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		<title>By: dacostad</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-224</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks so much for sending that in . It is n&#039;t often I hear of this experience from a young male, white - educated and family oriented. So unfortunate that even though you have tried to hang in there you feel the damage is already done. 
I&#039;m rooting for you - don&#039;t give up - and you should care what job you go on to - because you deserve to. Keep your head up and stay true to yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks so much for sending that in . It is n&#8217;t often I hear of this experience from a young male, white &#8211; educated and family oriented. So unfortunate that even though you have tried to hang in there you feel the damage is already done.<br />
I&#8217;m rooting for you &#8211; don&#8217;t give up &#8211; and you should care what job you go on to &#8211; because you deserve to. Keep your head up and stay true to yourself.</p>
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		<title>By: Sigma</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sigma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Incredible that so many people including myself are in identical situations.  Is there some secret underground corperate bullying school out there somewhere?

Anyway, I am from Belgium, a civil engineer, male, 28 years old and white :-).  The first 2,5 years of my career at my current employer were just amazing.  I just had had two good evaluations, the boss was a nice guy who teached me a lot technically, the only downside: he wasn&#039;t the manager type.  Everything just fine! My only direct collegue at that time also working for the same boss was a high positioned ex-manager (of the chemistry departement of a nuclear power plant but got fired there) just going through a rough time professionally.  Literally the first day when I came working for my current employer people warned me about her...

Everything changed the day my boss was reassigned to another departement ... later I learned it was because my collegue treathened to leave if nothing was done about the bad management in our little group.  

As was to be expected, she became my new boss and the trouble started ... after a couple of weeks she asked me in her office and I got the worst intermediate evaluation EVER ... I was completely shocked ... now I still only remember from it the words FIRED, Human resources and most importantly that my good evaluations from my previous boss meant NOTHING to her ... After 2,5 years I had to begin from scratch to prove I was worthy working for the company.  She had informed her boss also about the bad situation I was in  ... and he bought it, why wouldn&#039;t he, my first boss was a &quot;softy&quot; and a bad manager.  I was basically up against my whole hierarchy.

The next year was a true hell psychologically, I worked hard but it was never enough, I had to work my way deeper and deeper in the projects I was working on, had trouble reaching deadlines because of it which she used against me... Most of the time she was friendly even talking about her kids and asking about my weekends, hobbies, etc ... but she regularely reminded me of the bad situation I was in.  Because the manager was also aware of my &quot;problems&quot; I was also denied a standard corporate salary increase after a defined period of time.  In the end this started to affect my motivation and my productivity and this was also used against me.  Still, it was looking like I could do it all before the final big deadline but suddenly in November I got a very important assignment that had to be finished before the end of the year making it impossible to finish everything in time.

January 2009: The climax was the first day I came to work again after my son was born 5 weeks to early (not to mention, a very emotional day after only 10 days of paternal vacation).  I asked for two more weeks of holiday in addition to my paternal vacation.  She told me I had the free choice but ... nobody is inexpendable, every choice has its consequence and engineers are easy to find those days.  I couldn&#039;t take it anymore, I was finally crushed and desided to leave her group.  Still terrified to lose my job now my son was born I didn&#039;t took the extra holiday. A couple of weeks after that I got my formal evaluation which was extremely bad.  From a scale from A1 to C3 I got a C2.  (Corporate regulation say an improvement plan has to be put in place in case of a C3 evaluation.)

I began working for another team in the same department of my company but my reputation was battered and I find myself now trying to convince my new (third) boss and the manager that I have the goods.  I feel they are beginning to get more optimistic but I also feel they dont like &quot;overruling&quot; the accusations.  My problem is that I am a very modest kind of guy and on the outside I look very cool about all this and I guess this makes me vulnarable.  I still like the JOB I do and my collegues but the circumstances and the battles I have to fight with my hierachy are just too much. I am searching for a new job right now, far and far away... almost don&#039;t care which job anymore... 

