Bullying in Office

Almost every one knows the word ‘bully’ but not many understood the real meaning of it. The recent punching and kicking of fellow schoolmates in one of the school in our state was quoted by local papers as ‘bullying in school’ when actually it was out right criminality.

Bullying does not necessarily physical in nature. It involves abusive, abrasive, threatening and self-serving individuals who continuously pound their employees, subordinates or mates into submission.

Many people are suffering from the destructive antics of bullies at work in many different ways.

For instance, you received this text form your boss, which read: “….. Please leave the organisation if they can’t achieve an average threshold of 60% in your sales. We need to recruit right people to do the job……”

In the first place, his perception is wrong about recruiting the right people. There is no way the right people are willing to take up the job if they knew about him and his abusive language.

One may have the title of ‘Manager’ but he is not acting as if he is one. A manager who makes mean-spirited comments to his employees generates dissatisfaction and distrust and typically shows marginal managerial skills in other area as well.

Senior management must be well aware that he is a weak link and that he is managing like a missing link.

This text messages reflect the behaviour fall under the category of bullying and such antics are totally out of place in today’s work environment. In fact he is out of touch in any of today’s environments, whether at home, colleges or at work.

He needs more wake-up call than any body. This is never a business-like way of telling the employees. The word is very hurting, upsetting and distressing to anyone receiving the text.