Workplace violence is a major safety issue, with homicide being the second leading cause of occupational death in the US, accounting for 11% of fatal work injuries. Some managers have been known to sexually harass, verbally abuse, and threaten employees to prevent them from advancing. Discrimination also occurs, as one company's sales team comprised employees from various countries and backgrounds, showing a lack of diversity.
2. INAPPROPRIATE WORK
PLACE BEHAVIORS
Workplace violence has emerged as an important safety and health
issue in today's workplace. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the
second leading cause of fatal occupational injury and accounts for
11% of the fatal work injuries in the United States.
3. YOUR WORK PERSONALITY
AND BEHAVIORS
One argument that you may hear, is that if you try to
influence the test results then you will have to operate ‘outside’ of
your personality type for 40 hours a week. This is overstating the
case to the point of absurdity; very few people would even
consider applying for a job which was totally unsuitable for them.
4. ABUSIVE, SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ETC.
Higher level managers have been known to bad mouth employees,
sexually harass, be verbally abusive and degrading, and threaten their
employees. Aggressive managers are threatened of other employees
rising through the ranks and have been known to make comments
regarding keeping employees from advancing.
5. DISCRIMINATION
The sales team of a German mechanical engineering company
comprises seven women, 40 men, two employees with disabilities, two
Spanish employees, one Chinese employee, two Japanese employees,
one Indian employee, one Kenyan employee and two US employees
of Mexican origin, as well as German employees.
