So much of living is spent working and many find themselves in a job where they are so unhappy. Do you ever find that driving to work you are leaving later, driving slower and then when your shift is over you can’t wait to get out the door and driving away is at a quicker clip than arriving?
Sometimes the job is just boring or very brutally hard on the bod. And some jobs have you stuck with people who gossip, harrass or bully.
What I think about when stuck like that in a job from heck is that life is short and when you get down to it, this is time that when at or near the end of your lifetime this time will seem so horribly wasted … being at a place and expending time - on what? A way to sell yourself - your life’s time, so you can pay the rent, buy food and pay off debts?
Makes ya’ think… about what earlier times were like, right? Anyway, what I suggest is to make every effort to nip the bullying and other crud right at it’s beginnings. If you know a fellow worker is being singled out - speak up and stand with the victim. Because this should never be tolerated. When it is going on it hurts people so very much. Also causes production to drop, causes absences, lateness, depression and sometimes workplace violence..which can go into liability- if you’re thinking of this from an employer’s perspective. It’s just a very harsh thing to try to keep going back for more and many will quit a job rather than have to continue face being tortured by a workplace bully.
I hope anyone who finds they are putting down, judging, harrassing being bitchy or any expenditure of this sort of effort that causes hurt will stop and think about what kind of pattern they are getting into. Do you feel threatened when someone comes in and does a better job than you? Do you put them down or criticize to make yourself seem the better worker? Are you a jerk? JUST STOP IT!
Here’s a good website with resources on the topic of bullying: http://www.sangrea.net/bully/links.php
And this one: http://fightgossip.com
