Excerpt Why

https://workplacebullying.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-Full-Report.pdf 

  • Toxicity in US companies
    • 29,5% of US workforce bullied at work (48.6 million)
    • 65% bullies are bosses (higher ranked)
    • 43.2% bullied while remote working
  • Negative outcome mostly for victim
    • 67% negative outcome for victim (left, forced to quit, terminated, transferred)
    • 23% negative outcome for victim for wrongoer (punishment, termination, quitting)
Why
Why
  Proportion Percentage
Target voluntarily left the job to escape more mistrearmwent 2346 23%
Target was forced to quit when work conditions were deliberately made interable 1732 17%
Employer terminated the target 1181 12%
Target transferred to different job or location with same employer 1496 15%
Negative outcome for target 6755 67%
Perpetrator was punished but kept job 1055 11%
Perpetrator was terminated 0897 9%
Perpetrator voluntarily quit 0346 3%
Negative outcome for perpetrator 2298 23%
Positive actions by employer stopped it 0582 6%
Positive actions target's coworkers stopped it 0362 4%
     
It did not stop 1229 12%