Beware of on-the-job saboteurs.
That’s the message from a new survey in which a majority of respondents said a co-worker tried to make them look bad on the job.
In a national survey developed for the Creative Group, a California staffing agency specializing in marketing, advertising, creative and Web professionals, 50 percent of the 250 respondents said a current or former co-worker tried to make them look bad at work.
The survey results reflect the views of 125 advertising executives from the country’s 2,000 largest ad agenices and and 125 senior marketing executives from the largest companies.
Seventy percent said the best way to respond to the trouble makers was to confront them directly. But that approach carries some risks.
“While you don’t want to come across as a pushover, you also don’t want to overreact,” said Creative Group executive director Megan Slabinski.
For more on the survey go to:
http://www.creativegroup.com/pressroom
--Carrie Mason-Draffen