Bullying at Work

Bullying at Work: To be or not to be. (696 words)
by evesapples131 - written on 28.01.08 (Very useful, 61 readings)
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Bullying in the workplace is a serious issue, yet it is rarely viewed as such. Even the intro on this mocked it with the comment "does the bad man in the next cubicle take your lunch." As with all forms of bullying, it can take on many forms. I have never een bullied at work, although I have been intimidated by a previous manager. This woman made me work in situations I was not comfortable with or trained for. Inevitably I made mistakes and then she had the nerve to have a go at me for it. I worked like this for around 4 months before finally quitting. I didn't give notice, I just told her on the phone while she was trying to make me work ...

hard work, but without the work (1482 words)
by Joe1976 - written on 13.06.08 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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For some reason, bullying in places where people are looked upon by society as being their helpers, has an astonishing degree of bullying going on. One instance was a workplace I was at, where the full/part time staff, looked on volunteers as objects of humiliation, the workplace, out of interest, was a day centre for "OLD PEOPLE", some of the service users, whose faces didn't fit or weren't really fitting in, in general, had also endured bullying of one kind or another, this in turn led them to crying, being resentful towards the good 'uns and often wary of those of us who saw what was happening as they thought it was going unheeded. I've ...

Bullying at Work: Bully boy coward (866 words)
by lellagrace - written on 25.01.07 (Very useful, 132 readings)
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Sadly I have first hand experience of being bullied at work and also of witnessing colleagues being bullied too. I have now left that particular job, my health suffered partly as a result of the bullying and despite reporting what had happened nothing has been done. HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? In my case it was my male line manager who seemed to have a problem dealing with female colleagues. He would be charming when there were males present but as soon as a woman was on her own he would start his nasty bullying ways. EXAMPLE On one occasion that sticks in my mind I had not been back at work very long after having major surgery. This ...