As Moran went on to relay, and as workplace consultant Paul Pelletier explains in his book, The Workplace Bullying Handbook: How to Identify, Prevent and Stop a Workplace Bully, "Workplace bullying is different from rudeness or other poor behavior because it is a pattern of targeted behavior that escalates." And it’s not rare, added Pelletier, an attorney who has personal experience with being a target of workplace bullying. As Moran documented further, "A 2021 report by the nonprofit Workplace Bullying Institute found that one in three people have experienced bullying in their jobs and 19 percent have witnessed it. More than half (55 percent) said the pandemic made workplace bullying worse. Typical bullying behavior may include repeated and escalating rudeness, withholding necessary information, mockery or ridicule, exclusion, or other damaging actions.

Source: Huffington Post January 24, 2023 15:19 UTC