What the Research Says about Bullying...
In a CareerBuilder survey of over 5,600 full-time employees, 27% of workers said they have felt bullied in the workplace. Most of them didn't confront the offender nor report the abusive behavior. What form did the bullying take? Workers gave these examples:
- Comments were dismissed or not acknowledged: 43 percent.
- Falsely accused of a mistake: 40 percent.
- Needlessly harsh criticism: 38 percent.
- Forced into doing work that wasn't really part of the job: 38 percent.
- Held to different standards and policies from those of other workers: 37 percent.
- Made the focus of gossip: 27 percent.
- Boss yelled at me in front of co-workers: 24 percent.
- Belittling comments during meetings: 23 percent.
- Others taking credit for work: 21 percent.
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