Poisoning at the Office

We’ve all worked with (or for) someone with whom we didn’t click. Some of us have had the misfortune of working in a toxic environment, i.e., in an office where everyone is motivated by personal gain (power, money, fame or special status) and uses unethical or mean-spirited methods to manipulate and annoy those around them. Few of us, though, have worked in a place where an employee is literally using toxic methods on his or her work colleagues.