Posts Tagged ‘recession’
Recession & Workplace Bullying: 2010 WBI Survey
Friday, September 17th, 2010
It’s a no-brainer prediction that the economic recession escalates bullying at work. Be careful it may not be as clearcut as it appears. It seems that once again experience with bullying is required. From an online WBI summer 2009 survey of 454 respondents, 28% reported an escalation. In that sample, 97% said that they were now or were previously bullied. Thus, this was a snapshot of the world through the lens of bullied individuals, but not representative of the broader population (the other 65% who have not been bullied).
By contrast, the respondents to the 2010 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey (n=4,210) reported a much different story about the recession’s impact. The large scientific (nationally representative) sample included lots of people who either deny bullying’s existence or have a limited experience with it. Here is the comparison of results from the two studies.
Tags: 2010 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey, recession
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Science | Post a Comment »
Room for More Executives Despite Recession
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
A management publication describes a new trend. Executives are creating a new executive slot — Chief Commercial/Customer Officer (the CCO). Thirty-six of the existing 56 have been hired in 2009 at the height of the recession used by firms to justify demands for concessions from non-supervisory staff, unions and layoffs for millions. The job is to assign to a single individual ownership of the customer and the customer interface given the explosion of many divergent sales channels, especially the digital channel which has grown too complex for the CEO, COO, CIO, CFO or C***HOLE to accomplish. Sounds like the work was done by the sales department and a couple of tech-savvy staffers. But they were laid off! The executive hypocrisy continues unabated.
Tags: CCO, executive hypocrisy, recession
Posted in Employer Action/Inaction, Social Justice | Post a Comment »
Dying Poor & Uninsured in America
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
The Institute of Medicine and the Urban Institute produced a report last year that tracked deaths attributable to being uninsured in America. In the latest year surveyed (2006) 22, 211 people died. Also we know that being underinsured can prevent getting life-saving treatment for diseases that insurers refuse to cover.
Tags: Ehrenreich, Goldman Sachs, health insurance, Institute of Medicine, poverty, recession, underinsured, uninsured, Urban Institute, working poor
Posted in Health Care, Social Justice | 1 Comment »
Downturn Gives Bullies More Power to Torture
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
By Tali Arbel
Associated Press Business Writer
Newsday
June 30, 2009BULLY WATCH: The recession is creating a “blank check” for office bullies, said one employee advocate.
The downturn’s layoffs – job rolls have shrunk by 6 million since the recession’s start – may make a bad situation worse for victims, said Gary Namie, director of the Workplace Bullying Institute, an advocacy group.
Tags: AP, help for targets, Namie, recession, WBI
Posted in Bullying in the News | 2 Comments »
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