hostile workplace
Harassing work environment
A hostile workplace is an environment where harassment, discrimination, or intimidation makes it difficult for someone to do their job.
In legal contexts, the term specifically describes conditions severe or pervasive enough to constitute illegal harassment based on protected characteristics like race, sex, or disability: She filed a complaint alleging a hostile workplace after months of sexist comments from her supervisor.
More loosely, any toxic or unwelcoming work environment: The constant backstabbing created a hostile workplace.
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- toxic bossHarmful workplace authority figure
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
intimidation · power imbalance · retaliation · abuse · zero tolerance · stress · walking on eggshells · tension · complaint · HR · HR department · open door policy · lawsuit · supervisor · coworker · dread · mental health · anxiety
- ageismageism, age discrimination, elder abuse, elder neglect, adultism
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- discrimination lawanti-discrimination, nondiscrimination, gender bias, pay discrimination, discrimination lawsuit
- Harassment Trainingsexual harassment, training module, mandatory reporting, prevention, code of conduct
- job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias
- sexismsexism, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, gender bias, male privilege