Some people's experiences here show up management's three wise monkeys defence when they're faced with problems in their organisations. See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil is their motto. It works well as far as their career aspirations are concerned too.

There was a time when I never really wondered why politicians and other senior bureaucrats pushed "good news" stories in the media so much. Now, after some years in the workplace, I've decided it's almost certainly because something smells in their feifdoms and they want to portray themselves as being part of the solution when the reality is anything but. Just positioning themselves ahead of the curve.

Don't know what's going to solve the problem overall - a huge paradigm shift I suspect.

It is posible even good persons, good characters to behave for a moment as bullies, not many years before I had a problem with a supervisor who was and is a good human, good character.
We was busy and we had problems with the colors. the time passed fast.
5,6,7 HOURS WITHOUGT LUNCH, ONE DAY BERFORE I WAS TO THE DOCTOR WITH STOMACH PROBLEMS, I HAD TO EAT OFTEN AND TAKE MY MEDICE AFTER THE FOOD.
One co-worker came to replace me to go for lunch but the supervisor said no Tony must stay here. This day I did not had lunch and I had a hard pain with my stomach.
Why the supervisor did not replace me for lunch? No one knows, under work press people behave very strange.
But I know this person is not a bullie, even if I suffered one day of cause him.
The real bullies are different as the one who pushed me to get out of the fabric yelding that he sucked me!
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

From experience I suggest that you commence a diary of events including context, people,date and TIMES just as if you were running a construction project and had to have records for negotiations of extras and variations at the completion of the project. Bound book in handwriting is best but entries in a diary are also excellent. Keep in chronological order and do not remove any pages no matter even if not significant. Everything could be significant.

When the time arises that the issue must be confronted do so. If you have to leave make the organisation pay for allowing the issue to continue (since you have records of who and when the issue was addressed in the time frame). But do not leave before confronting.

Make sure that you have a private copy of corporate HR policies and you will in most case have a situation of breach of contract.

Every success to those who take the time to make records that will stand up in court (even though that will not likely be necessary). Of course, keep control of your records at all time and only use to document rebuttals. They are your record for court. Protect them.

Dicko I am sorry but I do not understand you, may be of cause my poor english or different experiences. Can you be more spesific?
thanks
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

Antonios,

My comment was addressing the general topic "How to deal with Bullies at work", not any of the specific issues exemplified in the various threads of the discussion.

I can not be specific as to your particular examples. Sometimes a good old "Stuff you" works wonders though. My suggestion was for continuing harrassment.

Part one
One time my employer asked me why I do take them to the court, if I think that they discriminate against me?
My answer was that this is not simple a personal problem for the court, this a political problem!
I mean that many people have this problem, mainly migrants. We must change the law, we must change the behave angenst migrants in and out from the workplaces.
If we divide a problem in many pieces for each individual we weaken it but we strength our case if we join all individuals problems in one fight, if we convert a personal problem to a social problem, if convert Antonios's problem to migrant's problem, to worker's problem.
I am working to this direction and I have to tell publicly, VERY HOT THINGS WITH FULL EVIDENTS IN MY HANDS NOT ONLY FOR ME, NOT ONLY FOR MY WORKPLACE.
For example
1. Why the Child Support Agency did not stop to take money from me and send them overseas where my ex wife lived, when the children was with me in Australia? Why I had to take them to court? What kind support for the children is this?
2 Why it took about 100 days to renew the passport from my children and they blocked them for so long time overseas?
3. Why my son expeled from the school for something he did do and he could not do as he was (this time) miles far from the school on work experience? (I HAVE THEIR LETTERS VERY DETAILED..)
continue
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide