Toxic Work Environment 

Please tell me about your toxic work environment! I try to respond to as many comments as I can.

I’ve worked in NUMEROUS hostile work environments. I always end up leaving, then hoping somehow I can manage to get a good reference from someone at the work place. I got so sick and tired of it I changed careers all together and I’m now self employed. No price can be paid for my sanity and well being. I don’t love money enough.

I’m in Texas. I had to quit my public school teaching job last May because of a hostile and abusive environment created by another teacher in my department. The principal sent her to “workplace communication” workshops for 8 weeks after I complain several times, BUT as soon as she finished them, she started right back up again, bullying me. More than half a year later and I’m still traumatized, burnt out, and unemployed.

Giant red flag: nepotism arrangements. When the boss' wife/husband works in the office. Especially if they're not qualified for the role. Run far, far away and don't ever accept the job. Nothing good ever comes out of that. Or any form of nepotism really (friends, family members, etc). You, as the employee, will always be "wrong". Not to mention, if you have a legitimate complaint about a spouse, you can't exactly bring that up to the boss. Nepotism harms morale in the office and is a sure sign of a toxic place to work.

I just wanna post this here... Dnt give up.. Keep fighting... It took me 3yrs but I just finished my hearing the first week in Dec and recieved my decision a week later.. I WON ON ALLL CLAIMS and the judge found my Stupervisorz testimony to be NOT credible in its ENTIRETY!! I'm sooo glad I listened to myself and didn't settle!!! My case was retaliation due to protected activity, harassment, and desparate treatment.. Soo worth it!

One of the biggest mistakes in my life was sticking with a clearly toxic employer before they fired me. I felt quitting made me look weak and it means they get the last laugh. This is simply not true; if anything the opposite is true. When you quit a toxic job you are telling them that you do not need them and will not tolerate their abuse. By sticking around and letting them fire you, you are fueling their delusional belief that they can treat you like a pile of trash they can toss out when they feel like it.

You just described every warehouse workplace environment I've ever worked.

I had a boss that made me want to cry daily. He got transferred to another store. At a company networking event I saw him drinking like a fish and I was appaled at his behavior. He got caught cooking the books on his hours worked and was fired.

You are the only lawyer I see tackling these issues correctly... I am in the EEOC phase with counsel, and your videos have helped me tremendously.... much success to you Branigan

I have worked in so many TOXIC work environments in my work history especially in the South. Usually when I did complain, the supervisor put it back on me saying that I was being too sensitive and basically gaslighted me by taking the perpetrator's side. I believe that there was favoritism shown since these people have been on the job much longer than I have. I was having flashbacks while you were breaking it down and explaining what could be done to resolve these situations.

My past workplace is so toxic that it's almost unimaginable to believe. Me as an ex supervisor showed countless videos I've recorded on my company phone and showed my manager these videos during work hours what goes on, she just laughed at the videos with no explanation about it. No write ups, no detention, no meetings just get my numbers I need by the end of the shift.

The biggest problem is that employee rights should be based upon you as an individual. Not your group identity. Employers can abuse and harass you for any reason they want, but unless you are a part of "protected classes", it's totally legal. That's why they get away with it.

So it’s ok to treat your employees like trash as long as they don’t fall under some protected category or protected activity.? No wonder there’s workplace violence. No human being should be expected to cope and deal with abuse no matter what.

Wow, I had all four!! My boss did all of that because I have an autoimmune disease. It was an abusive environment that burnt me out. I had to work from home during the pandemic. Thank God I moved on with a better job!

Branigan Robertson is the most lawyer name to every lawyer, but homeboy has some excellent advice.

I’ve worked in blue collar and white collar toxic environment. It’s really sad. I keep my head and myself in my job and stay away from the jerks at work.

Currently dealing with a very toxic work environment due to horrible supervisors. None seem to understand labor laws to any capacity. Anyone that brings up the state laws becomes a target. The funny thing is it kind of feels like they want the company to get sued.