Hang in there guys, you are not alone ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incredible that so many people including myself are in identical situations.  Is there some secret underground corperate bullying school out there somewhere?</p>
<p>Anyway, I am from Belgium, a civil engineer, male, 28 years old and white <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .  The first 2,5 years of my career at my current employer were just amazing.  I just had had two good evaluations, the boss was a nice guy who teached me a lot technically, the only downside: he wasn&#8217;t the manager type.  Everything just fine! My only direct collegue at that time also working for the same boss was a high positioned ex-manager (of the chemistry departement of a nuclear power plant but got fired there) just going through a rough time professionally.  Literally the first day when I came working for my current employer people warned me about her&#8230;</p>
<p>Everything changed the day my boss was reassigned to another departement &#8230; later I learned it was because my collegue treathened to leave if nothing was done about the bad management in our little group.  </p>
<p>As was to be expected, she became my new boss and the trouble started &#8230; after a couple of weeks she asked me in her office and I got the worst intermediate evaluation EVER &#8230; I was completely shocked &#8230; now I still only remember from it the words FIRED, Human resources and most importantly that my good evaluations from my previous boss meant NOTHING to her &#8230; After 2,5 years I had to begin from scratch to prove I was worthy working for the company.  She had informed her boss also about the bad situation I was in  &#8230; and he bought it, why wouldn&#8217;t he, my first boss was a &#8220;softy&#8221; and a bad manager.  I was basically up against my whole hierarchy.</p>
<p>The next year was a true hell psychologically, I worked hard but it was never enough, I had to work my way deeper and deeper in the projects I was working on, had trouble reaching deadlines because of it which she used against me&#8230; Most of the time she was friendly even talking about her kids and asking about my weekends, hobbies, etc &#8230; but she regularely reminded me of the bad situation I was in.  Because the manager was also aware of my &#8220;problems&#8221; I was also denied a standard corporate salary increase after a defined period of time.  In the end this started to affect my motivation and my productivity and this was also used against me.  Still, it was looking like I could do it all before the final big deadline but suddenly in November I got a very important assignment that had to be finished before the end of the year making it impossible to finish everything in time.</p>
<p>January 2009: The climax was the first day I came to work again after my son was born 5 weeks to early (not to mention, a very emotional day after only 10 days of paternal vacation).  I asked for two more weeks of holiday in addition to my paternal vacation.  She told me I had the free choice but &#8230; nobody is inexpendable, every choice has its consequence and engineers are easy to find those days.  I couldn&#8217;t take it anymore, I was finally crushed and desided to leave her group.  Still terrified to lose my job now my son was born I didn&#8217;t took the extra holiday. A couple of weeks after that I got my formal evaluation which was extremely bad.  From a scale from A1 to C3 I got a C2.  (Corporate regulation say an improvement plan has to be put in place in case of a C3 evaluation.)</p>
<p>I began working for another team in the same department of my company but my reputation was battered and I find myself now trying to convince my new (third) boss and the manager that I have the goods.  I feel they are beginning to get more optimistic but I also feel they dont like &#8220;overruling&#8221; the accusations.  My problem is that I am a very modest kind of guy and on the outside I look very cool about all this and I guess this makes me vulnarable.  I still like the JOB I do and my collegues but the circumstances and the battles I have to fight with my hierachy are just too much. I am searching for a new job right now, far and far away&#8230; almost don&#8217;t care which job anymore&#8230; </p>
<p>Hang in there guys, you are not alone &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: dacostad</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-218</link>
		<dc:creator>dacostad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meeks,
I&#039;m sorry to hear about your trouble. It is difficult to understand why anyone would want to make a stranger&#039;s life miserable. I hope that you can find some serenity in your strength - knowing that you are not alone, and that many of us have gone through this and lived to tell the story (lol). Keep your head up, document EVERYTHING, when she requests to meet with you - always request a third party and say as little as possible. Keep excellent work habits, keep a record, and always look her in the eye.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meeks,<br />
I&#8217;m sorry to hear about your trouble. It is difficult to understand why anyone would want to make a stranger&#8217;s life miserable. I hope that you can find some serenity in your strength &#8211; knowing that you are not alone, and that many of us have gone through this and lived to tell the story (lol). Keep your head up, document EVERYTHING, when she requests to meet with you &#8211; always request a third party and say as little as possible. Keep excellent work habits, keep a record, and always look her in the eye.</p>
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		<title>By: Meeks</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-217</link>
