It has long been held that the two most emotionally charged issued amongst people are those involving religion and politics. During a Presidential election year, political differences are ramped up more than usual. Given the current social and highly contentious political climate present in America, those differences have an even greater potential to spill over into the workplace.
This is the dilemma facing most employers today. As organizations respond internally and externally to the pandemic, social unrest, climate change and other matters of the day, the reaction is likely to be quite different depending on individual political affiliation. And in today’s “cancel culture,” taking a political or social stance can be too daunting for many organizations—the risks may outweigh the rewards.
It won’t be surprising to see attitudes and rhetoric heat up as we get closer to November 3. And with this year’s election being more of an election season (due to mail in voting), the period of up for personal politics to intersect with the workplace is already upon us.
Various surveys of employees reveal that they have differing viewpoints as to what is appropriate discussion between co-workers. Here are some examples of that from surveys:
- 60% of employees believe discussing politics at work is unacceptable.
- Female employees are more likely than male employees to believe discussing politics at work is unacceptable (66% of females & to 54% of males).
- Yet 57% say they have engaged in discussing politics at work.
- 28% of employees say a co-worker has tried to persuade them to change their political party preference in the past year.
- 24% of Republican employees and 23% of Democrat employees would not want to work with a co-worker who plans to vote for a presidential candidate they don’t like in this election.
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- 25% would consider leaving a company if the majority of their co-workers had different political views than their own.
- 33% of employees state they would not apply to work for a company that actively supports a political party or a social position different than their own.
In Part 2 of this dilemma, we’ll discuss how employers can best address:
- 1) Political talk in the workplace
- 2) Political statement clothing, including face masks
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