How We Care

How We Care: Episode 32: Bullies, Blaggers, and Bastards: Coping with Difficult Colleagues at Work

Episode Summary

Paul and Elizabeth discuss how badly behaved, even abusive, collegues can impact our careers, mental health and motivation. They consider how workplace culture and the wider world can support these harms and what you can do to deal with it.

Episode Notes

Paul and Elizabeth discuss how badly behaved, even abusive, collegues can impact our careers, mental health and motivation. They consider how workplace culture and the wider world can support these harms and what you can do to deal with it.

Dr Katherine Hubbard's blog post, as quoted in this episode, is here 

https://katharinehubbard.blog/2026/01/20/toxic-people-failing-upwards-universities-must-do-better/ 

For benefits of joining a union: https://www.tuc.org.uk/why-join-union