Mirror Mirror
Friends and readers. As you know we are campaigning for legislation to outlaw workplace bullying,so it is made a criminal offence,punishable by a custodial sentence if necessary.
What makes someone a workplace bully,what causes them to inflict such suffering on others,what is their purpose and how do they avoid capture.
All these questions have been asked of us,and we will attempt to give our opinion and reasoning as to why workplace bullys exist.
A workplace bully does not just appear out of thin air,because the fancy takes them,or they are bored so decide to abuse a work colleague.
No friends ,a workplace bully has his behaviour down to a fine art, crafted over many years, of Jekyll and Hyde performances designed to create the facade of being a reasonable person,hiding a vicious cruel individual who delights in tormenting his victim.
He smiles at those in authority giving the illusion he deliberately tries to create of a good guy,when in reality he revels in others misery he creates.
The workplace bully haunts the workplace making it a very unpleasant place to be as he targets victim after victim,confident in the knowledge his superiors are unaware of what is going on.
Workplace bullying is a covert operation as the bully selects his target,and the tactics to be used. Once successful and if not stopped the bully will move on to the next victim employing similar tactics.
From research we have carried out the workplace bully can very often take out his own frustrations on his chosen victim,punishing the victim,for reasons as diverse as his perception he has been overlooked for promotion,or has been stuck in the same post for years and believes he is better that the job he does,he may suffer from for instance dyslexia an inferiority complex,claiming all around him are idiots except him.
Of course he would not dare say that to their faces,simply because above all else the bully is a coward, and a liar,all to willing to hide behind who or what ever he can in order to protect his own skin.
There is of course and this happens in some cases that the bullys behaviour is known to others,but they to are intimidated by him,and having failed to do something to prevent the bully operating,it then becomes a case of damage limitation.
How is this done,again it’s quite simple harass the victim/s make them jump through hoops hoping they become fed up and walk away,leaving those that should have done something to prevent bullying,breathing a sigh of relief.
It is possible someone might have had a discrete word with the bully,but no real action was taken as the problem has now been resolved with the victim/s leaving their post/s.
But this is unlikely to have any real long term effect on the bullys behaviour,and he will strike again. Yes he may employ different tactics but the emphasis will be the same as will the end product,yet another victim.
If only one person takes on a system that ignores bullying,and opens up the can of worms,and forces action to deal with this most evil of workplace diseases,we have taken a step forward to having this barbaric behaviour outlawed,and helping to make the workplace a safer happier place to be.
Remember your employer has a duty of care to you,if they neglect that duty,then they could be in breach of the current legislation,and are liable for the consequences.