When the employee turnover rate is higher than the unhygienic teens that "dont care" about food safety. Quit and don't look back. Even worse when managers refuse to discipline them 😤. Never demean your worth ✨

I complained to Superintendent about politics in the public school and for poor hiring practices. No wonder they denied my accommodations for my medical conditions. I was granted FMLA + 4 additional weeks medical leave but when i firmly stood my ground requesting accommodations. They started the termination process. Blocked UC which I’m appealing to the too. This is from my not being physically or mentally able to wear a face covering. 2020-2021 SY I was placed in Cyber working from home by Compliance officer for a year.

I’ve been being bullied for over a year by two best friends. The other day I was screamed at and told I Mess everything up. Her best friend has made work hostile a year ago. My mom died and I came back 5 days later only to have her printing out papers from over a year ago. Then forwarding emails with typos to my boss. It’s crazy. I’m on anxiety meds. I’m dreading work and my higher up’s know everything and they have know and have done nothing about it for over a year now! The owner and my boss is aware. They know and already have pulled her aside once. Still nothing. Now the friend is disrespecting me. Now it’s BOTH OF THEM. But she’s the main boss favorite so it’s okay!

Branigan Robertson, lucky me, I found you on RU-vid! Your video's are educational and informative. I introduced them to my husband. My husband's been with the same company for the last 10 years. About 7 months ago, he was introduced to the new regional, who would be overlooking the property, the VP, new manager and assistant. Right away, not just my husband, but a co-worker as well, were treated so wrong. It was a complete take over and Not in a good way. My husband has endured abuse everyday by the managers her assistant, the regional himself. You see, they all know each other from other places of employment. The regional brought them to the property and from that day on, they totally dismantled everything, my husband needed and used to do his job. In other wards, they were sabotaging the way he performed his job duties. Wouldn't even allow him to make use the copy machine. They would always say, they are following the regionals orders. To make a long story short, while these people lie, are conniving and planning together, he and his co- worker get written up and suspended. Then they are invited back to work, only to suspend them again, over the same stuff. My husband went to HR, are you ever right, when you mentioned, HR will cheat you. HR decided to call herself and the regional "HR business partners" they do the investigation's. Being the fact the regional is friends with these other people, of course they never find any wrong in them. I wrote a letter to the HR persons boss, telling her how concerned, I am for my husband. I was able to sit in a meeting with my husband and the Chief of HR...her title. I told her, my husband is a changed man, I worry about his health, the abuse he takes on and so forth. She told my husband at the beginning, she would support him, that's not true. As you stated in this video, HR will change and defend ( side) with the perpetrators than the victim. This is exactly what happened today. Today, he was written up and given a final warning. All based on lies. He just returned from work, on Wednesday after his last suspension. The people who should be written up, are not. His co- worker upon return from his suspension, was written up 3 times, by the manager and HR agreed with it, all based on the managers lies. I saw on the BBB's website, they have no affiliation with the company and rate them an F+. The way the company treats my husband, effects him tremendously. At one point, my husband had to take a medical leave, the stress became too much, intolerable. As his wife, it pains me inside to watch him go to work and come home after being grilled all day, the look on his face, the stress is written on his face. He feels weak, sick to his stomach, we spend hours and hours without sleep. Meanwhile, the Chief officer of HR said in her investigation, she didn't find any harassment. Unbelievable! She has no clue, she is not my husband, she has not walked in his shoes. Sorry, this is so long.

Why do corporate bosses think they can have a say in what you do outside of the office and can actually tell you to stop doing it ? I taught an evening exercise class once a week and I know that the bosses thought badly of it. One boss would always try to keep me from leaving the office at 5pm on the day that I taught. I would have thought it would have been highly regarded. It meant that I was health and exercise oriented and that I excelled at something enough to teach it. One of my senior bosses had an interest in engineering and would write occasional articles about it for magazines ( for no money). Nothing to do with our professional work and no conflict of interest. Our managing director found out and told him to stop doing that. So why is teaching an evening exercise class or writing a few articles at home something that a corporate boss feels he has the right to control ??

Your videos are incredibly helpful. I was wondering if you‘ve noticed a difference of harassment for employees who work remotely. It seems like remote work is the perfect environment for this type of conduct to go unchecked because it can be covert.

I have a case. Im in WI and I have been harassed for almost 2 years, I am a protected class. I have complained in person & in writing over 6 times. I’m told that things are being done but I don’t ever get follow up. It happened again this weekend & I screenshot everything & sent to the boss. This time I want some answers, punishment, compensation. I no longer going to put up with the abusive environment.

Thank you for posting this your advice is so good and I will be saving notes of strange and unethical incidences going on at my workplace it looks like these cases can go on for a long time before any action is taken if any

You are right about that--maybe NOT! Most lawyers will say fi d another job. Lawyers including you are interested in prevention they are interested in how much money they can get depending on the case. So forget it. You have to do what is best fir you because the law is NOT on your side!!

Thank you for this! Going through this situation now - I’m 55, and it has become unbelievably worse since I took documentation to HR 5 months ago. They’ve done nothing. I’ve met with an attorney recently and he also strongly advised me not to quit. Tough not to but focusing on doing my job as well as I always have until I see how this plays out. Look forward to your videos!!

As a nurse I work with home health and agencies. I have found gross abuses like sending employees to dangerous locations with bed bugs or undisclosed contagious illnesses, drug addicted family as POA- and stealing pay by claiming you dobt get differentials bc you did not file correctly demanding you perform tasks with no pay and so on…

You're extremely good at explaining and breaking down the nuances to each law. Thank you!

Big red flag I should have seen… NO HR DEPARTMENT and no management structure

Brannigan I have watched so many of your videos religiously I am addicted to your content! Thank you for your vast education on employee behavior and human resources! I am so glad your channel exists!

Someone leaked my pay to coworkers. Once they found out my pay rate, I began to suffer micro aggressions. I complained to my nurse manager. One coworker was carrying my photo on the back of the phone without my permission. I have been a nurse for 35 years and never dealt with mess like this.

Branigan, from my experience, if your employment becomes so uncomfortable (and due to the complexity of the law), your best option is to find another job. My experience: This happened at a very large company in Southern California where the environment became so toxic MANAGERS DIED. I was standing right next to the first victim (manager), just inches from the 9mm bullet that penatrated the managers posterior chest. The impact caused his body to explode, and I was covered in his blood and bodily fluid! HR has to be the most useless organization on the planet. A skin tag contributes more to our existence in this world than human resources! HR will do absolutely nothing! Look for another job. It's NOT worth IT!

Thanks man - as one of the "bad guys" on the other side of HR, I love videos like these because they help us understand what our employees will be going through when things get bad, all the way through potential adjudication. As you know, most people like me get into the industry to help others, and genuinely care for our team - often also our friends. We try to stop bad things to keep our team strong and together, and when things go past our control, your videos are helpful to train us on what may come next.

Well. I wish these unpleasantries would end. But sadly its everywhere.

I worked as a supervisor at a Hospital in Massachusetts where I had to work 11 days in a row and 12 days on another occasion, and nobody offered to replace me. I suffered constant yelling from the employees and the managers told me I had to accept it because of the union. The yelling and working so many days in a row affected me emotionally. I wasn't trained properly so I made mistakes that were used to fire me. I tried to sue the Hospital but several lawyers in Massachusetts told me there was nothing to do because of the at-will nature of the job. I complained to HR, and they didn't do anything. I am a straightforward person (it is a cultural thing), and several employees used this as an excuse that I was offending them. My manager didn't understand this and mentioned it as an excuse to fire me. The poor training and my lack of experience (which they knew) affected my professional career.

I just found your video, but already too late, my boss already fire me with his faults reason to protect himself.

This video relaxes me and I got paid an out of court settlement

Worked for a small company my boss had his kids working there. My bosses kids all in their 13, 18, 20 year olds they never worked, slept at the jobsite, would come and go as they wished. He had work insurance them but none oc tne employees. My boss would give them bonuses , but wouldn't give his employees a dime. One day his daughter called me a stupid as and I wanted to knock the hell out of her but had to refrain because I would be the one to get fired. I went to lunch and never came back .. Last I heard his kids Took over his business and it went bankrupt.

