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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO????

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
March 1, 2025
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At work the other day, I witnessed one of our more seasoned(read older) employees bullying an employee about half their age. They were belittling the employee's work production, work ethic, and other characteristics. They were essentially raising their voice at every opportunity. They were finger pointing; even placing their hands on the younger employee from time to time.

The older employee wasn't even their supervisor!!!!!

What should I do?

Report the incident to HR or not get involved?

WebWiseWoman

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Definitely report to HR! Or encourage the younger colleague to report and advise you will attest to the incident for them.

No matter what age, no one has the right to touch another person EVER (unless it is in a caring manner, and is welcomed, of course)!

papawofboo

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Listen to WWW.

Papaw of Boo

nctarheelAuthor

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Now I am really in a quandary. This executive (that I am already scared of) is threatening layoffs one day and no layoffs the next. He's talking about buying out competitors one day and talking about selling the company the next day. I think he must be losing his marbles. How can one plan their future in an environment like this?

GailL1

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@nctarheel

until there is actual action - it is only being a sort of scattered brain. To answer your question - it would be most definitely be hard to plan a future in this sort of environment - so best advice would be to take control of your own destiny and quit - find yourself a more calming environment - maybe one where the executive is more conservative and traditional in his planning for the company.

If it isn’t the executives company - the owners or BOD may take care of the problem for you - watch their stock prices if publically sold or the balance sheet if not.

IT‘S ALWAYS SOMETHING . . . . .. . . . Roseanne Roseannadanna

WebWiseWoman

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Thanks for treating some of us like the #dotard. Of course some of us who have been admonished for political "motives" in these forums, in fact, suspended, took this as a true non-political post; shame on us.

Thanks for sharing...

nctarheelAuthor

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I have not knowingly treated you like the #dotard. Any similarity of the situation I have described to the present political climate is purely coincidental.

WebWiseWoman

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Yeah, right. Done

nctarheelAuthor

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There is hope on the horizon. We just had a consultant conduct an employee opinion survey here. You know the kind…..where they give you a statement and you either strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree. The top Management here has given us the results and, lo and behold, the subject of my thread here has a negative response percentage of 54%. Maybe they’ll get rid of him again!!!

SummerOnTheWay1

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nctarheelAuthor

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If things weren't already bad enough here at work, at one time this idiot I have mentioned as the subject of my thread was once a mentor of mine. He convinced me to invest my money in our company's stocks for my retirement. The recent correction in the market has cost me thousands upon thousands of potential retirement dollars. I might end up working until I am 90...... sad.

nctarheelAuthor

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HALLELUJAH!!!!!

The guy was finally re-fired because he wasn't too smart.

He was caught, red-handed I might say, giving proprietary information to our nearest competitor.

He was immediately let go.

papawofboo

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I hate to tell you this but, no wait, I'll let it be a surprise.

Papaw of Boo

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