Announcement of 'Survey on White Harassment among Employees within 1 Year of Mid-Career Entry'
Mynavi published a survey revealing that 'White Harassment'—excessive accommodation by superiors—deprives employees of growth opportunities, making over 70% of those who experienced it want to quit.
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Mynavi Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President & CEO: Shunsuke Awai) announced the results of a survey on 'White Harassment*' conducted among full-time employees in their 20s to 50s who have joined mid-career within the past year.
*In this survey, 'White Harassment' refers to an act where a superior or senior employee, out of excessive consideration, supports the work or adjusts the workload of a subordinate or junior, ultimately depriving them of growth opportunities.
[TOPICS]
- Approximately 60% of full-time employees who joined mid-career within a year have heard the term 'White Harassment'. By age group, awareness is highest among those in their 30s at 60.7% [Figure 1].
- The percentage of those who have experienced what they felt was 'White Harassment' is 13.6%. Examples include 'seniors doing everything preemptively' and 'being told to leave work unfinished and go home on time' [Figures 2, 3, 4].
- Among those who have experienced 'White Harassment', 71.4% want to change jobs within the next year. This is 23.3 points higher than those without the experience [Figure 5].
[Survey Overview]
- Approximately 60% of full-time employees within 1 year of mid-career entry have heard the term 'White Harassment'. Awareness is highest among those in their 30s at 60.7%.
Among full-time employees who joined mid-career within a year, 56.9% have heard the term 'White Harassment', exceeding half.
Of those, about half 'understand the content' (29.3%) and half 'do not understand the content' (27.6%). Regarding awareness of 'White Harassment' by age group, those in their 30s had the highest awareness at 60.7%, followed by those in their 20s (59.4%). [Figure 1]
- The percentage of those who felt they experienced 'White Harassment' is 13.6%. Examples include 'seniors doing everything preemptively' and 'being told to leave work unfinished and go home on time'.
When asked if they had experienced what they felt was 'White Harassment' at their current mid-career workplace, 13.6% answered 'have experienced'. By age group, those in their 30s and 40s were slightly higher than other groups at 14.8% each.
When asked specifically what acts felt like 'White Harassment', responses included complaints about care that denied growth opportunities, such as 'seniors did everything preemptively' and 'I felt empty being urged every day to go home early with strict no-overtime rules without being entrusted with any responsible work'. Other responses showed issues where employees' intentions were ignored, such as 'I received a notice that they would pass on my promotion this time because it would be difficult due to health checks or childbirth' and 'Even though I was in the middle of work, I was told to go home because it was closing time'.
*In this survey, 'White Harassment' refers to an act where a superior or senior employee, out of excessive consideration, supports the work or adjusts the workload of a subordinate or junior, ultimately depriving them of growth opportunities.
[TOPICS]
- Approximately 60% of full-time employees who joined mid-career within a year have heard the term 'White Harassment'. By age group, awareness is highest among those in their 30s at 60.7% [Figure 1].
- The percentage of those who have experienced what they felt was 'White Harassment' is 13.6%. Examples include 'seniors doing everything preemptively' and 'being told to leave work unfinished and go home on time' [Figures 2, 3, 4].
- Among those who have experienced 'White Harassment', 71.4% want to change jobs within the next year. This is 23.3 points higher than those without the experience [Figure 5].
[Survey Overview]
- Approximately 60% of full-time employees within 1 year of mid-career entry have heard the term 'White Harassment'. Awareness is highest among those in their 30s at 60.7%.
Among full-time employees who joined mid-career within a year, 56.9% have heard the term 'White Harassment', exceeding half.
Of those, about half 'understand the content' (29.3%) and half 'do not understand the content' (27.6%). Regarding awareness of 'White Harassment' by age group, those in their 30s had the highest awareness at 60.7%, followed by those in their 20s (59.4%). [Figure 1]
- The percentage of those who felt they experienced 'White Harassment' is 13.6%. Examples include 'seniors doing everything preemptively' and 'being told to leave work unfinished and go home on time'.
When asked if they had experienced what they felt was 'White Harassment' at their current mid-career workplace, 13.6% answered 'have experienced'. By age group, those in their 30s and 40s were slightly higher than other groups at 14.8% each.
When asked specifically what acts felt like 'White Harassment', responses included complaints about care that denied growth opportunities, such as 'seniors did everything preemptively' and 'I felt empty being urged every day to go home early with strict no-overtime rules without being entrusted with any responsible work'. Other responses showed issues where employees' intentions were ignored, such as 'I received a notice that they would pass on my promotion this time because it would be difficult due to health checks or childbirth' and 'Even though I was in the middle of work, I was told to go home because it was closing time'.