People leave their jobs for reasons, the most important of which is the work environment, which affects the employee’s ability to withstand professional pressures. A great work environment is the workplace in which you feel confident in the organization you work for, and you feel proud of what you do, and you are happy to work with the people, with whom you work – Robert Levering, co-founder of the Great Place to Work Institute, who defined a good work environment as one in which trust prevails through everyday relationships between employees rather than through a list of programs and features, and that a great place to work is where they feel confident in the people they work for, They are proud of what they do and are happy to work with the people they work with.
Confidence in the work environment arises from the credibility of management, the respect that employees feel during their dealings with them, the equality with which employees expect to be treated, and the degree of pride, actual levels of communication, and true friendship that each employee feels towards the other.
The work environment is based mainly on the human factor, which is reflected on mental health with its slogan “Well-being for all”, which will be celebrated this year 2022 on the tenth of October, and leaders play an important role in improving the work environment and employee satisfaction and enhancing their productivity by creating a work environment that provides respect and appreciation To them, and this is no less important than the financial incentives and benefits, which are provided to the employee without regard to the work environment, which makes the employees happy to stay there or return to it.
Recently, the General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia published estimates of the labor force survey, where the unemployment rate among Saudis decreased to 9.7% in the second quarter, and the unemployment rate for the total population declined to 5.8% in the second quarter, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2022, and to ensure the continuity of this improvement In reducing unemployment, it is important to enhance employee continuity in their work and not to resign or contract illnesses (occupational safety and mental health) due to poor work environment conditions.
A bad work environment is called a toxic environment, and it is when an employee feels fear and instability; Whether from work pressure, the general climate of the place, or people, or all of these factors combined and their impact extends to the employee’s personal life; Which reduces his production capacity, and loses the balance between his professional and personal life. That is, it leads to disturbances in all aspects of his life, and affects his psychological, physical, and mental health, and it may lead to heart attacks and death due to stress.
In a toxic work environment, the psychological damage that some complain about appears in the form of anxiety, tension, depression, lack of self-confidence, stress and grumbling and long-term psychological repercussions that affect their professional future when they reach the stage of job burnout. common, that affect employees and their integration, and so that the employee does not reach the job burnout, it is important to start identifying the causes of the toxic work environment, including:
1- Discrimination between employees, specifically favoring the incompetent employee at the expense of the competent employee because of “wasta” or nepotism.
2- Exposure to job bullying by colleagues or managers.
3- Overlap of work affairs with personal life.
4- Job insecurity due to instability or the constant threat of dismissal from the job.
5- Dealing with an authoritarian and stubborn manager who does not respect the employee and insults him with or without justification.
6- Being subjected to constant and continuous criticism by the official at work, without mentioning the employee’s achievements and good productivity.
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