LaneyV
08-16-2005, 10:42 AM
Right, has anybody dealt with a severe and fast change in the company atmosphere - and how have you survived?
The private company I work for has never been known for being good for its employees. Some of the supervisors are incompetent, some downright bullying, but they get away with it because they are on friendly terms with our manager, who clearly just want 'yes men', and who hasn't got a clue on how to run things.
A few weeks back me and my colleagues on one team, and another team, decided to stand up and refuse to do one task requested (basically we all get frequantly asked to go and 'help' a third party, and end up doing their job while they sit around, play cards and get paid for it).
Now, we've all received a written warning, a few verbal threats etc. Ultimately we didn't stand a chance on these disciplinary hearings due to the fact that the procedure was all done wrong, and the interviewers were inpartial due to several factors.
Last week our supervisor upped it and left, and next week they're bringing in a supervisor who in the past has been discriminatory against me purely due to my genrer and nationality. When I raised they matter with our manager, who told be to 're-educate' this man myself, and 'fight the prejudice'.
I'm at the end of my tether here :frustrate . Our manager is at the moment breathing down our necks, the supervisors present bully the staff mercilessly, and I know I won't stand a hope in hell if our new supervisor starts bullying me at work again. There's no hope of raising any matter with the manager, my first contact point, because our new supervisor is his most loyal 'footsoldier'.
Everyone at work is stressed, thinking of quitting and spend the working days moaning about the situation (I certainly do :D !) .It all feels like a big black hole at the moment, with no way out.
In my case, it's all going to be over in about 2,5 months (the most) anyway, because I'm relocation - but my God, doesn't it seem like an eternity. And since I have a 4 weeks' notice period to give, I'm dreading about the future misery my supervisor is going to put me through after finding out I'll be going.
Any idea how I can keep my head together for those crucial 2,5 month. My plan is to feing complete indifference to the situation, but I might explode :twisted: !
The private company I work for has never been known for being good for its employees. Some of the supervisors are incompetent, some downright bullying, but they get away with it because they are on friendly terms with our manager, who clearly just want 'yes men', and who hasn't got a clue on how to run things.
A few weeks back me and my colleagues on one team, and another team, decided to stand up and refuse to do one task requested (basically we all get frequantly asked to go and 'help' a third party, and end up doing their job while they sit around, play cards and get paid for it).
Now, we've all received a written warning, a few verbal threats etc. Ultimately we didn't stand a chance on these disciplinary hearings due to the fact that the procedure was all done wrong, and the interviewers were inpartial due to several factors.
Last week our supervisor upped it and left, and next week they're bringing in a supervisor who in the past has been discriminatory against me purely due to my genrer and nationality. When I raised they matter with our manager, who told be to 're-educate' this man myself, and 'fight the prejudice'.
I'm at the end of my tether here :frustrate . Our manager is at the moment breathing down our necks, the supervisors present bully the staff mercilessly, and I know I won't stand a hope in hell if our new supervisor starts bullying me at work again. There's no hope of raising any matter with the manager, my first contact point, because our new supervisor is his most loyal 'footsoldier'.
Everyone at work is stressed, thinking of quitting and spend the working days moaning about the situation (I certainly do :D !) .It all feels like a big black hole at the moment, with no way out.
In my case, it's all going to be over in about 2,5 months (the most) anyway, because I'm relocation - but my God, doesn't it seem like an eternity. And since I have a 4 weeks' notice period to give, I'm dreading about the future misery my supervisor is going to put me through after finding out I'll be going.
Any idea how I can keep my head together for those crucial 2,5 month. My plan is to feing complete indifference to the situation, but I might explode :twisted: !