Workers here against the corporation council: "31% take anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs"

A day after the adoption of the recommendations of the Procaccia report that described a rotten corporate culture in the broadcasting corporation, workers are angry at the council that urged them to complain.

A letter that was distributed and reached Walla!

Brenze reveals extremely disturbing findings about their mental state

David Wertheim

11/01/2022

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 11:46 Updated: 12:27

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The Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality - The Treatment of Sexual Harassment in the Israel Broadcasting Corporation here (PR)

At a council meeting held by a majority of the corporation's council members, they voted against the idea of ​​removing Koblenz immediately, but later a series of restrictions were imposed on him.

A day after the announcement of the Broadcasting Corporation Council on the adoption of most of the recommendations of the report of the Procaccia committee he set up, a committee of workers here revolts and goes against it.

A letter that was distributed and reached Walla!

Brenze reveals extremely disturbing findings about the mental state of the workers.

Yesterday (Monday) the council announced that it is adopting the report it submitted about two weeks ago to the external committee it set up to examine the corporate culture in the corporation.

The committee was set up over the CEO's head following a Haaretz investigation that revealed a series of allegations and alleged sexual harassment in the organization. Councilor Gil Omer and CEO Koblenz - whose relationship is unsettled.

At a council meeting held before the announcement was made, most of the corporation's council members voted against the idea of ​​immediately ousting Koblenz, but later a series of restrictions were imposed on him.

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Eld Koblenz and Gil Omer, in better days (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Shlomi Yosef)

74% feel they are "looking for them"

"Once the council's conclusions have been circulated, we receive many inquiries from employees who feel cheated and Egyptian for approaching the Procaccia committee on the council's recommendation and being misled"

Today, the corporation's workers' committee sent a letter protesting the adoption of the decisions. "We have read the decisions of the corporation council but it seems that these decisions do not bring about the change, protect the workers and their injured souls, and have no personal conclusions towards managers who have already harmed workers and caused damage. "That they approached the Procaccia committee on the recommendation of the council and were misled," it read.

The committee unveils a survey conducted among 250 employees regarding abuse and the work environment in the corporation, which includes alarming findings that he said "revealed what many of you personally experience and reinforce what was said in the Procaque committee's report. The questionnaires raised another layer that reveals the seriousness of things, and so far has not been addressed by any factor, and that is the severe emotional effects that workers have witnessed following the abusive work environment they have described.The picture that emerges from this survey is the emotional-mental distress in which employees find themselves and the deep scars they face. "

According to the survey:

57% of the respondents feel that there is a great aggravation of their health condition. Workers described symptoms such as: tremors in the hands, chest tightness, anxiety attacks, depression, use of mental health medications, loss of self-esteem, unwillingness to live, high blood pressure, nervous breakdown, complete loss of appetite.

70% of employees feel threatened. Employees described a work atmosphere of fear and contempt, humiliation, threat.

71% of respondents said they feel exhausted and powerless.

31% are taking antidepressants and antidepressants.

53% feel that they are trying to stumble and attribute failures to which they are not responsible.

66% feel that their security is poor.

74% feel that they are "looking for them".

87% do not see management as a role model.

"The corporation's workers' committee is puzzled that the findings of the commission of inquiry did not reach conclusions about the prosecution of the offenders, and did not give concrete treatment to the harm to the workers. Also, there was insufficient reference to human resource responsibility "The committee expects resolute decisions that will provide an appropriate response to injured workers and feel that workers are in a violent work environment and take significant action against the perpetrators, thus making the Broadcasting Corporation a place that strives for excellence and constitutes a healthy, safe and pleasant work environment."

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