Bullying at Work

Alright, ftony.

This from elsewhere on libcom: -

http://www.libcom.org/organise/personal/articles/bully-work.php

All I'd add or emphasise is that she should start a bullying diary, and write down exactly what happens, when it happens. Back in the day when I was a union rep, a member doing that made the difference between his winning his Tribunal & losing it.

All the best.

This stite is pretty comprehensive

http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/index.htm

http://www.worksmart.org.uk/health/viewsubsubsection.php?ssn=14

that might help

Get her to email her boss if she can, hopefully he will respond via email and then she has a paper trail and proof.

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Do you want to get the boss sacked? It's doable. Is it a male one?

Love

LR

If he tries to sack her or if there is any problem it is best to have a paper trail. It's always worth covering your back.

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Yes, I suppose. Did you think I was arguing with you?

If he's male, subscribe him to a nasty Sexy Secretary Chokes on her Bosses Cock website, tip off a mate in IT if have to, then pass one day, be grossly offended, make a complaint. Instant dismissal. If you can find a "pre-teen" site, you might even get the cops on his case.

Love

LR

It seems that way, I'm not sure really.

I suppose I figured getting him sacked for what he actually did was best.

Although your ideas are definitely more effective.

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It's time to stop being the victims in the class war. Attack! And hang the consequences.

Love

LR

doubt if it would work. it'd only be blocked by the spamfilter.

anyway, what reason did she give for putting your girlfriend in the isolation ward ftony? surely she didn't say your performance is crap so your being punished?

its a crap situation though. i've been put on a "patch" (three estates) which were not worked at all cause of staff absence for six months and a month into taking it over, i'm getting all the stick for their neglect.

bosses eh? ratpoo in chocolate brownies. its the only way to take revenge.

If you need some ratpoo, I could sort you out there.

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Lucy's point about spamification is, as usual, excellent. Good to see she's tried it. Hence, the requirement for a bit of inside help from your friendly IT department.

Nevertheless, the spirit of her point is even more important. Revenge is key! If you knuckle under to the boss's demands it will continue well after the probationary period, in fact it’ll get worse as you become more dependant on the job. The Department of Work and Pensions do not take kindly to Directors bullying people back on to the dole queue, but the right thing to do to maximise your return on action depends a lot on how big the company is and the management structure (if any) that sits above your boss.

If they’re one of those hideous “Investor in People” type firms, perhaps you might like to consider shopping them and getting their handsome certification revoked.

The bullying boss will never go away unless decisive action is taken to cause them extreme pain and humiliation, it may be best just to cut your losses and get another job.

Don’t think I’m turning soft here, but some bosses genuinely don’t mean to be pushy, they just naturally take people for granted as part of their psychological make up. I know it sounds strange, but if you’re so expendable that you can’t just ask the boss to show you how to cope with all the work they’re giving you, then you’re not going to be around for very long anyway, and it’ll just get worse with time.

If you could give (or PM) me more details of the company, I might be able to come up with some more harebrained schemes to amuse and delight you. How about an e-mail campaign to the company from potential business prospects who’ve been personally insulted by the boss in question and will be taking their business elsewhere.

Get someone in IT to get your boss's password to your web-based accounting system or business email, and make it look as though she divulged it to a criminal.

Spam porn to all the local schools from your boss's email account, she might take a look at her life and get the message she’s fooling with the wrong people.

LR

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Get her home address and subscribe her to a doggers' or swinging site. Personal callers welcome.

"Love"

LR

Nice. 8)

Trouble is nowadays everyone sees bullying/intimidation from bosses as a personal thing directed only against themselves. Later it’s found that others are being bullied. Unless we get back to collective action in the workplace we won’t get anywhere. I know doing something as an individual as suggested but it won’t solve the long term problem.

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Quite correct Steve, but I think it's a bit unfair to assume anyone here suggested "acting as an individual". Most of these suggestions require some collaboration. The thing is not to keep it amongst the "victims" but use your comrades' relative security to your mutual advantage.

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LR

This is all very pat and easy because we've been talking about bullying from a boss.

What I'm wondering is, what's a good (and sufficiently anarchist or libertarian-commie) way to deal with bullying from a co-worker? I'm in a pretty terrible situation right now, which I could easily have resolved months ago by appealing to a boss or supervisor.

(More relevant background: We are file clerks--think mailroom work. No union involved, and little chance of one anytime soon.)

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Go round their house and spunk up on a pillow (or get someone else to, if you can't manage it). That'll learn 'em.

Seriously, if they're evil just get a bunch of mates round and kick their head in after work.

Love

LR

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If you want to make it especially commie, torture them until they disclose their pin number and make 'em give you cash out of their ATM. I assure you, they won't bother you again.

Love

LR

Then do it. People who give you grief because they think you're too good natured to shop them are arseholes.

ps another thing about bosses is that they often hassle the good workers (who will listen to them) while completely ignore the ones who do fuck all. I've been in that situation a few times and a confrontation with the boss usualy does the trick.

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What's the difference between getting an inept boss to deal with an evil colleague and voting Labour to keep the Tories out?

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LR

Not enough I fear.

Find a way of identifying a bully so that it opens a discussion among the workforce.

Take several photographs of the offender and superglue them to the splashbacks in the urinals and loos.

Never fails to get people talking and asking why. Makes a bullying boss examine his/her own reputation and strikes a real note of fear in their heart.

Sometimes, power can be so intimidating that it takes acts of cunning and daring to unsettle it.

Peter Good (TCA)

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Another fluid-oriented activist. A man after my own heart, and revol68's.

Love

LR