Your definition defines EVERY work environment as hostile: employee choice, forced arbitration to accept job, low wages not equivalent to actual value of work performed, protected classes, fake hr “open door policy” etc etc etc

I once asked my current supervisor for paperwork on the timekeeping policy because when the computer wouldn't let me clock-in, she would put me as starting 5 minutes later than I would tell her. She threw a fit and said I didn't trust her and forced a meeting with the directors of our department as well as her and my team lead. The meeting was her trying to throw me under the bus and the director basically acting like it was a waste of time and telling me where to find policy links. My supervisor then had a 1+ hour long meeting with me saying my communication is borderline insubordination (I have never been a bad employee, in fact I go above an beyond). Since then, she seems to have sabotaged my employee review which affected my merit increase and I am not the only employee she bothers. I know its not illegal, but I have never had a manager "hover" like she does with micromanaging, and throwing fits if we don't type out "good morning" and "good night" at the start/finish of shifts. Just last month she was streaming her screen and started typing to a coworker that he needs to "talk less during meetings", when I reached out to him to offer support for being embarrassed in front of our entire team he thanked me and said the funny thing was she never actually sent the message...just kept re-wording it in front of us.

Brannigan is very well spoken and quite erudite! I truly appreciate these videos.

Thank you, Mr. Robertson; I have been busying myself with writing a book. I am Canadian, and I know you practice in California. Thank you for your efforts in educating a legally illiterate individual. I had been employed by the City of Ottawa for twenty-nine and a half years. I had distinguished myself as an elite operator, winning six annual bus Roadeo competitions. After twenty-one years of accident-free driving, I accepted a position in the training department as a Relief-Instructor. Aside from my workload doubling because HR failed to acknowledge an additional attrition rate of six hundred operators hired between 1974-75-76. Five colleagues and I were enrolled to attend a weeklong course facilitated by an outside agency, the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA). January 21 - 25, 2008. 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Unpaid homework until 1:00 am to 2:00 am with a one-hour commute to a different locale. This pace proved overly stressful for me due to how the assignments were distributed. I was assigned to convey the summary of the five previous segments facilitated by my colleagues. My assignment was the total of all the information my colleagues had previously taught. Each day was taking a more significant toll on my cognitive abilities. I succumbed to the ravages of a nervous breakdown. It was prescribed by my family physician to convalesce at home. The ailment progressed to include the trifecta of mental illnesses. Severe Depressive Disorder, a form of PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, up to and including Panic Attacks, and Bipolar Disorder. A far more significant effect was the loss of my family. These disorders proved too much for my spouse of thirty years. She initiated the separation and subsequent divorce. Three attempted suicides sealed my fate forever. These mood disorders have a way of diminishing my resiliency, self-esteem, and self-worth. My three children and seven grandchildren are now estranged under the tutelage of their mother/grandmother. A man's purpose in life is to find his purpose in life. I lost my employment via a pre-emptive constructive dismissal. No employer has the right to position its employees. In contrast, they can be held criminally liable for teaching in contravention of the Highway Traffic Act under the deception that an exculpatory agreement existed in the archives of City Hall. I attempted to secure a copy of the agreement to no avail. The Union Representatives were complicit in that they proved themselves to be inept. I was demoted to my substantive position as a transit operator. I could not accept the term offered as the illegal maneuver persists today. There's a statute of limitation on my case. If so, I am vehemently opposed due to the ongoing unlawful practice. How can a statute have any forbearance on an issue when 1700 employees continue to execute the illegal maneuver? Agencies and individuals who can no longer attest to having plausible deniability. From the training department Supervisor (3) in seven years to the General Manager (2), claimed it was all water under the bridge. Law enforcement, Chiefs of both divisions Ministry of Transportation. No reply The overseer of the training program, the Driver Certification Executive Officer (DCEO), responds, "We're gonna have to keep an I out for you. Ontario Ombudsman. In a Unionized environment, I could not avail myself of a competent lawyer citing a conflict of interest. What do you do when inept Union Reps, to whom I had been paying dues, can justify throwing me under the bus. Canadian Industrial Relations Board. Denied my claim against the Union under sec. 37 Duty to fair representation. I had worked diligently to prepare my information in the manner that was said. I was told point blank that CIRB would not accept my claim because I was a week late in submitting the case. Justice be damned. Colleagues who would listen. 'nough said. RHP

