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Forget Thanksgiving, now politics is threatening to ruin the office too. According to a recent study, 91% of American workers report witnessing or experiencing political clashes at work. What’s more, it seems the problem has been getting worse since the election last year.

Resume Now’s Post U.S. Elections Report, which surveyed 1,037 American workers last month, suggests that politics are having a big impact on workplace culture. Seventy-nine percent of employees reported discussing politics at least weekly, with 32% talking politics every day. According to a majority of the surveyed workers, these conversations have picked up in frequency and intensity since November: 72% said political conversations were more common, and 75% said the conversations had become more intense. Moreover, 83% of employees said they anticipated political tensions to continue rising under the current administration.

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