# toxic workplace
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11:02Story 1: The HR rebel calling out unhinged leadersAl Elliott: Pressing that button. Who are we going to do first, Leanne? Should we go to you first? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, you can come to me first. Mine's a bit, a bit, a bit sillier this week, a bit lighter, but also notEP 318 · 14 Jul 2026·news roundup· 11:02–21:0222:03When candour hurts the business (and someone poisons the chocolate)Cait Donovan: So I was choosing this article, and I was thinking it's got to be something that annoys me or else we're not going to have any fun. So this article really annoyed me. The title of it alone, I mean, Henrico EP 302 · 19 May 2026·news roundup· 22:03–32:580:00Why some people are difficult at workAl Elliott: Geoff is just, like you say, a bit of an asshole at work. What possibly is driving Geoff to be like this? Aoife O'Brien: We can all think about those difficult people at work. I have some very specific examplEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 0:00–1:4338:32Workplace Surgery: Surviving a toxic jobAl Elliott: Brilliant. Okay, so the second question I've got here is, how do you survive a toxic workplace when you can't afford to leave? So this person writes, I'm 29 and I've been working at the same corporate job forEP 196 · 13 May 2025·workplace surgery· 38:32–44:2815:19What is a toxic workplace culture?Leanne Elliott: I thought we decided that snowflake was no longer allowed Al Elliott: And I was being a character. I was playing a character Leanne Elliott: OkayEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 15:19–19:2942:23The 'toxic workplaces are just part of the deal' argument, demolished — part 3Al Elliott: Alright. So here's my argument number 3, and I've heard this quite a lot. It's this whole idea that toxic workplaces are just part of the world of work. Like, I put up with it. And to be fair, Like people, peEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 42:23–46:2246:22The signs of a toxic workplaceAl Elliott: 100%. I think the, the pandemic is one of those weird things that it's just changed the way we look at everything. It's expedited where we would have been. I think without the pandemic, we probably would haveEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 46:22–52:0714:42What makes an asshole boss?Leanne Elliott: Yes. Al Elliott: Okay. So I think everyone has had an asshole boss. There's that meme with the guy who's saying, I'm gonna have to get you to stay over the weekend. You know, he's got braces. You know theEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 14:42–19:26
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