How To React To Workplace Bullying
Working out how to react to workplace bullying in the moment is difficult because the situation is engineered, deliberately or not, to provoke a reaction that can be held against you.
Sustained pressure produces exactly what you would expect. Raised voices, an email sent in anger, a comment that crosses a line. Any of those become the incident everyone remembers, and the pattern that caused it disappears from view.
Three things help in the moment. Say less rather than more, and take the conversation to writing where you can. Leave the room if you need to, which is not a defeat. And write down what happened immediately afterwards, while it is accurate.
None of that resolves anything. It keeps your position intact while you decide what to do.
Safe Work Australia covers psychosocial hazards. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
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