If you feel you are working in a toxic work environment with toxic people, take this quiz to find out:

  • Are you doing the work of two or three people and paid one salary? YES NO

  • Do you resent working harder and longer than your co-workers? YES NO

  • Do you get little or no appreciation and thanks? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker drive you crazy? YES NO

  • Are you/another in danger at work because of unsafe conditions? YES NO

  • Have you/another asked your boss or HR for help or made a formal report but nothing changed? YES NO

  • Are there dangerous conditions at work that go unrepaired? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker have disgusting personal habits? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker often interrupt your work? YES NO

  • Is a co-worker chronically late yet no one says anything? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker miss deadlines and affect productivity? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker steal your ideas and take credit? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker ask you to cover or lie for him or her? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker act like your boss when you are peers? YES NO

  • Is a co-worker criticizing your work constantly for no reason? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker go on political rants and no one stops him or her? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker get on a morality/religious soap box at work? YES NO

  • Is someone at work having an affair and you have to lie for him or her? YES NO

  • Has a co-worker set you up to take the blame for his or her mistake? YES NO

  • Have you ever been asked to falsify data, reports, or documents? YES NO

  • Have you ever been asked to do anything unethical, illegal, or immoral? YES NO

  • If it's a family business, do family members get away with things that others don't? YES NO

  • Have you/another ever been sexually harassed at work? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker use sexual favours to get ahead at work? YES NO

  • Does a co-worker tell lewd jokes in front of you and others? YES NO

  • Are people surfing porn websites instead of working? YES NO

  • Have you ever heard someone tell a racist joke at work? YES NO

  • Have you/another ever been discriminated against because of race, ethnic group, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation? YES NO

  • Do people come to work drunk or high and no one says anything? YES NO

  • Is a co-worker late or missing deadlines because of alcohol or drugs? YES NO

  • Has a co-worker ever threatened you or assaulted you? YES NO

  • Has there ever been workplace violence? YES NO

If you answered "yes" to just one of these questions, you may be working in a toxic company with toxic co-workers, a toxic boss, or an ineffective HR department.