconsider their choices of career. Many have concluded that they detest their working conditions and are tired of making it work to the detriment of their mental health. Simply put, the American people have realized that they are tired of being overworked, underpaid, unappreciated, and fed up with the antics they’ve put up with for years!
If that’s your case, Dear Readers, there are no practical tips the JMS team can give you to help you survive toxic working conditions. If you are at the end of your rope, then quitting might be your only option. Especially if you feel, like many of the JMS clients, that the industry you’re in won’t change ever! Why waste time hoping that things will improve when it is unlikely to transform a toxic environment into nirvana without a seismic shift way happening beyond your control.
So, the choice is yours, Dear Readers. Do you want to stay on the sidelines praying for such an unlikely event? Or do you want to take a chance and look for better opportunities now? One thing is for sure, the vacuum created by the Great resignation is giving you enormous leverage as you look for a better professional fit like no other time in recent history! Share in the comments below if you agree!
Final Thoughts.
There you have it! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read today’s publication. The branding24seven community is here to inspire and encourage as you, Dear Readers, are fighting to design the life of your dreams. This blog wants you to have the confidence to chase your dreams with reckless abandon!
The JMS team thanks you for your support as you continue to submit requests by email or via the contact form. Don’t stop, Dear Readers! As a small consulting firm, the JMS team feels lucky to have the ability to support clients across industries through any given crisis that rocks their daily operations. We want to do the same for you, Dearest Readers. We love creating articles that make you think, question everything you thought you knew, and change your life! Please share this publication on social media with friends or colleagues who might need an extra pep talk!
Dear Readers, we want to hear from you!
What are you doing to survive toxic working conditions? Have you ever felt powerless in the face of entrenched systematized problematic working conditions in your organization or industry? Did you like our solutions, or do you think that we missed the mark? What else can this blog cover that will help you optimize your financial goals in 2021, Dear Readers?
Let us know by email at jms@branding24seven.com or by mail at JMStrategy LLC
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