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What questions should you ask the interviewer to check whether work environment is toxic?

Some questions I would ask:

  • What is the longest/average tenure in this group? (For group I work for, 7 out of 10 have worked there for less than 5 years)
  • How many people have resigned within the last 4 years? (For my employer, in that time frame, 3 people have left the group I work for. One left abruptly.)
  • Are all your processes/techniques documented in writing? And what are those processes? (Little to no training documentation for processes/techniques at my employer. I've also dealt with people withholding info)
  • What will the onboarding process look like? (Manager signed me off I had learned things in 90 day period when he knew I did not. It bothered me, but I needed a job as previous employer was laying me off, so I was complicit)
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◉ What is your take/opinion on office gossip? (I have heard coworkers describe another coworker as a wild animal that pees everywhere)

◉ What would you do if you saw a coworker getting mistreated? (I got bullied/discriminated and coworker did nothing to defend. I confided with another coworker and they said it is not their job to defend)
What questions should you ask the interviewer to check whether work environment is toxic?
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