I absolutely LOVED my job. LOVED the actual job, loved what we offered the world. The people... horrible. I was the only female, only one of my race and only Veteran on the ENTIRE shift in a multi billion dollar manufacturing company. Everyone was either related somehow, had been there 20 years or was buddy buddy with the supervisors. We had no HR on our shift barley HR anyway the few HR we did have were buddies with the Supervisors. I followed procedure like a soldier should, never lost product, was a perfectionist. My dads health decline- I asked for leave since I was ineligible at the moment for FMLA. Everyone knew my father was dying and I was his sole caretaker. I had a matter of 2 weeks before FMLA kicked in. Blah blah corporation merger blah blah attendance point system got revamped after doing the math I was dangerously close to being topped out in points- dad goes down.. I called in late .10 days ( 4 days before FMLA kicked in ) I was fired for attendance

Thank you Brannigan. Super helpful and amazingly informative. Your thoroughness and follow through is perfect.

You are Brilliant ! Thank you !

Want to hear toxic? I worked in a booth for a company, for 10 years. After about 4 years, my machine was vandalized, my car was vandalized. My tools were stolen. This company has cameras everywhere. But they wouldn’t say who was doing it. When the verbal harassment started, I knew. Complaints to management went nowhere. When they sabotaged my booth, the cut the ac and disabled the heater. Over 120 degrees in the summer and 0 degrees in the winter. One time a pipe broke on a frig. The gas came in my open window and knocked me out. It was ammonia gas. When I complained to management they did nothing. I complained to the union, but they said the company can do what they want. When I called OSHA, they never came. I started getting sick, but didn’t know why. Then I got demoted to lowest job. I kept getting sicker, and had to retire early. Found out I had cancer after I retired. 5 things could cause my cancer. Radioactive exposure was one of them. I overheard a driver saying they had been dumping radioactive waste for years and there was a way to shut off the detectors. the doc said for a test, normal people are a 10. They get worried at 20. They look for cancer at 30. My numbers were over 5,000. Then last year he told me l, my numbers like people near Chornobyl! No lawyer will touch it, saying I waited too long. I just found out about it last year as what the cause was. So, the company gets away with it?

My manager doesn't like me and the feeling is more than mutual. She gets mad when she can't trip me up and make me flustered. She says many unprofessional and negative things that have nothing to do with the job during the morning meetings and if she happens to peek in on me working. If I'm doing something and I'm almost done with it she pulls me away to do something I already did or on my list next. Can I legally begin audio recording these encounters?

Your videos are so informative and helpful. Thank you!

Great video! It was easy to follow explained logically and precisely. Though these aren’t the topics or situations we want to voluntarily talk about or face, we all need to be aware of what a company is allowed or not allowed to do so we know how to handle their abuse if it ever happens. Thank you for the effort. Btw, these basics apply not only to other states but other G7 countries with similar systems with minor law differences. Great information. Thank you.

Toxic is under statement

I can meet at least three of those requirements. I live and work in Virginia. The person was my supervisor, it happened after I reported something about what she was doing to hr (via email though I can't remember if I saved those emails as pdfs), and it was pretty severe. she only recently got terminated. My hr jacket is still hella padded. Like one more writeup and I'm gone. I'm also currently 42. This happened after I turned 40. I'm Andrew. I think a while back you were featured in a video or two on the A Life After Layoff channel. I like how you make everything easier to understand in this realm. Also hr backed my supervisor. Though in fair ness ... I did deserve about a handful of those writeups.

Going through this right now. Im the only male in the workplace. My Female supervisor and her assistant falsely claimed that I was violent towards them. They placed me under and administrative paid leave for over 6 weeks. The investigation ended with no findings. I was reinstated to my job and after a week they placed me back under said mesure.

I am a part-time worker. I have a manager who verbally threatens associates' job security if they don't work hard. Additionally, they assign unnecessary tasks such as moving a heavy box from one place to another and then putting it back where it was before. This kind of work doesn't produce any productive results; instead, associates are forced to engage in meaningless and wasteful labor activities. Do I have the right to refuse to work on such orders?

Thank You!!!! helpful!!! will be writing a complaint to HR today.

Thank you for your amazing videos! You are so helpful, and explain so well while being entertaining at the same time.

