In 2013, Whole Foods posted $12.9 billion in net sales. This was over $4 billion more than in 2009. Since 1999, with the exception of the Great Recession year of 2008, Whole Foods has posted identical store sales growth rates of at least 4% annually. Most years have seen growth rates of at least 7% over the previous year, while 2004 saw 15% growth.
What attracts the media to woman-on-woman (WOW) bullying is the fact that women are targeted at a higher rate by female bullies (71%) than by male bullies (46%). Yes, women are crueler to women than they are to men, and that must be explained. But donât forget that 60% of all bullies are men.
Negative and even hostile behaviors of nurses toward newcomers remains an issue. While many people decry the way nurses treat each other, the specifics of abusive or bullying behaviors is not well understood. To effectively intervene in situations where toxic work environments lead nurses to exit the profession, understanding the dynamics of relational aggression (RA) can be helpful.