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The inescapable tyranny of the bad boss
Prevalence of toxic management is difficult to measure – but scandals show it is a problem in every sector.
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More than two-thirds of American workers say they have dealt with a toxic boss.
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Pilita Clark
Imagine you are in your early 20s, and you head off to your work Christmas party only to end up being hung upside down, topless, from a crane. Then imagine that your boss joins in the fun and slaps you on your bare chest, repeatedly.
A young man named Ilyas Elkharraz says this happened to him when he was an apprentice carpenter at a glass installation company in the Australian city of Melbourne in 2020. When a TV show broadcast a video of the incident, it made headlines across the world.
