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Workplace bullying

Trainspotter

How rife is it for Aspies to be bullied at work.  And how much should we put up with?  I'm not talking of general banter, such as when I have a supposedly odd idea itifferent and it generates some well intentioned humour.  I can live with that!

What I am talking about is a manager controlling the whole workplace and then criticising when things are done in a different way.  A manager who imposes rather than discusses change. A manager who changes duties to those which are out of my comfort zone which is boring and tedious.  A manager who constantly 'has a quiet word' but that quiet word is just another way of criticising behaviour and trivial mistakes.  A manager who is impervious to suggestions of other ways of doing things.  And the same manager who confuses the symptoms of Aspergers with dementia (having openly said that she thinks I have dementia).  All these things have caused me much anxiety.

It should be essential training for managers to realise that the workforce should be playing to their strengths and not be constantly moved from job to job.  But when I mention this all as I am told is "Well that is what the job is" with the implication that I know what I can do if I don't like it.

I know there are policies and grievance procedures I could invoke but my experience of this in the past is that it creates a lot of anxiety and managers are tended to be believed by the higher up whatever the evidence to the contrary.  And getting another job is not an option due to my age (61) which would make it very difficult to find alternative employment.

Not really looking for answers here, just needed to get it off my chest!

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  • I know the unions went too far during the '70's but now the pendulum has moved too much the other way where the very word 'union' is liable to cause consternation and horror to some. I don't know whether you have union representation available where you work, Trainspotter (it doesn't sound like it), but if you have I would strongly suggest you look into it. It might be possible to join a union that is appropiate to your kind of work even if there is no local representation, otherwise you will have to try to deal with things on your own and it may be that your company will close ranks and back each other up if you do, I really can't say from where I am.

    What kind of Human Resources department do you have? Can they be approached about your problems? You have a right to approach the appropiate people who are supposed to manage personnel issues, after all.

    Some campanies have special resources to deal with workplace bullying so are you sure there is nothing like that where you work?

    Could they move you to another section? Sometimes you have to kick up a fuss, otherwise you just get ignored and I know this isn't easy for people like us but in life it's sometimes necessary.

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  • I know the unions went too far during the '70's but now the pendulum has moved too much the other way where the very word 'union' is liable to cause consternation and horror to some. I don't know whether you have union representation available where you work, Trainspotter (it doesn't sound like it), but if you have I would strongly suggest you look into it. It might be possible to join a union that is appropiate to your kind of work even if there is no local representation, otherwise you will have to try to deal with things on your own and it may be that your company will close ranks and back each other up if you do, I really can't say from where I am.

    What kind of Human Resources department do you have? Can they be approached about your problems? You have a right to approach the appropiate people who are supposed to manage personnel issues, after all.

    Some campanies have special resources to deal with workplace bullying so are you sure there is nothing like that where you work?

    Could they move you to another section? Sometimes you have to kick up a fuss, otherwise you just get ignored and I know this isn't easy for people like us but in life it's sometimes necessary.

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