Bad atmosphere | Toxic office culture could be pushing your staff to work from home

Employees are choosing to work from home in a bid to avoid their employer’s toxic workplace culture, a new study has found.

The national survey, conducted by jobs site RemoteWorker has highlighted how staff members are choosing to work from home to avoid bullying, homophobic behaviour, and even sexual harassment.

The study showed that one in five (16%) employees have witnessed homophobic behaviour in their workplace, a third of employees (31%) stated they had witnessed sexist behaviour and 17 per cent had seen sexual harassment taking place in their workplace. Bullying (42%), offensive comments (37%), and discrimination (31%) topped the list of inappropriate behaviours that employees witnessed in the UK.

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