[acb-hsp] acb-hsp Digest, Vol 30, Issue 14

Tue Mar 13 15:19:31 EDT 2012

I wonder, what is the best way to address this in a small nonprofit?  When the program director threatens people, and said director's main oversight is a board with many connections to friends/family, then what?  We have an environment where shouting, blatant denial that things have happened, and constant blame placed upon counselors for anything that goes wrong/missing is accepted as "that's just the way it is".  I know my solution, but for those who are not assertive or don't recognize that this is not "normal" or "acceptable"...when there is no HR, no EAP and no outside consultant for the lower level employees, what then?
Jess

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From: gypsijo at aol.com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:32:58 -0400
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] acb-hsp Digest, Vol 30, Issue 14

Yes: these school-yard to workplace bullies are not only wrong they are also against the law!
I stood up to the bullying that I was going through. First, I confronted her when I caught her bad mouthing to a vendor.
She acted like nothing happened. Then I wrote a very detailed letter to my supervisor asking for intervention.
When two weeks went by and nothing was done, I asked by supervisor.
She said she did not believe me, so she had taken no action.
So, I found witnesses in the office who had heard the bully talk about me,
got their verbal agreement to back me up,
I then called the head of HR, and discussed my situation.
She asked me to send her a letter describing the chain of events.
I wrote an even more detailed letter and sent it to the head of HR.
Now, not only the bully but also my supervisor were implicated.
   The agency took immediate action, and in a flash everything quieted down.
Like overnight.
    I am now leaving that job, but with my head held high, for I got glowing work reviews
from others, and have accepted a higher paying job at a different agency.
   The HR Department is your friend: they have to be. Harrassment is against the law.
JR

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   1. Re: When Bullies Go to Work (Baracco, Andrew W)

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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:51:08 -0700
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
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I have been subject to this kind of treatment at various times throughout my 
career.  I thought it was over, but it's happening again.  I guess at this point 
in my career, I have little to lose, so I will fight it with my all, but in the 
past, especially considering what the job market was like for PWD's and the fact 
that I had others depending on me I just sucked it up, even though I feel that 
it led to the distruction of my first marriage.  It is a tragedy that our 
society allows people to have that kind of power over other people.

Andy

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Me, too, Andy; I had a supervisor, still at the same agency, who would pick one 
employee--I was it for awhile--and make their life a virtual hell; a friend had 
me bring in my r?sum?, when she knew our boss wouldn't be there after telling me 
she had never seen an employee treated so shabbily.

After I was gone, she picked another person--a very hardworking and dedicated 
person--whom she eventually drove out.

Then, we  learned later, our job placement specialist (account representative, 
they called them) hadn't visited a single employer during her tenure with the 
agency, and she believed everything this person old her including the time she 
said I made her life miserable during a training class we both attended when, in 
fact, once I had the lay of the land, I asked her for nothing.

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Believe me, I can identify with this one.

Andy
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