Workplace culture can make or break a job. No matter how much you're paid (or underpaid), the way employees and managers interact with one another is going to have a huge impact on whether or not you think a job is worth doing.
Reddit user Aviliuss asked, "What are some workplace red flags that scream 'don’t work here?'" What the commenters said were real eye-openers.
Another user replied with, "Not a drinker, but decided to give it a go after the place I worked at fired someone that regularly didn't show up for the "optional" binge drinking happy hours. He wasn't a team player." Yeesh.
"But then everything changes." - Via Gbrusse
A shift in management always means a shift in culture, and it's rarely for the better.
Via LeeroyTC
High turnover is definitely a sign that the workplace isn't very good. Or, at the very least it doesn't offer a lot of development.
"Needless to say there wasn’t much career progression and the people there were just counting their years (or days) until they retired and didn’t give a s*** about anything." - Via personofinterest18
"If you walk into the office area and feel like you've walked into a funeral service. Nobody's smiling, nobody's laughing. Nobody looks remotely happy or content. Just turn around and walk back to your car. That is not a good place to be working at." - Via Jasons_Brain
Via Sarged117
I'd argue that it's different if they get fired or let go, but if the person who hired you quits pretty quickly after you start, you might want to follow them.
"Until I turned up she had been too busy to realise how ridiculously swamped she actually was and how stressed and miserable it was making her. Once I took some of the load off her and she could actually stop for more than 2 seconds, breathe, and take stock of her situation she realised how shit her job and the organisation were. She quit."
"Then she told me to make sure they didn't do the same thing to me. It's been 5 months. They have. I'm looking for a new job." - Via Fit-Guava-5059
"That entire place was a s*** show of epic proportions, I was only there a year and I outlasted 4 managers." - Via pigwigge
Apparently, they worked at a Wendy's.
Via secretbaldspot
Any job where you can just smell the nepotism is going to be a problem. Unless you're family or a close friend, good luck ever getting a promotion.
Via mdotca
I'm not the only person who gets, like, cult vibes from those kinds of workplaces, right? They definitely want you to work yourself to the bone and not ask questions.
"As a manager/owner/lead/etc.… Your job is to support your team, if that means as a store owner you’re cleaning puke off the bathroom floor guess what, you’re cleaning puke off the bathroom floor."
"...(eg the blind guy has to go pick stock while your boss hangs out in the back room taking calls) quit." - Via GardenSpecialist5619
"The response I got was, 'Just try not to wear your gang colors all the time.'" - Via BobVilasBeard
"Company I used to work for was awful, and they had loads of 1-star reviews (with a lot of substance behind them). Conveniently enough, they've all gone recently, to be replaced by a handful of 5-star ones." - Via PloppyTheSpaceship
"Bonus points if they have a sign that says 'Now hiring' outside, year round.
"This indicates that even with a high pay rate, they cant keep people on." - Via lowexpectationsguy
"In my experience, this behavior just means that 1) they are two-faced backstabbers who talk s*** and spread rumors about you..."
"Meaning if they think you’re an “amazing” person, and you do one little thing they don’t like such as make a mistake or ask them to correct something, they do a hard 180 and decide you deserve their eternal hatred." - Via Choice_Bid_7941
"If there are no personal effects or décor in workers cubicles, then that makes me think people just hate being there. I think if there are decorations, people are more comfortable and enjoy their job and workspaces and it's likely a more friendly place to work." - Via nice_touch
"If they’re asking about how you deal with difficult customers, that’s one thing. If they basically ask how you handle a toxic work environment, it’s going to be a toxic work environment. I very naively learned this the hard way." - Via nosuchthingasa_
