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National Pet Day! How can I let the day go by without honoring our boy. We love you Mason

Meet Stanley! One of our newest and unexpected residents at the rescue. Stanley is a 2-3 year old Bully Breed/Great Dane Mix. Stanley was abandoned outside of our center after his former guardian walked in and stated he no longer wanted him due to having to move. He had Stanley in his car and stated if we did not take him in that he would tie him up outside. At the moment we did not have a kennel large enough to adequately house a dog of Stanley's size and had pleaded with his former owner to take him home and give us time to find a solution.

As the story goes, like to many, Stanley's former owner exited the building and proceeded to tie him near our dumpster. By the time anyone had noticed, the man was long gone and Stanley was left confused and terrified. Stanley is a very large dog and weighs approximately 90lbs. Stanley has a lot of energy and is incredibly strong. He is friendly with people but would do best in a home with no other animals. Stanley will need family who is willing to provide him with the proper training and guidance a high energy, large dog needs. Stanley is safe here at our center and we are working on making more suitable accommodations for him, however we are completely overloaded with larger dogs and no incoming applications for them. Please consider opening your home to this wonderful sweet boy.

It’s National Pet Memorial Day l. In honor of my precious Max (here with my precious grandson Brayden). also in memory of the many other dogs and cats I have loved and still love. In particular, Harley, our gentle, beautiful Rottweiler.

Hello folks, back again to share more information about workplace conflict. But first, just wanted to thank those people who have taken the time to read that first post. I hope to “see” you here again!

As I shared before, the data outlined below comes from research entitled, “Workplace Conflict Statistics 2023: Costs and Outcomes”. It can be found at: https://blog.gitnux.com/workplace-conflict-statistics/

What Causes Workplace Conflict?

According to research conducted at the University of Cal Poly Pomona (CPP):

- 49% of all employees see clashes between personalities or egos as the leading cause of workplace conflicts.
- 34% agree that workplace stress is another common cause of conflict.
- 33% find heavy workload without enough support the main conflict trigger.
- Poor leadership (29% of respondents), dishonesty (26%), and problems with line managers (23%) regularly cause conflicts at work.

Some Costs of Workplace Conflicts.

- a new study by Randstad US revealed that 58% of US workers have quit (or considering it) because of disruptive workplace politics. 38% want to quit because of poor workplace culture or a feeling that they don’t fit in. The overwhelming MAJORITY (86%) of jobseekers avoid applying to companies that have been reviewed poorly by their workforce.
- According to CPP, 89% of employees let their conflict with coworkers escalate, while 12% quit their job, another 10% of workers avoid going to meetings, and 9% don’t come to work for multiple days.
- the Office of Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) informs, that US companies have around a 12% chance of being sued by their employees. The average time for resolution of these lawsuits is 275 days, and the average cost of conflict in the workplace amounted to $125,000. In 81% of the cases, the insurer would refuse to cover the legal costs.
- in 2021, there were 61,331 workplace discrimination charges in the US, which resulted in more than 34 million USD in damages for victims in Federal Court.

Well, that’s enough BAD news for one day. There is GOOD news as well, as when conflict is minimized by policy or dealt with effectively, conflict CAN produce POSITIVE change in a company. I will be talking about that in later posts.

I present this information to inform people of a significant problem in our society. It is also self serving. I want people to learn more about my Mediation Practice. Please, if you take the time to read this, please share your thoughts, reactions, personal experiences. I would really like to get some dialogue going regarding this.

Thanks,

Mark

Workplace Conflict Statistics 2023: Costs & Outcomes • GITNUX