Bullying and retaliatory action by Boss

[Treacletoots]

So. For over a year I've been working for a very pleasant individual, who delights in belittling, bullying, undermining her staff whilst generally doing as little work as possible and blaming employees on any issues.

In confidence I spoke to a senior member of the management team who I trusted about the issues and how I was struggling to cope. I told him it wasn't to be repeated and he agreed.

Two weeks later after boss has stepped up campaign of harassment, coming to a head today where they pulled me into a room and said, do you want to tell HR on me again?

Seriously WTF? I haven't been there long enough to sue for any sort of dismissal and any complaint apparently would be dealt with by a face to face meeting with said boss.. which no-one wants to do as she was just deny any wrongdoing, lie and claim I was at fault.

I've been offered a paid leave scenario by HR but I want to know is this it? Do I really have no other option?

Go to the ceo, regulatory body?

The very best thing you can do is find another job. There are few organisations that effectively deal with this kind of person. HR and senior managers don't keep things to themselves, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not.

You could try to take it higher but there is a good chance there's no winning this one.

Being offered paid leave seems a good option as you can focus on finding another job.

Make a recording of the harassment and take it to the next board meeting, you will be surprised at how quickly things change.

Thanks for the feedback, all are useful. I have a record of the harassment. The person in question directly reports to the CEO and is already aware of their behaviour although noone has ever dared to formally complain about them for fear of certain retaliatory action.

I've been advised to go off sick, lodge a formal grievance then when the sick note expires, accept the paid notice. It seems the best option under the circumstances just not great in the short term!