Bullying in the Work Place. Leave or Confront It ?

I was and too scared to confront. Put up with way longer than I should have but wouldn’t get same income if I left. Eventually I did leave and took lower salary which was best thing I did at the time. Always stays with you though. It was hard because it was my direct line manager so was too tricky to report to anyone.

Speak to the individual/s concerned in a fair minded way and in a private address. Express your concerns and dismay. Let them know that if their bullying continues you will be driven to report it to a senior. If they are a senior then refer to house rules. Do not tolerate bullying by anyone at anytime but always deal with it in a professional and appropriated way and never by rage or retaliation.

I was by 2 members of my department. I confronted them after the first incident. It continued but I made sure to bring it up in every single department meeting to the head of the department. Even had a private chat with head of department as the 2 of them tried to blame me for something and I told her everything that was happening. Head of department didn't do anything about it. I stood up to her and the other 2 members. Head of department then went through the other 2 and all 3 of them were very careful around me after that.

Stand up for yourself report the person to your boss and if that doesn't work go higher don't let them win

I don’t think I could report bullies because it’s hear say and which one should be believed. Unfortunately you can’t use a polygraph.

Has bullying in the workplace increased, or have people just become more sensitive? If someone is genuinely being targeted in a malicious way, I of course would never condone that. But I think people tend to get offended by what is intended as banter, fairly often nowadays. I've seen it happen more and more frequently over the years.

If something is really bothering you, I would always suggest talking to the person you feel is bullying you before risking their livelihood by reporting them to a higher authority. Likelihood is they had no idea you felt that way and will probably just stop immediately.

No job is worth it, report them to HR and if nothing done then find a creative solution to deal with the person. Putting the fear of God into them often works, but never back down to a bully. At school I learned fast that a bully will only back down once you punch first and ask questions later.

Confront, speak to management, raise a grievance with HR if necessary and be prepared to leave for my own well-being if it gets to that point. If anyone experiences bullying, it's important to record each incident (on a personal device/on paper, not on a work device as the company owns it) to support any potential future grievance.

I left - went to ACAS for constructive dismissal - they offered £250 - issued industrial tribunal proceedings they settled out of court - £4000 in total benefits - so leaving was the best decision- the money was a sweetener for all the grief I had been put through - now have a much nicer job

Report it and face it that way. Once its dealt with you feel better. Ive done both and stamping it out puts the bully on record and they may have repercussions. Mine did.

It happens in my work and the management do turn a blind eye even when you go to them nothing is done one of them is a supervisor and she is very nasty to everyone in the work and management always take her side its like she has a hold over them she speaks to the management like dirt

This happens a lot. Happened to me. Unfortunately in some cases, the establishment is too big to fight. I ended up leaving. Has left me with anxiety and stress issues. The money wasn't worth the stress for me.

Can’t say I’ve ever experienced it myself. I’m very vocal so definitely wouldn’t be taking any crap from anyone

Luckily I work for my daughter so if this did happen I would not have a problem reporting it. But it must be awful stuck in that situation. I was bullied at school’ and couldn’t do anything about it.

It happens everywhere as bosses think they have control over people and can treat them like rubbish

I phoned my daughters school 1 time to report her and a crowd of girls in her class for bullying another. Their school was next door to a large park and they all went there at break and lunchtime. They were pushing this girl into the duck pond (it was a shallow pond) and videoing it on their phones (mobiles had just became a thing then). My daughter came home and was telling me all about it and I told her that was bullying. She said no it wasn’t as the girl that was being pushed in was laughing. I said she was laughing cos she was embarrassed but didn’t want to show it. This happened a few days in a row so I phoned the school and they said her form teacher would get back to me. When she phoned she apologised that my daughter was being bullied but she would address it with all concerned. I told her my daughter wasn’t being bullied but was actually the bully along with others. She told me she’d been teaching 20 odd years and never had a parent report their child. I told her I was reporting her as my daughter and the others involved didn’t see it as bullying and I was concerned it would go further. My daughter never did anything like that again

An exit interview is a final time to address the workplace bullying, as you are about to leave and hopefully go to a better environment you can say exactly what needs to be said without recriminations. Be brave but blunt and hold nothing back.

Certainly Raise it and leave

I've ended up walking out of jobs due to bullying. Staff were quick to carry on and kick off at me but when I told management I was told to just ignore it but when I answered back the manager was quick to pull me in the office and threaten me with my job. I said go ahead. I said if you sack me for the same stuff you are letting everyone else get away with then I have the area managers personal number (showed it to boss) and said that I would be putting in a formal complaint. I ended up walking from this job and less than 2 week later she asked me to come back. I responded with LOL, after you slagged me off to all the staff calling me a useless piece of s**t you have no chance. None of the other store managers have anything nice to her and even a manager based in a store 3 hours drive away has heard but nasty comments on her.