A negative workplace culture, also known as a toxic workplace, can manifest itself in many ways. A few signs of a negative workplace culture include frequent gossiping, high absenteeism rates, high employee turnover, low productivity, cliques, unfriendly competition between employees, lack of flexibility and autonomy, low employee satisfaction, managers not following your core values and more.
To help you find out if your workplace has a negative culture, examine your turnover and absenteeism rates, regularly send out employee satisfaction surveys to find out how employees are feeling and what they need/want and conduct exit interviews to find out why employees are leaving. Then, take steps to build a positive company culture where employees can thrive.