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How To Deal With A Bully At Work

How To Deal With A Bully At Work
by Susan M. Heathfield

Don't Allow Yourself to Become an Easy Target for a Bully

Think you work with a bully? Do you regularly feel intimidated, dread to work near a particular coworker, or you’re yelled at, insulted, and put down? Does a coworker talk over you at meetings, criticize you, or steal credit for your work? If you answer yes to these questions, chances are good that you’re one of 54 million Americans who have been attacked by a bully at work.

You know you’re working with a bully when the bully picks out your mistakes and constantly brings them up.

Or worse, the bully gossips about you, tells lies to your coworkers, and even undermines and sabotages your work. If you dread going to work, you may have a bully coworker or boss.

If your employer won’t help you, and a recent study says they often won’t, even if it's just because they don't know what to do either, these are the actions to take to defeat the bully.

You’re Not Alone: A Bully Lives in Many Workplaces

In their 2017 National Survey, workplace bullying "was defined as repeated mistreatment of an employee by one or more employees; abusive conduct that is: threatening, humiliating, or intimidating, work sabotage, or verbal abuse."

Read full article on The Balance.