2007-12-23 20:34:05 · 6 answers · asked by vikki f 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
You need to report this to their manager, or your company directors or CEO. It may be worth keeping a log of the abuse, and then yourself and all your colleagues coming together to put in a formal complaint.
Do not, under any circumstances try to confront the abusive manager about this directly, their abuse will obviously be an emotional subject for you, and it may result in you saying something you don't mean to and getting into trouble yourself.
Once this complaint has been made, it is your employers duty of care to act upon it. What will probably happen is that your manager will recieve a disciplinary.
Good luck with this. This was happening recently in my workplace, and our abusive manager ended up leaving due to her disciplinary - my workplace is now a much better place =]
Another point - if nothing is done about this, you may be better off just leaving the company, it would be awful to be spending 40 hours a week working with someone who is demeaning you. If you do have to leave, however, consider talking to your local Citizens Advice Bureau, you can potentially sue your employer for constructive dismissal.
2007-12-23 20:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by I should be doing something else 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only way to get this manager to change is for you and your coworkers to band together and speak to his/her boss. Banding together and speaking as one voice is very powerful. Neither the boss nor the upper manager can single out one person and dismiss it. It's the entire group or most of it that is complaining. The upper manager has no choice but to act on it. If he/she doesn't, there's the risk people will start leaving and losing too many people costs the company in money and lost productivity trying to replace most of the department. Better to tell the direct boss to change his.her ways. Also, make sure if you and your coworkers do approach the upper manager, that each person takes a turn speaking. If it's just you, one person, the big boss may consider you a "ringleader" and the source of the complaint, not the whole group. If each person speaks up, then the big boss can't pin it on one person. It's crucial it appears as the whole group complaining as one voice.
Merry X-mas,
-- Andy
2007-12-24 12:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by almcneilcan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start looking for a new job. There are very few solutions for a bad boss; unless you are a member of the protected class, there's not much an employment lawyer can do for you.
Given the time you spend at work, you really need to get out of that toxic environment because you may develop health problems (i.e. stress-related) down the road. While you can't control your boss, you can control where you want to work.
2007-12-24 05:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by chungsterama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would you want to keep working at a place and in an environment that you are describing??? The odds are the company is not going to be around. If the boss is the owner, you're pretty much stuck. If the boss is an employer, you have HR to turn to. But for your own sanity it may be time to find a new situation where you will be happy.
2007-12-24 04:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by rayt721 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes it's hard, and if you work for a very small company, you may need to find a new job.
I had a boss once that was extremely verbally abusive when I was in college, one day I just called him up and asked if I could have a meeting with him.
I walked in, said something POSITIVE first. Then asked, point blank, "Have I done something to offend you."
He looked very confused, uncomfortable, and said, "No."
I said, "Have you ever asked me to do something that I didn't do, or it wasn't followed by a 'yes, sir' or 'no sir'".
He acknowledged that I was extremely professional and a har worker.
Then I said, "Then if I am a hardworker, and as professional as you say, then I guess I am confused on why you seem to display a large amount of hostility toward me on a daily basis...that is why I came in here, to find out what I am doing wrong so we can have a GOOD working relationship."
Bully's don't like to be confronted, boss or not.
Yes, he was still a "butt"..however, he was one to everyone after that EXCEPT for me.
2007-12-24 06:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
respond with a lawyer im sure you wont loose your job then!
works for some
2007-12-24 04:37:43 · answer #6 · answered by cookieazz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