fuck this job.com

I once worked for a company where my female superior was engaged to one of my male colleagues. They would lie for each other, cover for each other, and pretty much treated everyone else like crap. The owner really didn't care what they did.
I don't mind that they were engaged, and there were no inappropriate displays of affection or anything, but they could have been more professional. It made things uncomforatable and unbearable for a lot of us.

I would have to say that the worst is when the company either won't spend money that needs to be spent, or wastes money. My company does both. They won't hire people to replace workers that have left, and they won't fire those who are still there that do nothing but stand around and gossip or bitch all day. And when you're treated like workers are nothing but another expense to your company, it's easy to see the bad ones as incredible wastes of money.

Of course that also could be explained as having to work with old, broken, outdated or dilapidated equipment. These are very hazardous and make you feel like your safety and the quality of your work doesn't mean squat to your company.

Gossip. I work with about 15 females, and only 3 males. You do the math. A lot of those women are at menopause age, have no life outside of work, and find sick enjoyment out of trying to sabotage each other. I can't get anything done when 3 of them are gossiping in my tiny office and trying to drag me into it. The boss does nothing to stop it. Unfortunately 2 of the worst gossips have a lot of influence (somehow?) and I have seen them get people fired or moved to a different department with no reason at all other than they didn't like them.

But I would like to add something to your list. Lack of privacy. There are 4 people in one office/room, and I have to share a small office with one other person. If we all had our own offices I could just shut the door and ignore all the crazy shit. Not to mention the people who always want to look over your shoulder to see what you are doing on the computer.

Nothing is worse than coming to work to have people hang out at others' desks all day and chat it up about nothing. Or when you're trying to work in your own shared office and the douche next to you is on IM or myspace gossiping about the psycho down the hall. I've never heard so much about people's lives that I never wanted to know until I started working here. Even now that I have my own office, I shut the door only to hear them in the hallways crying about something. Nothing gets done and the rest of the workers have to suffer.

I think when your employer doesn't spend any money on their business, that is really sucky. Hell it's their business, not mine.