When co-workers collectively gang up on another co-worker. Includes things like gossip, criticism, false reporting to management, shunning, gratuitous lack of co-operation, generally nasty behaviour. Places huge stress on the target, resulting in illness or quitting.
Workplace Mobbing is common in hierarchical work environments. One person is targeted, the rest are complicit. Throwback to teenage girl type behaviour.
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Immediately following getting sober, I indulged in about five years of dedicated workplace masochism.
by Dr Bunnygirl January 9, 2019
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The elusive and mentally unstable Phantom of the Workplace has apparently lifted all of my tampons from my drawer last night!
by Dr Bunnygirl October 22, 2019
Get the Phantom of the Workplace mug.A very specific form of bullying which is often misunderstood.
It is bullying that happens in a workplace, however the method of the bullying is much different to what you're usual idea of bullying would be.
It can involve multiple perpetrators attacking the victim in the one workplace, or it could be caused by one perpetrator at each place that the victim works at in their life.
Often workplace bullying doesn't end at one place of work, but continues by other perpetrators at the victim's subsequent workplaces.
One method is to make the victim feel as though people are spreading malicious gossip about the victim when they are not.
Another tactic is to undermine work performance by deliberately withholding information vital for effective work performance.
Sometimes the bullying may in the form of ostracism.
It is bullying that happens in a workplace, however the method of the bullying is much different to what you're usual idea of bullying would be.
It can involve multiple perpetrators attacking the victim in the one workplace, or it could be caused by one perpetrator at each place that the victim works at in their life.
Often workplace bullying doesn't end at one place of work, but continues by other perpetrators at the victim's subsequent workplaces.
One method is to make the victim feel as though people are spreading malicious gossip about the victim when they are not.
Another tactic is to undermine work performance by deliberately withholding information vital for effective work performance.
Sometimes the bullying may in the form of ostracism.
Please stop workplace bullying.
Jim was the victim of workplace bullying, which, due to its clandestine nature, nobody except him and his bullies were aware of.
Sarah was a victim of workplace bullying when she was ostracized.
The many short stints of work listed on Mike's resume were a result of workplace bullying.
The workplace bullying was carried across from one employer to another, when Frank lost his jobs.
Workplace bullying was part of the gang stalking that Mary endured.
Jim was the victim of workplace bullying, which, due to its clandestine nature, nobody except him and his bullies were aware of.
Sarah was a victim of workplace bullying when she was ostracized.
The many short stints of work listed on Mike's resume were a result of workplace bullying.
The workplace bullying was carried across from one employer to another, when Frank lost his jobs.
Workplace bullying was part of the gang stalking that Mary endured.
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Knowing I had a rapidly approaching deadline, I repeatedly attempted to focus myself on the project but a serious case of workplace monkey mind was making this entirely impossible!
by Dr Bunnygirl October 15, 2019
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Lately, working in the prison, due primarily to the unfathomable paperwork, I am experiencing workplace despair about fifty percent of the time.
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She was a workplace folk hero who had some impressive write-ups, righteous confrontations, refusals to obey absurd rules, a foul mouth at the perfect times, occasional meltdowns and a talent for ferreting out avoidant bosses; she also possessed a colorful selection of anti-workplace socks that many found supportive and hilarious.
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