I'm bullied at every workplace.....

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And you're still working there??? He lets you cuss him out back, w/o so much as a written warning??!
Wow...I would at least wait till I found another job and gave my two weeks before doing that, and even then I'd have hesitations...

As for filing grievance and creating consequences, you would have more leverage if you're in a union, if not, it's basically get a thicker skin and suck it up, or find another job...is the prevailing mentality...as skewed as it is. What I've typically heard from lodging complaints about harassment by superiors (and their crony minions) is that it will come back to haunt you even worse, i.e. they will withhold information from you, "forget" to include you on important updates, sabotage your work, etc, etc, as they realize that you are an "infidel" to their culture and will increase their efforts to get you to leave.

I know what you mean... my job probably as close as you can go to working while at the same time contributing nothing of significance...

and for that reason and being how i am... my co-workers think its ok to interrupt my work so i can make their night easier...

Just gotta keep thinking about the reward at the end of it... little rectangles that get you places and things you need... or want...

I've also got a lot of dirt on him as well. First, I go over his head to let the head supervisor know what is going on. I actually TELL him that I had to yell back at so and so. Second, I stand up to that person in person. Basically, this is designed to cut the jerk off socially. As I said before, mixed results.

In general, the first person to state a grievance to a superior is usually judged to be right. After all, they wouldn't call attention to something if they felt that they were wrong. Its a "trick".

Isn't bullying and harassment about the same thing? There has such a huge crackdown on the latter in recent years, but it seems to be zeroing in mostly on the sexual nature of it. But not all harassment has a sexual overtone to it. What may be even worse is what can be called "silent bullying" a condition in which one is gossiped about and made not to feel wanted. In subtle ways they will try to break the person down in the hope that they will either be fired for losing temper or quit on their own. The latter option is probably favorable to them because then they no doubt won't have to pay out unemployment unless that person is savvy enough to be able to prove they left because of hostile conditions. Any of you ever experience this one? These mind games will no doubt continue until we change employment laws to the point where those without union representation have a chance to somehow be able to fight back and have a court on their side. Don't know if I'll see that day in my lifetime but hope I do. Right now the axis is too heavily tilted in the other direction, and they know it!