Office Politics: 91% of Employees Report Clashes at Work

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Forget Thanksgiving, now politics is threatening to ruin the office too. According to a recent study, 91 percent of American workers have witnessed or experienced political clashes at work. What’s more, it seems the problem has been getting worse since the election last year.

Resume Now’s “Post U.S. Elections Report,” which surveyed 1,037 American workers last month, suggests that politics are having a big impact on workplace culture. Seventy-nine percent of employees reported discussing politics at least weekly, with 32 percent talking politics every day. According to a majority of the surveyed workers, these conversations have picked up in frequency and intensity since November: Seventy-two percent said political conversations are now more common, and 75 percent said the conversations have become more intense. Moreover, 83 percent of employees said they expect political tensions to continue rising under the current administration.