Category: Stories
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Educational Dark Side
“I was employed at a technical school under the Tennessee Board of Regents. The bullying began with snide comments from the president, my supervisor. In addition, a new VP was brought on, and the bullying intensified. Tactics included mocking me in front of my faculty and staff during meetings, withholding information pertinent to my job,…
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College Executive Abuser
“I worked in a private liberal arts college that promoted itself as affluent by the community. This perception was perpetuated by the administration. Legacy was very important. That’s how my immediate boss earned his title and status — something he thought was more important than people. The bullying began immediately after I was hired. The…
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ManipulatION Tactics
“The bullying began shortly after helping and witnessing a former coworker with her discrimination complaint after I sent her our employee handbook. Following that, there were private meetings with the manager and district manager discussing false accusations, promotion concerns, and other complaints about me. Manager would lie to other coworkers in her private meetings with them…
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Traumatizing working conditions in a restaurant
“I’ve been bullied at almost every job I’ve had working in the food service industry. It’s lonely because most managers don’t understand the effects of bullying or can be the one doing the bullying. The fear of being bullied and even mustering the strength to stand up for other people has repeated the cycle of…
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A Nurse Takes His Life after Ongoing Torment
“I worked at a hospital for over 25 years as an RT. My son, an RN, was hired there in 2011. He was well-liked by all of his patients and several co-workers. The VP of nursing loved Jason and wanted to transition him to the ICU. Before this could happen, he had to work in…
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Abuse at work after Domestic Violence
“I was married to a coworker. We were both employed at a prison as corrections officers. After we divorced, he broke in and held me hostage at gunpoint for 12 hours. He beat, raped, and sodomized me, then tried to kill me by choking me. He put the gun in my mouth and pulled the…
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death on the job Refusal To Accept A Doctor’s Note
“My late sister-in-law was a long-term and highly regarded employee of DDS and was ready to retire in a few months. She had some attendance problems due to significant illness and provided her employers with doctor’s notes stating that she was impaired and needed to go on an intermittent Leave of Absence as per her…
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Abuse from the school principal
“In July of 2012, I was hired as a 4th grade teacher for the 2012-2013 school year in a Massachusetts school district. It was my first public school teaching job. The school was located in a low-income neighborhood and was a “Level 3” school due to poor performance on MCAS. None of this worried me…
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An untouchable Politically-connected Co-worker
“I work for a city in the capacity of a senior clerk and typist. I began my time with them completely and utterly oblivious that these types of workplaces existed. I began my time working for an amazing asst. superintendent who is no longer with the district. I began as an office clerk. In our…
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nepotism in education
“About two years ago, I lost my job as a teacher. I had a great observation my first year of teaching. I was on cloud nine. Life was great. The second year of teaching, we got a new administrator whose goal apparently was to make my life a living hell. She would show up in…