Has anyone experienced bullying at work? Pacifically aged care sector or corporate companies, if possible and got a good resolve? Who did you talk to and how did you go about it? This is a case of an older individual bullying an 18 year old every shift by getting them to do all the work and not helping, bitching to other staff about the person, also name calling…. Using their length of time and rapour with staff, with extra sucking up to influence response by supervisors and managers. To the point the 18 year old has to leave work early feeling uncomfortable and staff not even giving her hand over!! BUT she loves the job and caring for residents and the residents love her, even some mentioning they have seen the treatment of the younger person and they are worried for her and don’t like it!? Managers just brushing under the carpet saying there’s not enough evidence to deal with it and to ask if bitching in the work place here is acceptable being told that’s an in appropriate question!! Would love some feed back on ways to deal with this as other staff have dealt with it too and have quit, or are quiet as they need the money or job to keep visas and not for her to just be another statistic of resignation!! And yes I have witnessed some of these incidents being her mother and starting work at the same place around the same time it started! Many thanks in advance.
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Just quit, work for another place, from personal experience things won't change if management enable it.
The worst thing you can do if this happens to you or a colleague is stay quiet or the victim will end up losing their job with a bad reputation. Email management pointing out the behaviour and mention bullying and how the girl is left to feel. This is sadly so common across many workplaces and industries. I've personally seen it at nearly every workplace I have worked at, a few times I have been the victim and other times it is someone else. Encourage the girl to keep a diary of what happens when she is on shift, the work she does and what the other lady does. It seems to be jealousy or trying to make themselves look like a fantastic worker by bringing down another colleague.
Put the complaint in writing. Email it asking for proof it has been actioned, and save a copy.
For the worker. Have your daughter confront her. Not in an aggressive way, just matter-of-fact here's what's what way.
Tasks - verbalise. "I'll do x while you do y", if they disagree, "we can verify division of labour with management right now if you prefer, I'll just give them a call". Then dial. Don't threaten anything that can't be followed through.
Gossiping- just tell her to be herself with everyone else. They will all know what this woman is like.
Name calling - record and report each one. Where, when, situation. All in writing (diary) and all emailed to HR.
This is unexceptable. She needs to put it a complaint to management in writing and use the words she is feeling bullied and intimidated and request that she is not on a shift with this person. If its in writing they will take it seriously if its not in writing then they will not do anything about it. If she finds that nothing has been done after a week she needs to write another email to say that she is following up on her initial complaint email as she is still being bullied and intimidated and if they (the management) dont action this in the next 7 days and create a safe working environment for her she will take further action and go to their managers/employers/governing body and fair work Australia.
Company's get away with this all the time
I was bullied by a 60 yr old male
My age was 40
I quit got in car & attempted
To drive into a tree
My wife has just quit a few months ago with work place harassment
Not worth the stress
She tried to report but nothing got done as with my work place
If u can cause a rukas do it
If you can be heard do it
A current affair may have some push if nothing else works