		<dc:creator>Meeks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m just in shock because I&#039;m in the exact situation right now and I just googled for help... and I found this blog and I was told the exact same thing. My boss never liked me and was treating me like an ugly step child from day one that I was transfered to this new dept. She set me up that I was late to work when she wasn&#039;t even in the office to see me come in late...(she came after me:great example) and pulled me into the SVP office with her and said the same thing that I have been spreading negativity in the office and that I should stop gossiping putting ideas in other people&#039;s ears. Then they took all of my responsibilities away from me... then hinted me not to attend any meetings by inviting assistants so that I won&#039;t have a place to sit. Now I just sit at my desk with my heart pounding and all nervous. Of couse some team member sneak to come see how I&#039;m doing but the whole office is scared of my boss for all the mean actions she&#039;s doing to me and are frightened too. The more she does mean things to me in front of people...the more HER reputation goes down but she&#039;s totally being like an 8th grader. Bless her heart.  I&#039;m fighting but hoping to be able to find somewhere I can work happily.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just in shock because I&#8217;m in the exact situation right now and I just googled for help&#8230; and I found this blog and I was told the exact same thing. My boss never liked me and was treating me like an ugly step child from day one that I was transfered to this new dept. She set me up that I was late to work when she wasn&#8217;t even in the office to see me come in late&#8230;(she came after me:great example) and pulled me into the SVP office with her and said the same thing that I have been spreading negativity in the office and that I should stop gossiping putting ideas in other people&#8217;s ears. Then they took all of my responsibilities away from me&#8230; then hinted me not to attend any meetings by inviting assistants so that I won&#8217;t have a place to sit. Now I just sit at my desk with my heart pounding and all nervous. Of couse some team member sneak to come see how I&#8217;m doing but the whole office is scared of my boss for all the mean actions she&#8217;s doing to me and are frightened too. The more she does mean things to me in front of people&#8230;the more HER reputation goes down but she&#8217;s totally being like an 8th grader. Bless her heart.  I&#8217;m fighting but hoping to be able to find somewhere I can work happily.</p>
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		<title>By: Calvin</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-211</link>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Letrice you are so right...the main reason why alot of us get bullied in the work place is because the bullies fear our talent and our skill level. Companies which practice corperate bullying always falls (Enron for example)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Letrice you are so right&#8230;the main reason why alot of us get bullied in the work place is because the bullies fear our talent and our skill level. Companies which practice corperate bullying always falls (Enron for example)</p>
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		<title>By: robyn king</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-177</link>
		<dc:creator>robyn king</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking from experience i can say this happens everywhere.I worked over 6 and a half years in a manufacturing job that i loved and was very good at.Perfect attendance and few points ever at any time and never close enough for my job to be considered in danger.
Only problem a co-worker who had 20 days more seniority than myself did not like me!She tried to cause me problems from the begining,always being hostile and disrupting the flow of work.But she was never in trouble because according to one of my union reps she is a favorite even though there is not supposed to be favorites.I let my anger get the best of me after 4 years of abuse and said some things i should not have said,i was suspended and lost my profit shating check over this,meanwhile Barb had pointed herself out several times but did not lose her job,anyone else would have been fired on the first offense of reaching 8 points or more ,no exceptions,except her.Poor work quality,coming to work hungover and still high at times it was tolerated because she was a favorite.Bullying other co-workers so she could pick and choose whatever job she preferred to do instad of her place in rotation,this was a everyday occurrence.Yet no one could stop it because management refused to be accountable,they are biased and unfair in all their dealings by favoring a handful of their friends,family or favorites.Seeing the truth but failing to act.
When Barb decided to be a lesbian instead of the drunken,pot smoking bi-sexual she had always been she suddenly became in a protected class and her girlfriend and she flaunted their relationship to garner special tretment so no one would dare say anything against them.
No company wants to be accused of mistreatment of homosexuals  so they will instead mistreat those who are not.
Diversity is what it is called and being politically correct some would say but what it really boils down to is a bully hiding behind their sexuality as a excuse or defense to mistreat and bully others,accepying whatever they say as gospel and not even considering their motives are the fact that they are the problem or that they are out and out liars!
