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Workplace culture

Useful advice to help you navigate workplace culture and help create a positive working environment.

SEEK Admin · 15d ago

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What’s one thing that instantly makes a workplace feel better? 🤔

Anon145140 · 7d ago

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These employers are the worst. They hire someone in mid-November, promising the world and acting so friendly—only so they can jet off on overseas holidays and spend summer with their kids while they're out of school. Then, come late January or mid-February, they suddenly drop the news: you're no longer needed. How is it even acceptable for an employer to behave this way? It's heartbreaking to work hard and be dedicated, only to be discarded after just a few months. Absolutely disgusting. 😡

Anon263539 · 25d ago

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The CEO of my 50-person office leaves on time every day at 5pm - much earlier than half of the staff, including people earning basically minimum wage. My last boss at least worked later than everyone. I just want to know what's the norm - am I justified in feeling like bosses should work harder than their staff?

Anon426099 · 30 Oct 2025

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I'm new to the corporate workplace and not sure about whether I should eat lunch with my team if they ask? I prefer to just zone out during my break or watch something on my phone, but I don't want to be seen as anti-social. I'm worried doing my own thing will make me seem like not a 'team player'. Does anyone here have a similar team culture where people usually have lunch together - and what do you do if you don't always want to join them?

Anon677251 · 10 Nov 2025

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Work Place Bullying & Harrassment is honestly at an all time high. Literally every job I have had I have been bullied and made to feel like garbage,so many times that I have questioned being alive.I am honestly an honest and open person & so relaxed & yet people still seem to go off at me & make me feel like I am worthless because they are having a bad time or didn't train me properly or out right just don't like me.Like whatever happened to just going to work to do a good job & then go home?!?

Allison · 29 Jan 2026

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I am completely devastated after my employment with a really great company was abruptly and unexpectedly terminated due due to, as my boss said, “the established team dynamic not being compatible with me”, which is the only explanation I have been given for my termination. I can only assume that the other team members did not like me. I wish they had said something to me and given me the chance to address the issues but they never said anything to me about it until they let me go.

Adam · 26 Nov 2025

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I was abused by a co-worker and when I complained about it, I was told thats just the way that person is and to move on. Then in the same meeting they decided to tell me that they're putting me on a performance review plan. Nothing was mentioned about my work until I made a formal complaint about this co-worker.

Tegan · 12 Nov 2025

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I’m struggling with a colleague. I’ve noticed they don’t speak to me the same way they speak to other staff. Their tone is different and the way they approach communication is vastly different from how they approach other staff. I thought it was just me misreading the situation or just simply overthinking it, but different colleagues have told me that they see the difference.I spoke to someone about it all but it seems like nothing is going further than that. any advice on how to approach it?

Jenny ( Jennifer · 6 Oct 2025

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In an interview how can you ask about the company culture and what the employee and company expect from me and how this is displayed in the company structure. Positive and supportive culture is very important to me to succeed in a new career

Tania · 12 Feb 2026

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Bullying is so rife in today’s workplaces. I’ve never experienced such disrespectful behaviour towards colleagues from management & other colleagues to staff. Too many “mini bosses”, no training, each mini boss telling you a different way to do things. No support, not enough resources to complete the job as required. As for mental health - a “boss “ said to a very distressed staff member “you’re either well enough to be here and do you job or go home” when she asked for alternative duties.

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