Calling a Bully a Bully

Every office has one - loud, rude, egotistical, two-faced, and sometimes even dangerous. Left to their own devices, an office bully can turn your livelihood into a living nightmare. Carrie Clark, co-founder of the California Healthy Workplace Advocates, who promotes anti-bullying policy throughout the country, defines what qualifies as bullying and how to stand up to a growing problem that she describes as a national "epidemic".

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[Degyzon]

I left my job because not only were the bosses bullies, but they supported a small group there who acted in kind. I am currently unemployed but at least my health is starting to return. I gave my all to that company.

[bullybehindyou101]

True, HR are the biggest culprits who protect the company and the bully as it is easier to isolate and push out the victim to leave the job.

Bullying in Australia is a rife as it is anywhere in the wester world. IT MUST STOP.

The Bully must be outted and witnesses must help vitcims too, not just stand by and say nothing, as that is just like bullying.

[judutchinski]

sucks to watch this on my day off

[judutchinski]

sucks to watch this on my day off

[StopWorkplaceBullies]

@925jdb I'm glad the EEOC went after your bully, however you'll note that it was for overt disability based harassment and not disparate impact or discriminatory effect. To my knowledge, the EEOC won't go after bullies SOLELY due to the disparate impact or discriminatory effect bullying has against anxiety disorders.

[925jdb]

@StopWorkplaceBullies  thats not true. i told my boss i had a disability before i started working there. my boss was bullying me at work for 8 months and the big boss. my boss would yell at me, push me, and grab me and mock me of my disability. yes, i do have witnesses. so i started to take notes, date, time. i was forced to quit my job. so i turned tem into the eeoc. the eeoc went after them.

[925jdb]

beat his ass in the bathroom when nobody is around.

[98miamia]

Remember, you have the legitimate right NOT to obey a bully at work !!!

[serenity0324]

I will probably just put a hex on every bully at work who dares to do this.

[julesario]

I called a bully a bully and banged her buns at a company picnic....and she was eventually fired due to bad behavior....

[StopWorkplaceBullies]

One more thing. I have anxiety disorders (EEOC recognized disability) against which bullying has a discriminatory effect. Yet this is universally rejected by the EEOC and employers know this. They know they can get away with disability based bullying to their hearts content because the EEOC and courts have been so bad.

Good video -- you're saying the right things and things are moving in the right direction.

[StopWorkplaceBullies]

I agree with the video, however it's important to identify specific bullying behaviors. So often we have a bad feeling in the pit of our stomachs, but can't put our finger on it. When we can figure out the specifics then we are able to mount an effective, reasoned, rational, evidence-based defense. For example, reports of poor performance were recently falsely alleged against me. I replied to my bully producing the evidence that the allegations were false. The bully went silent.