Forbes June 5, 2023
Toxicity in the workplace is a monster with many heads: Unfairness, mistreatment, discrimination, harassment, offensiveness and oppression. And it has many faces. In addition to gender, race, age and sexual orientation, studies show that size discrimination is also rampant in the workplace.
TalentLMS and CultureAmp conducted a survey built upon the “The Big Five” framework for identifying toxicity, examining how frequently related behaviors occur. Key findings include:
- 42% of respondents say that managers in tech companies with toxic work cultures are frequently inconsiderate and disrespectful of employees.
- 40% of employees report that these incidents happen frequently, while 22% say they happen sometimes.
- 43% say discrimination and unfair treatment because of employees’ age happens frequently.
- 42% mention employees’ race...