[acb-hsp] When Bullies Go to Work

[Darla Rogers]

Mine was only physical once, and she wasn't my supervisor; I should have done what came to my mind first but refrained, though I did tell her to never ever put her hands on me again; she grabbed my arm and dragged me--not literally--into her office.

I believe that most of us are describing the emotional kind; that is really hard to prove unless you have3 witnesses to it, but it tears one down, nevertheless.

Darla


-----Original Message-----
From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin LaRose
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:34 PM
To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] When Bullies Go to Work

I've always been hesitant to call what happened to me in the workplace bullying, because there was nothing really physical about it. I was a federal employee, and in the federal workplace, it's always seemed to me that, to clean up an often-used phrase, crap runs downhill. Fear and intimidation are seen by many as valid motivational tools, and that's true probably in any workplace. Nonetheless, I was subject to a lot of both in varying degrees of severity, and when I went to the union for assistance it got much worse. Sadly, the supervisor/employee dynamic lends itself very easily to bullying, particularly that of the psychological kind.
KL


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