It is pretty obvious bullying does go on, but it is the headline that amazes me.
Managers, or HR may / may not be incompetent, whatever, and at the end of the day they all have a job to do.
BUT.
The damage that is being done to productivity. It is staggering. Who would want to do this to their own business?? I have no idea how the £18 billion was arrived at, but can only assume it is mixture of paying staff who have been signed off; the cost of re-recruiting replacements, or temporary staff to cover; medical costs .......... lawsuits. Who knows.
How does this help any business. At the end of the day, money sadly is king, so why do they want to lose so much of it.
What do these bullies get out of it, is it a "warm fuzzy feeling"?