Two years later after walking on egg shells and being so very careful as to never say anything to or about anyone that may be offensive to anyone i was fired! Fired for something i swear i never did!Fired because for over 2 years Barb was complaining that i wasnt fired yet,i even had bid to another line to get away from her on the other side of the plant!She enlisted her girlfriend to give a statement that said someone told her that i said blah! blah!blah! Heresay and a complete lie!My union assured me i would get my job back,three weeks afterwards they let me know that they felt management was within their rights and they would no longer try to get my job back!! As GOD is my witness i am not guilty of the things that had been said! My mistake was thinking that the truth mattered and because i was innocent i would be vindicated and returned to work and those who lied and gave false statements would have been rightfully fired,i could not have been more wrong!I could not even find a lawyer who would help because they were afraid of challenging a lesbian and her lies because she was part of a protected class! This crap of special rights based on sexual orintation is just wrong!! What do you think a lesbian woman or a homosexual man could not possibly lie or do any wrong??? How twisted is that?
A year and a half later she was also fired because as usual she came to work undr the influence but this time her accident could not be hidden as many had been in the past,she caused property damage while driving the fork lift that set off the fire alarm,all production stopped all employees evacuated the building and the fire department came and investigated the alarm.Then it was discovered what happened and who was responsible.Barb was taken to the local hospital and given a drug test which of course she failed!!! But can you believe the union actually tried to get this loser her job back after all that??? They failed but that does not help me,i have been unable to get and keep a job since.The depression over all this has added greatly to my health issues and there are no jobs here.I was making almost $16.00 an hour when i was fired over made up,trumped up charges.I had two fairly new human resouce girls trying to make a name for themselves who went on a witch hunt to be rid of me and try and make themselves appear to be so cosmopolitian when in fact they could care less about any of it.Least of all the truth!
My daughter has just been fired from her job basically cause the lard ass corporate Hr manager does not like her and is on a power trip!
It seems if you are white and not gay you do not have any rights any more and people prefer a lie to the truth because the truth points out their wrongdoing!
I had a woman union steward tell me at one time during allthis as i was being harrassed and my job threatened because of Barb,&quot;If you dont eat it or take it up the *** you dont count!&quot; As GOD is my witness she did say this and added&quot;if yoy tell anyone i said this,i will deny it!&quot;
Is this what it comes down to anymore??Do only those who openly live a Godless life have protection in the workplace??Do companys and management cater to this sick agenda to make friends or is it out of fear that they either support or pretend to support this gay agenda that has spread like a sick cancer???
Personally i do not care what people do in their personal lives,but keep it at home.If your work ,attendance or performance is bad you should be disciplined not given a free pass or allowed to bully other workers because you are gay and they are not!!
One day they will all be accountable for their acts,i do not think GOD will be impressed over their lies to promote themselves and ruining innocent peoples lives to help those who live in open sin and they promote and accept it and condone it.By doing so they are as guilty as the ones perpetuating these lies in all its forms,GOD help the working woman who truly does care about their jobs.
I am sorry for your experience and i feel your pain,its just not right that liars are promoted and the good and faithful empoyee is treated like trash!Good luck! I am sorry to go on and on but this is a very difficult thing to accept also what i was accused of saying i would have never said about any woman ever.It was said by my piece of crap husband who i later found out 4 years later that he gave a statement against me to save his job!!That is the worst betrayal ever!! I hope they all rot in Hell!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking from experience i can say this happens everywhere.I worked over 6 and a half years in a manufacturing job that i loved and was very good at.Perfect attendance and few points ever at any time and never close enough for my job to be considered in danger.<br />
Only problem a co-worker who had 20 days more seniority than myself did not like me!She tried to cause me problems from the begining,always being hostile and disrupting the flow of work.But she was never in trouble because according to one of my union reps she is a favorite even though there is not supposed to be favorites.I let my anger get the best of me after 4 years of abuse and said some things i should not have said,i was suspended and lost my profit shating check over this,meanwhile Barb had pointed herself out several times but did not lose her job,anyone else would have been fired on the first offense of reaching 8 points or more ,no exceptions,except her.Poor work quality,coming to work hungover and still high at times it was tolerated because she was a favorite.Bullying other co-workers so she could pick and choose whatever job she preferred to do instad of her place in rotation,this was a everyday occurrence.Yet no one could stop it because management refused to be accountable,they are biased and unfair in all their dealings by favoring a handful of their friends,family or favorites.Seeing the truth but failing to act.<br />
