There’s not only the issue of taking action on reports of harassment, there’s the issue of resolving those reports. Of those who report, 12% never see any action taken on their report, and 15% say they weren’t aware of any action taken-maybe it was, but they were never alerted, or the system wasn’t transparent enough. Only half of employees (53%) say that their workplace addresses harassment with a sense of urgency when reported. When an internal employee issue like harassment hits public channels like social media, a natural response might be to ask, “Why didn’t they just take care of it internally?” The employee probably tried, and there was no resolution-and unfortunately not getting a resolution is fairly common. Only 53% say their workplace addresses harassment with a sense of urgency 24% of employees also see harassment as being made worse through remote channels.Ī New York Times article details that this is due to “the air of informality around workplace communication” that’s shifted to virtual, the fact that “knowing that no one’s watching can embolden foul play,” and the challenge of “pandemic-imposed stress” that’s made everyone much more quick to anger. This is through channels such as email, video conferencing, chat apps, or by phone. But that’s not the case, as 38% of employees still experience harassment remotely. One might think that harassment would decrease or even stop if employees were working remotely, because there’s a sense of proximity and presence needed for harassment to happen. It also includes online harassment and cyberbullying.ģ8% still experience harassment working remotely (Similarly, Pew Research also found that 44% of all workers, and 59% of women, have been the target of unwanted harassment at work.) This can include personal harassment and bullying, or harassment through discrimination, racism, or bias. Harassment is pervasive, as our survey uncovered that 44% of workers have experienced harassment in their workplace. Here are the top insights that will hopefully give you more context as to how pervasive the issue of harassment is in the workplace, which will help you understand the current state of your workplace, too. In the recent survey on the “ State of Workplace Harassment ,” wthere were a number of insights into who’s contending with harassment, how many are reporting issues they see (and if not, why?), how workplaces are doing on resolving reported issues, and more. This means that unresolved harassment, discrimination, and bias are prevalent throughout many more workplaces than many of us probably thought.Īnd there’s most likely unresolved issues of harassment, discrimination, bias, and other wrongdoings in your workplace, too. īecause more and more people are coming forward about ongoing issues in their company, others have now felt more empowered and more comfortable coming forward as well. Just in the past few weeks we’ve seen Amazon employees raising issues of discrimination, the launch of a sexual harassment investigation at ABC News, and Apple employees launching a website to collect reports of harassment. We’ve seen the headlines for a few years now: Employee A has gone public about unresolved discrimination issues at Company X.
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