Watch Your Back at Work: 69% of Workers Say They've Been Backstabbed on the Job

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ResumeBuilder.com survey finds job protection and career advancement are driving widespread backstabbing as layoff concerns mount. GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, Nov. 12, 2026…

ResumeBuilder.com survey finds job protection and career advancement are driving widespread backstabbing as layoff concerns mount.

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ResumeBuilder.com™, an easy-to-use online resume builder, has released the findings of its new Workplace Backstabbing Report. Among more than 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 69% say someone at work has undermined them in the past year, whether by pinning blame on them, spotlighting their mistakes, or cutting them out of important conversations.

Workers believe workplace sabotage happens regularly, with a combined 77% saying it is at least somewhat common. This suggests the behavior is a familiar concern across the workplace.

From shifting blame to taking credit for someone else's work, backstabbers have several different tricks up their sleeves. Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) workers say they have experienced at least one of the following behaviors in the past year.

When employees suspect colleagues are working against them, it can become harder to know whom to trust. Nearly two-thirds (62%) believe or suspect someone has tried to push them out of their job, either currently or in the past.

The biggest threats aren't coming from across the office. They're coming from the people workers rely on most. More than a third point to a coworker on their own team and nearly 1 in 5 say the person trying to push them out is their own manager.

"It's a different kind of betrayal when someone is undermined by a teammate or the very manager who's supposed to be in their corner. When workers can't trust the people closest to them, they start second-guessing every conversation," says Stacie Haller, Chief Career Advisor at ResumeBuilder.com.

Workers see ambition and self-preservation as the driving forces behind backstabbing. Grabbing credit and protecting their own jobs top the list of perceived motives, with boosting promotion chances close behind. Full responses include:

As layoffs continue to dominate the news cycle…

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