When Barb decided to be a lesbian instead of the drunken,pot smoking bi-sexual she had always been she suddenly became in a protected class and her girlfriend and she flaunted their relationship to garner special tretment so no one would dare say anything against them.<br />
No company wants to be accused of mistreatment of homosexuals  so they will instead mistreat those who are not.<br />
Diversity is what it is called and being politically correct some would say but what it really boils down to is a bully hiding behind their sexuality as a excuse or defense to mistreat and bully others,accepying whatever they say as gospel and not even considering their motives are the fact that they are the problem or that they are out and out liars!<br />
Two years later after walking on egg shells and being so very careful as to never say anything to or about anyone that may be offensive to anyone i was fired! Fired for something i swear i never did!Fired because for over 2 years Barb was complaining that i wasnt fired yet,i even had bid to another line to get away from her on the other side of the plant!She enlisted her girlfriend to give a statement that said someone told her that i said blah! blah!blah! Heresay and a complete lie!My union assured me i would get my job back,three weeks afterwards they let me know that they felt management was within their rights and they would no longer try to get my job back!! As GOD is my witness i am not guilty of the things that had been said! My mistake was thinking that the truth mattered and because i was innocent i would be vindicated and returned to work and those who lied and gave false statements would have been rightfully fired,i could not have been more wrong!I could not even find a lawyer who would help because they were afraid of challenging a lesbian and her lies because she was part of a protected class! This crap of special rights based on sexual orintation is just wrong!! What do you think a lesbian woman or a homosexual man could not possibly lie or do any wrong??? How twisted is that?<br />
A year and a half later she was also fired because as usual she came to work undr the influence but this time her accident could not be hidden as many had been in the past,she caused property damage while driving the fork lift that set off the fire alarm,all production stopped all employees evacuated the building and the fire department came and investigated the alarm.Then it was discovered what happened and who was responsible.Barb was taken to the local hospital and given a drug test which of course she failed!!! But can you believe the union actually tried to get this loser her job back after all that??? They failed but that does not help me,i have been unable to get and keep a job since.The depression over all this has added greatly to my health issues and there are no jobs here.I was making almost $16.00 an hour when i was fired over made up,trumped up charges.I had two fairly new human resouce girls trying to make a name for themselves who went on a witch hunt to be rid of me and try and make themselves appear to be so cosmopolitian when in fact they could care less about any of it.Least of all the truth!<br />
My daughter has just been fired from her job basically cause the lard ass corporate Hr manager does not like her and is on a power trip!<br />
It seems if you are white and not gay you do not have any rights any more and people prefer a lie to the truth because the truth points out their wrongdoing!<br />
I had a woman union steward tell me at one time during allthis as i was being harrassed and my job threatened because of Barb,&#8221;If you dont eat it or take it up the *** you dont count!&#8221; As GOD is my witness she did say this and added&#8221;if yoy tell anyone i said this,i will deny it!&#8221;<br />
Is this what it comes down to anymore??Do only those who openly live a Godless life have protection in the workplace??Do companys and management cater to this sick agenda to make friends or is it out of fear that they either support or pretend to support this gay agenda that has spread like a sick cancer???<br />
Personally i do not care what people do in their personal lives,but keep it at home.If your work ,attendance or performance is bad you should be disciplined not given a free pass or allowed to bully other workers because you are gay and they are not!!<br />
One day they will all be accountable for their acts,i do not think GOD will be impressed over their lies to promote themselves and ruining innocent peoples lives to help those who live in open sin and they promote and accept it and condone it.By doing so they are as guilty as the ones perpetuating these lies in all its forms,GOD help the working woman who truly does care about their jobs.<br />
I am sorry for your experience and i feel your pain,its just not right that liars are promoted and the good and faithful empoyee is treated like trash!Good luck! I am sorry to go on and on but this is a very difficult thing to accept also what i was accused of saying i would have never said about any woman ever.It was said by my piece of crap husband who i later found out 4 years later that he gave a statement against me to save his job!!That is the worst betrayal ever!! I hope they all rot in Hell!</p>
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		<title>By: LeTrice Alves</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-171</link>
