One in three office workers have ”experienced bullying”... Half ”just tolerate it or pretend not to know” = South Korea

A survey conducted by a civic group revealed that one in three company employees have experienced "workplace bullying." In addition, more than half of those who have been bullied responded that they "either tolerated it or pretended not to know."
"Workplace Power Harassment 119" was commissioned to Global Research, a public opinion survey organization, and conducted a survey of 1,000 company employees aged 19 and over nationwide from December 2 to 11 last year, asking them about the current state of bullying in the workplace.
The survey results showed that 35.9% of employees had experienced workplace bullying in the past year, up from 30.5% in the first quarter of last year.
%), it was found that non-regular employees (41.3%) were more likely to have experienced workplace bullying than regular employees (32.3%), and non-clerical employees (39.4%) were more likely to have experienced workplace bullying than clerical employees (32.4%).
By type, insults and defamation were the most common at 23.5%, followed by unjust instructions at 19.6% and assault and verbal abuse at 19.1%.
When asked how they dealt with bullying in the workplace, 51.3% of respondents said they either "endured it or pretended not to notice," while the rest said they "didn't want to
The number of people who answered "I quit my job" reached 23.7%. In addition, 30.1% of respondents said they "protested individually or with colleagues," 12.8% said they "reported to the company or labor union," and 5.2% said they "reported to the relevant authorities."
The percentage of people who said that the level of bullying in the workplace was serious rose from 46.6% in the first quarter of last year to 54.0%, while the percentage of people who said they had thought about suicide or death due to bullying in the workplace rose by 1.0% in the same period.
The figures rose from 5.7% to 22.8%. Kim Yu-gyeong, a labor lawyer at Workplace Power Harassment 119, said, "The number of victims considering suicide or even death has increased, and the legal reporting and measures are not being implemented properly.
What's noteworthy is that this wasn't done."