I’m more inclined to give line employees a break though, because toxic management is so common. Sure, there are bad apples. But the prevalence is way overblown

I’m more inclined to give line employees a break though, because toxic management is so common. Sure, there are bad apples. But the prevalence is way overblown and the “one bad hire” who is a “toxic employee” is mostly a myth. Rather it’s usually management setting things up for failure, not listening to employees, not giving support or required resources. And the line employee will get scapegoated while the bad management a few levels above will fail up and deflect any blame.