Signs Your Boss is Toxic and What You Can Do

How to spot abusive leaders, why they’re rarely fired, and strategies to cope or force change

Robert Roy Britt
11 min readMar 22

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Years ago I worked for a boss who was not just a bad boss, not just inept, but who verbally abused and threatened me and other employees on a regular basis. The whole place ran on fear and loathing. This boss was toxic.

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.