Just looking for any advice!
My partner started his new job at one of the Big Four in February 2017. He was really excited as it was promised as an excellent position with lots of training, progression and bonus. Obviously, since he started none of those appear to be true, he's not happy about it but nothing can be done on that front. The problem is a woman that he works with, they have to work together and she was meant to be training him. Instead she insults him and tries to manage his behaviour to imply that he is aggressive or intimidating. He is a huge black man but that should have no bearing. Some examples- "you aren't as good as you are meant to be", "you are not taking this seriously". He asked for her help with an issue and she told him to figure it out, he asked again (after spending all day working on it and not being able to solve the issue) asked again and she still refused. She emails him as he leaves the office to highlight that he's left, e.g. Friday everyone leaves about 4. He left 4.45 to catch the train and she emailed 4.50, a question that could have been emailed all day. Yesterday he was leaving and she arranged herself to meet him as he left the office to make a comment on his work. She's not technically his manager but is so over involved in his performance and emails the manager to email him. There is NO work for him to do, with no training (and he really wants to learn to progress) he decided to teach himself some of the E-Learning courses at work, picked 5 to do and was going to work through them and do some wider reading/practice, (all of his own back or he is just sat twiddling his thumbs). Now the manager and this woman are emailing him asking why he is taking so long with the training, asking him to account for every single hour of the day. Whilst this written down doesn't seem like a lot, there are small issues every single day. It seems as though they are trying to make his time with them sooooo uncomfortable that he quits his job, I seriously think he would have if he didn't have myself and two children to support at home. The situation at work is really grinding him down and it is awful to watch, he is sooo passionate and wants to work and be good at his job and they are draining it all away. Is this normal at a bit four- as in the culture of dog eat dog and subtle bullying/harassment? He has only worked there a short time so I assume there is no legal redress? Constructive dismissal needs to have worked there two years doesn't it? What about harassment etc? He dreads work now and it's really affecting him. He is good at his job but there is NO work and he's just trying to improve himself instead of doing nothing. He just can't do anything right. Sorry if that's long. Any advice would be brilliant!