Financial difficulties affected 55% of attackers (n = 28)
Stressors frequently included financial difficulties (n = 28, 55%).
Sample (n = 28 of 51) · attackers, all affiliation types
financial difficulties (n = 28, 55%)
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Financial difficulties affected 59% of employee attackers (n = 13)
Financial difficulties were among the most common stressors of employee attackers (n = 13, 59%).
Sample (n = 13 of 22) · current or former employee attackers (22 attacks, each by a lone attacker)
financial difficulties (n = 13, 59%)
Cemetery revenge attacker: eviction notice received two days before attack
Two days before the attack, the attacker received an eviction notice from the apartment complex where he lived and worked.
Two days prior to the attack, the attacker received an eviction notice from the apartment complex where he lived and worked.
Confrontational ex-employee killed five former coworkers after firing
A 45-year-old gunman with a reputation for confrontation and fights at work, who had been fired two months earlier for stealing company equipment, opened fire at his former workplace and killed five former coworkers before dying by suicide. He had struggled financially and had asked to be rehired.
A 45-year-old gunman opened fire with a pistol at his former workplace, killing five of his former coworkers before dying by suicide.
After termination the gunman faced financial difficulties and struggled to find work
Since his termination, the gunman faced financial difficulties and struggled to find a new job.
Since his termination, he faced financial difficulties and struggled finding a new job.
Neighbors said the gunman's rent was due on the day of the attack
According to neighbors, the gunman's rent was due on the day of his attack.
According to neighbors, the attacker's rent was due on the day of his attack.
Attacker may have faced financial difficulty supporting his ill mother after firing
The attacker may have experienced financial difficulties after his termination while supporting his ill mother living abroad.
The attacker may have experienced financial difficulties in the months following his termination
Stressors are significant setbacks, losses and life challenges
Stressors are significant setbacks, losses, and other life challenges that may be acute or chronic, across family, social, work, health, and legal domains.
Significant setbacks, losses, and other life challenges that may be acute
Oct 2017 manufacturing-facility attack: financial hardship and strained relationships
Before the attack, the attacker had several stressors, including financial hardship and strained relationships inside and outside the workplace.
Prior to his attack, the attacker experienced several stressors in his life, including financial hardship and strained relationships both inside and outside of the workplace.
Employee strategies: mentoring, reduced-rate counseling, bereavement, finance help
For employees, management can include employment support or mentoring, free or reduced-rate counseling, bereavement assistance, and financial consultation.
Management strategies for addressing factors of concern (i.e., negative factors) for employees can include additional employment support or mentoring, free or reduced-rate counseling services
Example: customer with financial hardship referred to income assistance
If a customer complains about financial hardship, the organization may liaise with community services to refer the customer for employment or income assistance.
If the individual of concern is a customer who, for example, complains about financial hardship, the organization may liaise with community services to refer the customer for employment or income assistance.
Financial instability: all 55%, employees 59%, customers 55%, partners/relatives 44%
Data Table 2 reports financial instability for 55% of all attackers (n = 51), 59% of current or former employees (n = 22), 55% of customers, clients, patients, and visitors (n = 20), and 44% of romantic partners and relatives (n = 9).
Sample (N = 51 | 22 | 20 | 9 by column) · Data Table 2 columns: all attackers 51 | employees 22 | customers, clients, patients, visitors 20 | partners and relatives 9
Financial Instability | 55% | 59% | 55% | 44%
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