(HD) EPISODE 2: CONNECTICUT, Marlene’s Law
Posted on: April 17, 2009
Posted in: Episode 2: Marlene Braun (Connecticut), Featured, Video
(9:00) Kathy Hermes is on a mission. She says her best friend committed suicide after suffering psychological intimidation on the job. Hermes asks her Connecticut State Senator to propose legislation to stop bullying in the workplace. Scenes include powerful corporate lobbyists and their reception of wine and truffles for legislators. Leave a comment and share your story [Trouble viewing? go to youtube.com/user/thereoughtabealaw]
May 11th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
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.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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?
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
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March 19th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
[...] (The colleague who’s done the most to draw this to my attention, Kathy Hermes, is featured in one of the videos.)C.K. Gunsalus has an excellent Inside Higher Ed piece unpacking the consequences of *failing* to [...]
May 19th, 2010 at 5:34 am
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.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
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.