I heard my male boss call this lady a "F-ing C" one day and I couldn't believe it. It was only him and I working there daily and I was so offended but had no one to complain to. And everyone in the DC Courthouse were idiots according to him. This man was a publicist and ran a business of a newspaper business that printed legal probates, from the DC court system. It's was an awful environment he made me feel so stupid and inadequate.

When the person in charge insults you with Nasty FKN B! It’s time to go

Thank you so much for all info.

THANK YOU so much for taking the time to make this video, I wish I saw this before I took action. I have a question about EEOC - what if 90 days expired, can I still sue for IIED, NIED, and /or wrongful termination since my complaint to EEOC did not mention these? thank you again

Though I was a volunteer, I have been reaching out for help regarding a dispute since June 2010. I didn't know what was going on in my office for almost four years. After six years, I began to see what was going on in my office. I also began to see what my supervisor was doing while she was working at my office. Each time I reached out for help, I was dismissed or shut down. I was also told to move on, to let it go, by a volunteer coordinator who had the authority to put a stop to my supervisor's conduct. When I thought I was moving on, that same volunteer coordinator would approach me, she would tell me what my supervisor was doing in the office. Then she would tell me that I had to move on. This is abuse. Based on what I know and what I learned over the years, I don't think I'm the only victim here. There are others. In early 2022, my father told me that there will be dire consequences for you if you try to resolve this dispute. Based on all this, I'm convinced that I have no friends; I have no family; and I have no allies. I was also told that, "As a volunteer, you have no rights. You have no legal recourse. You haven't been financially hurt by this dispute." No one advised me in my dispute. No one informed me of my rights. I have been physically sick over this dispute since June 2010. Each time I'm force to revisit this, I'm made to be the bad guy, each time, when I didn't bring it up. I'm an EMT. I became an EMT at my organization's request. I don't need this abuse.

Physician Assistant here. I got written up for a simple misunderstanding between nursing and I which we resolved. The medical director decided that it was an 'exercise in poor judgment". The issue that he chose to write me up for was he me asking a pharmacist a drug question was me asking nursing for medical advice (i asked them to contact pharmacy about a drug). My boss (clinic director) was in the meeting. At our clinic, I have repeatedly asked for double books to be vetted through me (double books are not in our contract) and yet scheduling always adds double books without asking permission. Then in meetings our boss asks us to be leaders while not allowing us any autonomy. Another example is me asking to switch patients with other providers if I am seeing their patient and they are seeing my patient. My boss pulled me aside and told me to stop doing this. It is beyond ridiculous. The medical director has made disturbing jokes about firing a provider (PA like me or NP) right before and after he fired another PA. This was also after my write-up. Feels like a toxic environment. I'm in a governanment contract and not fulfilling it would mean owing tens of thousands of dollars.

I was getting harassed, complained to management numerous times, nothing resolved it... I wasn't getting lunches due to the stupervisor overloading my work schedule.. I went to the EEO, and mAgiCaLlY I was fired 7 days later without notice, counseling, warning etc! Seemssss pretty suspicious to MEEEE! Oh, I was also a pregnant veteran and had a profile from OB that said I couldn't work more than 8 hours and I needed to take 10 min break every 2 hours... Yeaaa never got those breaks and after I went to the EEO, the supervisor asked me why did the EEO wanted to speak to her and her scrutiny of my work got worst.. This is only the tip... But the great thing is, once I figured I couldn't trust her, I recorded EVERY encounter with this woman for my own safety.. So when they fired me and created these magical write ups with quotes text that I said but really didn't.. Now my lawyer has the smoking ballistics for our EEOC Hearing nxt month... Oh yea, they gave me the termination but kept trying to offer me resignation 👀 👀 nope!!

My husband is employed by a for-profit vocational college, small campus, who have many Title IX violations. 2 girls have already filed oral complaints against a male student. An investigation has not been conducted, and the male student is still attending, though he has been somewhat segregated from the other female students. When my husband pointed out to his immediate supervisor that there is no title IX support on campus and this is a violation, he was told that this is administrations problem not teachers, meaning mind your own business. Yet my husband fears for the safety for his students but doesn't want to risk getting fired. How does he handle this?