		<dc:creator>LeTrice Alves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am currently suffering this type of corporate bullying. It is a shame that so many companies have made this a common practice. This is just their way of reminding you that you may be in America but don&#039;t ever think you are free. This mental slavery and abuse is growing more prevalent today. In this economy where no matter how educated you are, you are dispensible. For what reason you may ask? Not because of your work ethic and quality. But because ultimately they are intimadated by the talent you posses.  This corporate bullying must stop and give us a chance to provide for our families effectively with out the nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am currently suffering this type of corporate bullying. It is a shame that so many companies have made this a common practice. This is just their way of reminding you that you may be in America but don&#8217;t ever think you are free. This mental slavery and abuse is growing more prevalent today. In this economy where no matter how educated you are, you are dispensible. For what reason you may ask? Not because of your work ethic and quality. But because ultimately they are intimadated by the talent you posses.  This corporate bullying must stop and give us a chance to provide for our families effectively with out the nonsense.</p>
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		<title>By: Robyn Smith</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-133</link>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am going through this right now with my boss.  They are bullying me to sign a piece of paper I don&#039;t agree with.  I have typed up a statement saying that I am going part time and because it isn&#039;t up to their standards they won&#039;t back off.  I told them legally this is all I have to write.  So then the today my boss demanding he and the regional office had to know verbally if I would be able to go back to work full time starting June 7th.  Well, I told him I can&#039;t give him that answer.  And he kept demanding I give him one.  So I told him I would type up something I am comfortable with.  Basically they told me that if I continue to go part time after July 7th, my last day will be July 3rd.  The are threatening me with termination.  I am going to continue to play hard ball.  I am not backing down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am going through this right now with my boss.  They are bullying me to sign a piece of paper I don&#8217;t agree with.  I have typed up a statement saying that I am going part time and because it isn&#8217;t up to their standards they won&#8217;t back off.  I told them legally this is all I have to write.  So then the today my boss demanding he and the regional office had to know verbally if I would be able to go back to work full time starting June 7th.  Well, I told him I can&#8217;t give him that answer.  And he kept demanding I give him one.  So I told him I would type up something I am comfortable with.  Basically they told me that if I continue to go part time after July 7th, my last day will be July 3rd.  The are threatening me with termination.  I am going to continue to play hard ball.  I am not backing down.</p>
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		<title>By: Aanu Clare</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-132</link>
		<dc:creator>Aanu Clare</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I enjoy taking advantage of every bullying experienced to discover new potentials and horizon for self development.  While my coward manager is busy mapping out negative strategies, I am alot steps ahead creating paths for my career growth and security.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoy taking advantage of every bullying experienced to discover new potentials and horizon for self development.  While my coward manager is busy mapping out negative strategies, I am alot steps ahead creating paths for my career growth and security.</p>
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		<title>By: Jennifer</title>
		<link>http://dacostad.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fighting-corporate-bullying/#comment-97</link>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s unfortunate but it&#039;s the part of life you have to get through in order to get somewhere. I too have experienced that in the workplace from someone that had been with the company since it started and boy was that tough to deal with. I just kept my head up, played it cool with my fake, yet beautiful lol smile, and remained professional at all times. Do you know that this persons ill will on me ended up backfiring in her face? Oh yes, not only was her behavior noticed by other co-workers but also by the owners of the company. If you give someone enough rope they WILL hang themselves....and yes, for the record, I enjoyed watching every moment of it :) Keep your head up and always put your best foot forward.
Cheers,
Jenny Benny</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s unfortunate but it&#8217;s the part of life you have to get through in order to get somewhere. I too have experienced that in the workplace from someone that had been with the company since it started and boy was that tough to deal with. I just kept my head up, played it cool with my fake, yet beautiful lol smile, and remained professional at all times. Do you know that this persons ill will on me ended up backfiring in her face? Oh yes, not only was her behavior noticed by other co-workers but also by the owners of the company. If you give someone enough rope they WILL hang themselves&#8230;.and yes, for the record, I enjoyed watching every moment of it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Keep your head up and always put your best foot forward.<br />
Cheers,<br />
Jenny Benny</p>
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