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landofshadows
No label can make your decisions
Age: 32 Zodiac: 
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:54 pm |
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hope999,
Bullying at work... Some advice.
Try and strike up a general conversation with a boss higher up the ladder than those bullying you, and after talking about the weather or whatever it is you used to start the conversation move onto something like "I heard their a many new rules and what not that affect the office enviroment around all sorts of issues from minimum wage, racial and bullying soon to be redrafted in accordance to EU law (Since your in England)... have you heard anything ?"... You boss may have heard something... They will answer, after they do, say something like "I see a fair amount of bullying in our office, sometimes I can end up being on the worst end of it, or a brunt of an office joke, I hope the change in the law stops this childish sort of atmostpher in our office, it would make coming to work a joy, this is my dream job, but some people can make it a nightmere"... Then finish your conversation, if they try and probe you like asking who is doing it, just say "Oh, I am sure it will pass, I wouldn't worry, I am not", try and use body language that suggests otherwise...
The boss will then pay close attention to you... and the office your in... And gradually things should change and nobody will know you said anything.
If the person upsetting you is the boss... Then ask to speak alone to them, go into a seperate room, and tell them how you feel.
Bottling things up never solves anything you have to let people know if your being hurt, sometimes just speaking about it can help... Those who are upsetting you may not know that they are, espeically if you just smile it off... you may have become an easy target that people are letting out their fustrations on, they need to know your not happy with the way they treat you.
If speaking to the boss doesn't help, try talking to those that are upsetting you one at a time, start with the worst offender first, that way they may even stick up for you if another starts upsetting you.
Remain proffesional... Act your age, show respect, giving respect and treating others how you wish to be treated also helps. Your job funds for your life, make sure that out of work you do something with your life, find something that makes you happy, something that when you think back to it you feel like you have done something good. Like painting or drawing... Any thing an escape... I would say see your friends outside of work, but from previous posts you not having much luck there.
Saddly people use one and another... That's a whole other kettle of fish...
Users normally be-friend you to gain something from you, then leave... These people you don't want or need as a friend, unless you are getting something in return, I know that sounds bad, but that is just the way things are sometimes.
You need to know your own strengths and weakness... You will find when your helping people with their weakness they love you to bits... Once they have what they want they move on. Get someone to help you with your weakness, yet when the time comes when that whole is plugged rather than moving on, thank them, tell them how they have helped you and try and build on that and help them, that's what friends do... Tell them thanks for WHATEVER, the say if I can ever do anything in return just let me know... Just offer support in return if you get support.
If you give support to someone, you can always say now I have helped you with such and such, would you mind helping me with such and such...
People are people... some are nice and some aren't, it sounds like you have met your fair share of the later.
I wish you all the luck in the world for your future.
Take care
LoS
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