I Filed a EEOC complaint against a nursing home I worked at I was the only male and the only one there with a certain set of political beleifs these beleifs were found out and that’s when the bullying started. I eventually uncovered a plot by a group of CNA’s there to accuse me of sexual harassment one kind person tipped me off to this and had text messages to prove it… this is what made my case viable if I didn’t have those texts messages if the girls plotting to do this I would have possibly had my nursing license taken away

Very professional and very useful. Thanks.

I worked for Urban Decay cosmetics in the 90s it was so toxic to the point where the owner of the company stuck a maxi pad on the bathroom wall and in red lipstick wrote do not use the fn last pad. She was a bully and horrible. She also told me to move a heavy desk and chairs upstairs or she was going to fire me. She was purely evil.

They yelled at me for years and they know I have a learning disability.Made me quit.Owner did it and Im tired of being abused financially,verbally,for years,kept me in debt to them.

I look forward to all your videos; your delivery is the best.

Mr. Robertson, I found your videos recently and find them very helpful and informative. I am dealing with several of these issues and have filed suit with the EEOC. I don't live in California but id love to speak with you and get your thoughts. Is there a way I can reach out?

This vid is making me hopeful for my ongoing situation right now. How do you find a good lawyer? If you know anyone in OR please send them my way 🙏

What if you work for a company with 10 employees and your boss is the owner and his wife is HR? How can I complain? Especially when both of them are ignoring me and treating me with passive aggressive behavior. Been getting quiet fired for 3 years now. Most of the laws that protect me are for companies with 20 or more employees.

Employers offer EAP programs to their employees. Can these be used against the employee? Why do employers use them? What do the employers get put of them?

I work for a non-profit 5 yrs., small 6 person outifit. I'm a director. I was asked for my mothers contact info by the ceo one day as I had mentioned that I was 2 days in to a 10 day fast. No other reason, this was in front of all other staff and ceo made a huge deal of me saying no to giving my mothers # to her. After 5 hours CEO grabs a bottle of hand sanitizer and sprays me in the face and head with it. I cover and turn my back to protect myself....I'm "invited" to a meeting with ceo 2 days later. Meanwhile , I wrote up my grievances and submitted those to the ceo. I was given a written - verbal reprimand for filing this grievance.

Complained about a manager numerous times. He ended up stepping down and becoming an equal to me. A couple weeks ago he screamed at me. Also he carries usually 2 guns daily. I felt unsafe retreating into the hall. I left the workplace feeling unsafe after only being there 17 minutes. Enough was enough. I contacted HR. I think theynwrote him up. But now it's worse. My texts to other coworkers are not being answered. They are overstepping my boundaries worse than before. The list goes on. What can I do.about this?

In other words, before you can breathe, you have to be legal savvy . Oh boy

Pretty much sums up my problem and don’t need or want money just respect

Great video. I very very Respectfully ask if more content can be created on this subject please?

I put in a request for a "Reasonable Accommodation" for telework for 1 addition year during COVID because I am Immunocompromised. I was told, "If you have left your house for any reason since the shutdown, you will not get a "Reasonable Accommodation." I no longer work there and have a full time telework position now; and yes, that place was toxic. I had complaints on me for things I had to due to me having diabeties, and yes, I have a CYA file that goes back over 10 years.

I really wish you were in Virginia. REALLY could use your help !!!!

You could really make changes if you practiced law in Harrisonburg VA, there's nobody to hold these businesses accountable for the way they treat workers and they network with each other to the point that they already know everything about you before your application is even considered! They've created a very unlawful way to get away with everything!

@5:30 "never complained about the hostile, abusive, torturous, discriminating behavior, false accusations" because the employer/supervisor/supervisor's group, blackmailed the targeted employee that we have implanted you with thoughts monitoring device called Remote Neural Monitoring and surveillance at home like Truman show movie even in the bathroom so if you talk about us to HR or anyone you and your daughter will be in great danger. You are at our mercy now. What if this had had happened and targeted employee is a single mother with no other adult at home or have a big network? And finally after 2 years when targeted employee did talk to HR they forced her to resign and stay quiet otherwise targeted employee can never get her privacy back? I wonder what would be the state of that single mother targeted employee at different stage of her targeting in the beginning, after a year, after 2 years and finally forced-resignation and after being blacklisted from future employment with :false charges" on her employment record which even she was not aware of for sometime. What if still she has no job, no money and still not free from Truman show type surveillance. Is that called abetment to suicide or mental breakdown? All done at one of the big hi-tech company in Silicon Valley, California that no one dares to confront. Everyone suggest to forget everything and move far away from here as a only solution.

