Workplace incivility is spiraling as companies rile up employees with RTO and layoffs, and new research warns it’s a $766 billion problem
- Posted on March 31, 2025
- By Fortune
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Workplace incivility is spiraling as companies rile up employees with RTO and layoffs, and new research warns it’s a $766 billion problem

Shaming, gaslighting, and excessive micromanaging at work is making a comeback—and it’s all thanks to unpopular policies like return-to-office (RTO) mandates and mass layoffs. Failure to act costs employers over $2.1 billion each day.