Everyday People Share 30 Horror Stories About Toxic People & Places

4. Forced To Do More Work

Some bosses are viewed as mentors while others are seen as monsters. One writer who worked for a travel website reported that her manager was awful. Her manager engaged in ‘emotional warfare’ to pit co-workers against each other. She required this employee to go on business trips because she hated being alone and would get drunk most of the time. This woman would be left doing all of the work since her manager was unable to. To top things off, the manager would yell at her that she wasn’t any fun because she refused to get drunk. 

She stuck around because she loved her job, and the position aside from her manager was perfect. The salary was competitive and her co-workers were incredible to work with. However, dealing with the manager was incredibly difficult. The manager was extremely manipulative and would taunt her when she didn’t give in to the peer pressure. Many people are put into these situations where they love the job, but sometimes the boss is too much.