[acb-hsp] When Bullies Go to Work

[Darla Rogers]

And if there is no union, as is the case with most nonprofits?

What we need to do is figure out how not to be victimized and keep our jobs until we find something else--which I did once or twice.

Darla


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From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Karen Rose
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:08 PM
To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] When Bullies Go to Work

H.R. is rarely helpful; their role is to represent the company.  The union’s role, however, is supposed to be to represent the employee.

 

Karen

 

From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of J.Rayl
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] When Bullies Go to Work

 

That is very often what happens when people go to HR, or to Union--whomever is supposed to assist with these matters.  Unless one is fortunate--as did someone on this list --to work for a very strong and support HR or Union or whatever it may be called--as you so stated, crap runs downhill, and so sometimes, the situation becomes all the worse.  It did in my situation because HR was being bullied too--by the same wonderful director that I was.  I guess when one thinks about it, it makes sense--after all, if its the Director doing or allowing the bullying, well, HR isn't going to be of much help.  Or, if the bully is friends with whomever is supposed to be supporting you against the bully, its not going to help much either.  

 

Jessie Rayl
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	From: Kevin LaRose <mailto:kevin at night-light.org>  

	To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals' <mailto:acb-hsp at acb.org>  

	Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:34 PM

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	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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