Rachel Goodchild’s Good Advice: Workplace Bullying and Annoying MILs

I had my first piece on Sunrise on TV3 this morning talking about mother in laws and work place bullying.

Here is the link  to Rachel Goodchild’s Good Advice for those of you who missed it.

I’ve blogged the information on Mother In Laws on this blog already, but have added the information on workplace bullying for people who need that information below:

I was bullied at work last year. I did a few things to resolve the issue. The first thing is you need to work out the potential costs to you. Are you prepared to walk away from your job if it doesn’t work out? it’s important to weigh up all potential costs before you begin.
1. collect evidence. any emails, note any public bullying, provide documentation
2. collect support. are others being bullied? Collect evidence together that may help
3. Go to the top. Recognise you are talking to a friend of the person, but say it needs to be resolved. Personal grievances can cost alot of money to a company if there is evidence. they will want to sort it.
4. If they don’t sort it, and it’s endemic in the company consider long term effects to you. Perhaps this job is bad for your long term health. Even in this climate a bad job can be worse than no job!