{
  "id": 9568128,
  "title": "Toxic bosses: why do companies protect managers who make working life hell?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/toxic-bosses-why-do-companies-protect-managers-who-make-working-life",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:53:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/24/toxic-bosses-why-do-companies-protect-managers-who-make-working-life-hell"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bullying, manipulation and intimidation can destroy lives, yet abusive authoritarians continue to rise to the top. How do they get away with it – and can they be brought to heel? When Andrea finally resigned, her colleagues told her the truth they had always known about her boss. Some apologised. Others admitted they had watched what happened to her and said nothing. One offered the sentence I…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}