To think that bullying is still rife in workplaces?

[Gladtobemyself]

I’ve had a horrifying experience in an organisation I used to work for. This individual who was our boss, managed to alienate absolutely everyone in the office, not only her own department. Screaming her head off, putting popeple down, cutting people off during conversation, threatening emails, and the list is too long, that we had 80% staff turnover in one particular year. HR ended up spending way too much of their time recruiting for our department.

I was one of the very few people from the old team left in the department and after another excruciating months I became mentally and physically unwell, which meant I had no choice but to take the matter to HR (I had been with the company for over 6 years by then). I ended up leaving with a nice package and went travelling for several months. However the experience has left me shaken for a long time.

Besides this dysfunctional individual, and perhaps one other, the company was brilliant. Lots of perks for employees, trainings provided and state of the art offices.

I was talking recently to someone that described a similar situation in their office. AIBU to think that this behaviour is still rife in workplaces?

*there might be a drop in their intake ...

Sadly, I think workplace bullying is far more common than many people realise. I’ve heard lots of stories, from different working environments and business sectors.

I suffered from it myself and eventually left after being signed off with stress. During the time I had off, I discovered that I wasn’t the only person to have suffered at the hands of this individual. But who was supported and stayed at work? The bully. Without exception, all his victims left the company. It must have been blindingly obvious to the HR team and other managers what was happening (it was on,y a small outfit) but no one was brave enough to stand up to the bully.

Yanbu we have just got rid of an awful bully to maternity leave. Dreading her coming back

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking

So how do you explain the same bullying behaviour in all works of life? In all areas of work? if its just down to some teachers having never left education?

you speak of teachers as a mass of same think, then try and back out by using "some".
Some teachers.
Some headteachers.
Some schools.

Its just an excuse to get some whining off your chest about schools
and teachers, whilst minimising the fact that bullies are arseholes and would be arseholes in whichever chosen career that they chose.

My high school English teacher used to tell us that teachers don't live in the real world.

I am currently signed off because of workplace bullying.

I brought a grievance, they investigated but found no proof. They refuse to give me a new line manager and have recently promoted her to the second most senior level within the organisation.

I can't return to my job and my family situation means I will struggle to find another.

So we are selling up and moving to a cheaper area.

The most pointless thing about this situation is that I loved my job, have 20+ years experience in my field and was good at it.

All taken from me by some selfish, vindictive, insincere waste of space. I hope the massive pay rise she got off the back of my work fills the gaping void in her soulless soul.

Really sorry for everyone

About 11-12 years ago I used to work in a male dominated department and we were only 3 women, 2 of them married. This guy who became our line manager was harassing sexually all of us. He had a gf and we suspected another affair on the side, but couldn’t help himself. He used to brag about the size of his penis and how he’d never disappoint. None of us responded to his advances and as a result he started a vicious campaign of bullying and micromanagement to the point that all of us ended up in the toilet crying almost every day. We were young and inexperienced and were scared of losing our jobs. After 2 years of torture I decided to resign and casually mentioned the sexual harassment to one of the managers in a different department and that I have records to support my claim. To cut a long story short, he later admitted to it in a HR meeting, perhaps being afraid he might lose his job if he lied and wasn’t sure what records I had (which I didn’t), but since I was leaving and did not file a formal grievance they decided to give him another chance.

4 months later, I had already left the company and found another job, he was going on holiday abroad and was stopped at the border and put in jail in a Middle Easter country. Apparently he had an outstanding conviction for financial crime in an Islamic country and was on the Interpol list. He was that dodgy! After about 1 1/2 years he was released and he came apparently to ask for his job back, in Finance, of all. Obviously they told him where he could go.

This is why I am glad dh is retiring in December. Three of his colleagues are off long term sick with stress from workplace harassment, and frankly, I don't blame them.

Yep. I have watched my DH become s shell of the man he was due to bullying. He is a teacher, and has had to leave a job he loves, and put us in a really scary financial situation, due to the vileness of the treatment he has received. Even union involvement couldn't get a better resolution than a disagreement settlement so he is effectively being punished for their behaviour while they get off Scott free