How workplace bullying went remote
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> one option is to take the issue to HR, especially if the perpetrator is a boss. Although speaking up takes courage, Sharma advises people do it sooner rather than later “so that matters can be treated with a sense of urgency, and they don't impact your mental wellbeing in the long term”.
Yea, that's just gonna get you fired depending on how severe the accusations are, and whether the person being accused has clout within upper management. If your boss is friends with the big boss, guess whose ass HR is gonna can?
Sadly, every time these articles come out from these big publishers, none of them suggest worker organization. That's the best way to fight back against these toxic practices, look how much worker benefits we've gotten over the back of dead workers just by banding together and pushing back: fire exits, reduced work hours, no child labor, etc.
Does anyone else agree and/or have a better way of phrasing this perspective?
I don't think it's infantilizing. I think since these major news sites are owned and backed by the rich, they have certain messages they want to push. And one idea they don't want people to know about is worker organization. The rich all have a vested interest to not mention it at all and instead want us to use their rigged process to resolve issues.
Here's an interesting video that shows every news station saying the exact same thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksb3KD6DfSI
You aren't entitled to love your job, your boss, your co-workers or the company and if you do they likely won't return the sentiment. They aren't your friends or your family and as long as you expect that from them you will be disappointed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61141421
He got a 450$ million payout after the employee sued.
People are not all the same. Some people are shy, some people are gregarious. Respect their nature, that's it. When someone who has power over you just disregards you as a person, that's both not professional AND abusive if it happens over and over again. It's not a hard concept to get.
More specifically, he told his boss he had an anxiety disorder and that a party could cause panic attacks, his boss did it anyway, chewed him out the next day and said he was "being a little girl", suspended him for a couple days and then fired him a couple days after.
He was awarded damages for the emotional distress and lost wages.
Sounds fair considering. "Don't have a party for me on my birthday" is a pretty reasonable accommodation for someone's mental health issues.