'F**k' | Zoom call fiasco highlights workplace bullying

While many HR leaders strive to stamp out workplace bullying as best they can, employees are still facing the wrath of their co-workers on a regular basis. In fact, a recent study has discovered that as many as 71% of employees have been bullied or witnessed bullying.

This is according to employment law specialist Ken Law, who interviewed staff at 131 companies in the UK, with 35% of the respondents admitting that they had been direct victims of workplace bullying themselves.

However, it also seems that workplace bullying is continuing but on a virtual scale now that the vast majority of employees in the UK are working from home. This comes as Wales’ Health Minister Vaughan Gething, was caught on a Zoom call bad-mouthing the Welsh Assembly Member for Cardiff Central, Jenny Rathbone, reported Metro.

During a recent conference call where he addressed an unknown person, Gething reportedly said: “What the f*** is the matter with her?” This was overheard by 20 other colleagues, where many in the call can be heard saying ‘no’ and trying to drown him out, however sadly this was too late as he launched into his rant against Rathbone.