7 thoughts on “(HD) EPISODE 2: CONNECTICUT, Marlene’s Law”
We need the “teeth” of a law to protect us from the devastation of bullying/mobbing. In my case, I thought I was in the ‘twilight zone’ because the better job I did, the more I was attacked. I couldn’t figure it out for years – until one day, not knowing what to do, I entered “emotional abuse in the workplace”into a search engine. My jaw dropped as all these sites came up. I read for hours and hours and finally understood that this is a real phenomenon, and it is not my fault!
While just learning about bullying helped to a certain extent, I also learned that once the bullies co-opt others into their game, there is pretty much nothing I can do to salvage my reputation. I’ve had most of my meaningful work removed by one of my 2 bullies. My co-workers had enjoyed my work prior to the bullies’ success in ‘demoting’ me, and are now not happy that I am working at the mediocrity the bullies desire. We, the taxpayers, are paying for this.
Help, my workplace is run by a clique of bulies. My new boss has a number of members of the department that he goes drinking with. Then he spends most of the day talking to them. Almost all of my work has been taken away and is being done by them. They are doing their best to destroy my reputation with my work group and demean me in meetings? Should I go to HR?
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I wish Connecticut had had SB60 when I worked there… I had a boss who was the most emotionally abusive person – screaming, belittling, bullying – imaginable.
It took me years to recover from that experience, and I had to go out on my own to do so; I couldn’t bear the thought of being subjected to that kind of treatment ever again.
Moving and powerful! Youve certainly got a way of reaching people that I havent seen very often. If most people wrote about this subject with the eloquence that you just did, Im sure people would do much more than just read, theyd act. Great stuff here. Please keep it up.
The same thing happened to me. I was bullied by my boss for about 8 months, but then others joined in and it became a workplace mobbing that I endured 6 more months before I finally quit. I was so upset when I got home everyday, and I usually google to do problem solving. I was blamed for something that another employee did, and the rest joined in on it. I googled “Salem Witch Trials” because that’s how I felt like they were treating me. I ran across the word “mobbing” so I googled it. That’s when I ran across “Workplace mobbing”. It was like reading about myself. Everything that I had gone through the past year, was all over the internet. I quit taking it personal, realizing it was insecure people’s way of office strategy. It was too late though, because I had already developed PTSD.
I kept a journal everyday, thought about trying to sue them. I decided maybe to compile it and write a book instead.
We need the “teeth” of a law to protect us from the devastation of bullying/mobbing. In my case, I thought I was in the ‘twilight zone’ because the better job I did, the more I was attacked. I couldn’t figure it out for years – until one day, not knowing what to do, I entered “emotional abuse in the workplace”into a search engine. My jaw dropped as all these sites came up. I read for hours and hours and finally understood that this is a real phenomenon, and it is not my fault!
While just learning about bullying helped to a certain extent, I also learned that once the bullies co-opt others into their game, there is pretty much nothing I can do to salvage my reputation. I’ve had most of my meaningful work removed by one of my 2 bullies. My co-workers had enjoyed my work prior to the bullies’ success in ‘demoting’ me, and are now not happy that I am working at the mediocrity the bullies desire. We, the taxpayers, are paying for this.
Help, my workplace is run by a clique of bulies. My new boss has a number of members of the department that he goes drinking with. Then he spends most of the day talking to them. Almost all of my work has been taken away and is being done by them. They are doing their best to destroy my reputation with my work group and demean me in meetings? Should I go to HR?
The best information i have found exactly here. Keep going Thank you
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I wish Connecticut had had SB60 when I worked there… I had a boss who was the most emotionally abusive person – screaming, belittling, bullying – imaginable.
It took me years to recover from that experience, and I had to go out on my own to do so; I couldn’t bear the thought of being subjected to that kind of treatment ever again.
Moving and powerful! Youve certainly got a way of reaching people that I havent seen very often. If most people wrote about this subject with the eloquence that you just did, Im sure people would do much more than just read, theyd act. Great stuff here. Please keep it up.
The same thing happened to me. I was bullied by my boss for about 8 months, but then others joined in and it became a workplace mobbing that I endured 6 more months before I finally quit. I was so upset when I got home everyday, and I usually google to do problem solving. I was blamed for something that another employee did, and the rest joined in on it. I googled “Salem Witch Trials” because that’s how I felt like they were treating me. I ran across the word “mobbing” so I googled it. That’s when I ran across “Workplace mobbing”. It was like reading about myself. Everything that I had gone through the past year, was all over the internet. I quit taking it personal, realizing it was insecure people’s way of office strategy. It was too late though, because I had already developed PTSD.
I kept a journal everyday, thought about trying to sue them. I decided maybe to compile it and write a book instead.