So my job is managed by one manager (no leads or higher ups) and whatever she has going on at home is affecting everyone at work. Her daughters don’t like her and so at work she tries to take control of us and we’re all girls. My coworker got hit by a car while riding her bike home from work and she went to work the next day bcz she felt bad about being short staffed and all the manager said was “I know you’re hurting but move faster.” She gaslights everyone and it’s really taking a toll on me since I also am caring for my mom who has cancerous tumors. Hoping there’s a way to file a lawsuit

Watching these videos makes me so happy that I freelance.

The majority of our taxes are going towards all forms of AI and technology, and finance sectors, which is not just taking money away from the needs of people, but its taking people away from people, in NHS, in transportation, in our local food produce, in our family homes, community care and services. People survived before we became a financial sector and technological sector, which is having a huge negative impact on the world at large. Human beings aren't anything like a machine, we need the physical attention of those around us, engaging and interacting with, not through businesses, economics and technology. Unfortunately that the basis of politics, its no longer based on the needs of humans, but on economics, damaging the joyful life we were created on this planet to have.

The answer is no.. these businesses have better lawyers than we can afford

Is it legal to wear a hidden body cam to to verify these incidents at work? I work in Chicago?

The battle continues. They gonna learn not to mess with me. Laugh now...cry later.

I had a Boss that would call me out for years. Funny thing is she tried to threaten and intimidate me. I had already accepted a new position and gave notice a day after. I'm in a much better environment now.

My head supervisor is a narcissist and she knows how to word things so it doesn’t come back on her. She slipped up and discussed a co-workers info when that person wasn’t present for the conversation. I sent an email to HR. I knew they wouldn’t do anything, but I at least have it documented.

Don't work in the entertainment business. Toxic is the common denominator. 😂😂😂

I have managed Security And Safety for one Australia’s and USAs largest house hold names and I can say I have seen toxic bullying from multiple managers, even to each other. “Intent”

I’m in NZ and I have now three reports against my boss. She has a history of doing this stuff already and bullied one woman to the point she took her life. She keeps picking which is why I have three actions in progress. Complained about her boss as well because they both did the dirty there. Currently on leave because of their actions. I was kicked out because I have an injury and they claimed I could no longer work there. Kicker is they left it too long to take action cause I have been on the bench for four months. Way too late to say no you can’t do that bench

9:50 And so dies the “equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall… …deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

HR works for the company not for you always take your own evidence. I had a supervisor once that was extremely unstable would go into the layup room and scream at all the girls for no good reason. So I confronted him and it went to HR I told HR he was a loose cannon. He never recorded anything because he hired him. About a year later he threatened to go to his truck and get his pistol come back and shoot an inspection guy. At that time the police were called and he was escorted out of the building and they had to get armed security.

And then there is the corporate activity that attempts to reduce employees by combining jobs with other jobs reducing the processing cycles of work. Example, a group of employees have had assistants or secretaries as part of their job for several decades. Then, the company eliminates those assistant jobs and puts those responsibilities onto those employees who had them. The work loads increased, productivity decreased and the incoming work loads remained the same. After time, the job was very difficult to complete as usual but then the company used the poor work results to cut pay increases/bonuses etc. At some point, many of those in that job group left the company which made it even worse for those who stayed. Then, were those who quit replaced? Not one for one which made the volume of work even worse and then we can talk about those out sick and on vacation and how production cycles got damaged. These managers and corporate greed infested VP's simply have no ethics nor do they give a hoot about their clients/customers as this activity progresses. There's more, at bonus time, the managers got larger payouts regardless of how poor the workforce was getting. I'd call that Toxic going to hostile in just a few weeks.

Thank you , again 🇺🇸

Working at VVWRA has been a nightmare. Still praying for change though.

" The Pen 🖊 is mightier than the sword.😂 Thanks for the 'Fiction' LBB 😉

Thank you.