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Toxic work culture: Insulted at the workplace? Experts dissect language, ways to deal with it and need for policy

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Updated on: 23 June,2023 08:54 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Nascimento Pinto | nascimento.pinto@mid-day.com

A Kolkata bank employee was suspended when a video of him insulting his colleagues on a video call went viral. Such behaviour isn't new; however, organisations need to address such behaviours of their employees swiftly, particularly when a research reveals that 48 per cent corporate employees, mostly women, suffer from mental health issues

Toxic work culture: Insulted at the workplace? Experts dissect language, ways to deal with it and need for policy

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A Mumbai-based professional was once told, “you’re a disaster and that your creative stuff is sh*t”. The professional, who pleaded anonymity, says it was one of the first insults they faced at the workplace. "The power of words can really play with your mind and I was down for a long time," he says. The animation producer like many others didn't do much about it because they had bigger fish to fry.

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