Comments on: Workplace Bullying’s Negative Impact on Safety

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:09:38 +0000

As a victim of bullying this was an interesting article. In my case, I felt like management did not do the right thing as the HR department said it comes down to what the supervisers does. Why have a HR department. I did not believe that my welfare was taken into account. I said nothing to this bully to upset or annoy. This ‘Bully’ has a track record with other departments within this company. I wonder what it will take for the company to do something.This person should have been removed or sacked. Going through the right cannals as we have Contact officers at our company in fact I am one, was a waste of time. This has cost me as some of the crew will not talk to me. Been with this Company for 20years this Bully been in this workpalce for 4 years. Its not good enough.

By: Vince Beitia

Vince Beitia — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:28:11 +0000

I have found that the most bullied people are those employees who are part of a union .
Have a look at your own workplace situation, you will find that the people being bullied are indeed in a union .
Management tend to lean faviouritism towards non union employees thus forming a trend to isolate union members from advancement in the workplace .This is particulary common where E.B.A agreements are formed around a target of total non absenteeism and aimed to reward people who have joined the workplace from jobs that were very low paid .
They make these people feel privalidged to have a job and they will do anything for the company including voting against any proposal put forward by a union member
Subsequently union members are bullied right out of the workplace by both non union members and management alike .

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:24:33 +0000

As a victim of bullying this was an interesting article. In my case, I felt like management did not do the right thing and implied that I would suffer the same consequences as the bully (as I had sworn at the bully) and I did not believe that my welfare was taken into account. This ‘Bully’ has a track record with other employees also and I wonder what it will take for the company to do something.

I am in the process of looking for another job as I no longer believe in the company I work for.

By: Anon.

Anon. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:10:08 +0000

I have been on the recieving end of workplace bullying. I spoke up after 16months and was and still am disgusted on how it was handled.
I think that employers need to be made aware of their duty of care and the consequences of “brushing the issue under the carpet”.
After going through what I went through its no wonder why people dont speak up about what is going on.

By: neil

neil — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:17:28 +0000

the biggest problem with bullying is that it can occur in many forms,from implied threats,physical and insinuated to outright .threats of job restrictions,less hours,termination all occur regularly and often hard to prove without witnesses.people in charge are often the worst offenders as power seems to go to their heads.