Employee survey shows 42% of workers are experiencing toxicity in their workplace
New national employee survey by job aggregator, ClickJobs.io highlights how toxic many workplaces still are in the UK with millions of workers experiencing bullying, homophobic behaviour and even sexual harassment.
The extensive national survey showed a staggering 42% admit they work in a toxic workplace with one in five (16%) of employees witnessing homophobic behaviour in their workplace which is a troubling statistic especially as the country has just celebrated pride month.
A third of employees (31%) stated they have witnessed sexist behaviour and more disturbingly 17% had actually seen sexual harassment taking place in their workplace. The survey painted a stark picture of the modern workplace and highlighted that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done by employers and HR departments to ensure these toxic behaviours are removed. Bullying (42%), offensive comments (37%) and discrimination (31%) topped the list of inappropriate behaviours that employees witnessed in the UK.
Joe Boll, CEO at ClickJobs.io, commented: “At CilckJobs.io we believe every employee deserves to work in a positive, non-toxic environment which is why we use the most cutting-edge tech to make it easy for anyone to find a new role. This survey certainly shows some disturbing results and shows that employers need to continue to work hard to ensure these behaviours are removed from workplaces.”
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