From the US Hostile Workplace Survey, 2000.
About mobbing, bullying and harassment, Jim Landgraf, president of Education Testing Service said: “We don’t see $8 billion worth of antidepressants in this country for nothing. The corporate culture is so accepting of these kinds of aggressive actions, it’s not going to go away.”
1. 50% of bully bosses are men, 50% women.
2. 75% of the time, women are victims.
But females target other women 84% of the time.
3. 96% of co-workers are aware of the bullying.
4. The psychological violence lasts 16.5 months on average.
Gary Namie, author of “The Bully at Work,” has counseled 4,300 targets of abuse. His research shows that in less than 10% of the abuse cases were the bullies punished, transferred or terminated. “Bullying usually stops when the target leaves their job,” he said. “Companies will never say they have a problem.”
5. Most bullying isn’t illegal conduct.
In only 8% of cases was victim in legally protected employee classification (disabled or minority).
6. 67% of victims report having no prior history of being bullied.
7. 41% of victims are diagnosed with depression.
8. 31% of women victims experience post-traumatic stress disorder.
9. Bullies rarely suffer career consequences because in 42 percent of cases the bully’s supervisor helped the bad boss or punished the victim.
10. 11% of co-workers side with the bully.
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