#BTWeekend: In toxic workplaces, the rot starts at the top

"One night, a few of us were working late on an assignment from our respective homes, while chatting online. It wasn't an urgent project; no clocks would have stopped the next day, and no heads would have been chopped, if we didn't hammer home our final bullet point before dawn.

Yet it was in the wee hours of the night when I finally nodded off, with my laptop still open on my coffee table. While I slept, the manager sent an e-mail to the entire team, asking if anyone knew I had gone. Since it was well past two o'clock, nobody was awake to reply to him."

Sounds familiar? Our writer argues that toxic workplaces can be speedily dealt with by good bosses. But not being in leadership doesn't absolve us from responsibility either.

Read her piece here: https://bt.sg/o3WD