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Coronavirus causing big conflicts at work over masks, cleaning and more - Houston Chronicle

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Conflicts are nothing new at work but they have become supercharged as the coronavirus pandemic wears on.

Employees are arguing over masks, social distancing and cleaning methods, and are increasingly willing to share their opinions about how much danger the virus poses and who is responsible for spreading it, according to a new survey.

Careless masking has become a hot-button problem, with some employees fuming that others are wearing their face coverings below their noses or as a chin strap when bosses or customers aren’t around, according to Seyfarth At Work, the Chicago-based consulting arm of the employment law firm Seyfarth. Thirty-six percent of employees report frustrations with careless masking by their co-workers, according to the survey of more than 500 employees who work for companies of varying sizes.

Thirty-one percent of employees are upset by co-workers who aren’t willing to respect social distancing rules of 6 feet, according to the survey. Some employees have resorted to posting do-not-enter signs on their cubicles and erected barriers of paper clips to keep co-workers from getting too close.

In pre-pandemic times, many employees left their politics at home. But that’s not so true anymore as the world splits into pro-maskers and anti-maskers and everyone seems to have an opinion about the virus. Twenty-nine percent of employees reported clashing at work over the question of how dangerous coronavirus is.

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Then there are those who draw ire of their co-workers with sanitizing and spraying that is seen as distracting and as a cause of of breathing problems. Two employees at an accounting firm got into frequent spats after one turned on large fans and regularly sprayed all corners of their work space with concentrated alcohol disinfectant.

Fifteen percent of employees complained their co-workers are constantly spraying sanitizer, according to the survey.

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