Staff throwing temper tantrums at work

Over half of American workers have had to deal with childish behaviour from their colleagues, according to new research.

The survey, carried out by CareerBuilder, interviewed 2,500 recruitment and HR professionals, and more than 3,000 employees from across various U.S. businesses. Shockingly, the majority of workers admitted to having witnessed their colleagues pulling faces, throwing temper tantrums and staging pranks. Many went so far as to liken the office to a child’s nursery.

55% of employees claim to have heard people in their workplace whining and becoming petulant when certain issues arose, whereas 46% say they have seen workers pouting after an altercation.

A surprising 44% of respondents claimed that ‘tattling’ on each other was commonplace in an office environment. A further 26% said that they actually saw a co-worker throw a tantrum when things didn’t go their way.