Comments on: Have You Ever Had to Deal With a Bully at Work? http://www.whatisgoinon.com/podcast/2008/04/07/have-you-ever-had-to-deal-with-a-bully-at-work/ Hosted by Wilson R. Smith, Attorney at Law on 100.9 FM WLYU. Presented by TCB Broadcasting, Lyons, Ga. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sarah33 http://www.whatisgoinon.com/podcast/2008/04/07/have-you-ever-had-to-deal-with-a-bully-at-work/#comment-370 sarah33 Fri, 23 May 2008 23:47:03 +0000 http://www.whatisgoinon.com/?p=683#comment-370 My sister worked for a company in Arizona called 95° & Sunny and shared with me that the owners are the biggest setback of this company and are the cause of office gossip, bullying and horrible lack of respect for almost all of the employees except one, which they also make clear to the other employees that she is their favorite. They give this one employee fancy vacations and pay raises that others don't receive. This warehouse employee acts like she is invincible and runs around the office when the owner is gone and indicates to everyone that their job is on the line and that she herself made the recommendation to the owner that she should get rid of the other office employees and hire her daughter run the office single handed while she does the order pulling and shipping. This behavior was reported to the owner and she thought it was humorous and indicated that everyone is expendable. This is just one small example of some of the things I have heard coming from this business. This kind of behavior is extremely unprofessional and keeps employees from functioning at 100%. This should not be tolerated at any level and it's time to put a stop to it. The moral in this company is very low due to the lack of respect for the employees which causes stress and a sense of hopelessness for all that work in this environment. This has made many of the employees physically ill as well. The bad treatment of employees has also created a much higher than normal turn over rate and the loss of some very talented folks who were very sincere about the success of the company. In a couple of instances the owners would not tell and employee they were let go, they just kept telling them they didn't have any work for them at that time. There are also continuous snide and hurtful remarks made to employees on a daily basis by the owners and the owner’s pet employee. From a job security standpoint it is a very poor company to work for to say the least. The owners put no value at all in their employees and have a process that will demoralize the most competent worker to a point of depression. No matter how good of a job an employee does or how hard they work it is never good enough and this is the case with all employees that work for this company. Because this is a small company there really isn't much opportunity for advancement or growth. In all fairness however this company really does have some nice potential if the right folks with some people skills and business training could run it on a professional level without the childish antics. Their website is http://www.95andsunny.com My sister worked for a company in Arizona called 95° & Sunny and shared with me that the owners are the biggest setback of this company and are the cause of office gossip, bullying and horrible lack of respect for almost all of the employees except one, which they also make clear to the other employees that she is their favorite. They give this one employee fancy vacations and pay raises that others don’t receive. This warehouse employee acts like she is invincible and runs around the office when the owner is gone and indicates to everyone that their job is on the line and that she herself made the recommendation to the owner that she should get rid of the other office employees and hire her daughter run the office single handed while she does the order pulling and shipping.

This behavior was reported to the owner and she thought it was humorous and indicated that everyone is expendable. This is just one small example of some of the things I have heard coming from this business. This kind of behavior is extremely unprofessional and keeps employees from functioning at 100%. This should not be tolerated at any level and it’s time to put a stop to it.

The moral in this company is very low due to the lack of respect for the employees which causes stress and a sense of hopelessness for all that work in this environment. This has made many of the employees physically ill as well. The bad treatment of employees has also created a much higher than normal turn over rate and the loss of some very talented folks who were very sincere about the success of the company. In a couple of instances the owners would not tell and employee they were let go, they just kept telling them they didn’t have any work for them at that time. There are also continuous snide and hurtful remarks made to employees on a daily basis by the owners and the owner’s pet employee.

From a job security standpoint it is a very poor company to work for to say the least. The owners put no value at all in their employees and have a process that will demoralize the most competent worker to a point of depression. No matter how good of a job an employee does or how hard they work it is never good enough and this is the case with all employees that work for this company.

Because this is a small company there really isn’t much opportunity for advancement or growth. In all fairness however this company really does have some nice potential if the right folks with some people skills and business training could run it on a professional level without the childish antics.
Their website is http://www.95andsunny.com

]]> By: The People Group http://www.whatisgoinon.com/podcast/2008/04/07/have-you-ever-had-to-deal-with-a-bully-at-work/#comment-351 The People Group Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:48:43 +0000 http://www.whatisgoinon.com/?p=683#comment-351 Excellent article and interview of Dr. Gary Namie. This sad chapter in the American workplace - corporate bullying and mobbing behavior - needs to be closed. With the continual diligence of Dr. Namie, upstanding business leaders and positive people practice champions, we can restore productivity and civility to toxic work environments that allow barbaric leaders to spew their venom on countless unsuspecting targets across America. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it makes financial sense to get rid of bullies. I challenge leaders of organizations to identify and eliminate your bullies. Again, great article and interview. Excellent article and interview of Dr. Gary Namie. This sad chapter in the American workplace - corporate bullying and mobbing behavior - needs to be closed. With the continual diligence of Dr. Namie, upstanding business leaders and positive people practice champions, we can restore productivity and civility to toxic work environments that allow barbaric leaders to spew their venom on countless unsuspecting targets across America. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it makes financial sense to get rid of bullies. I challenge leaders of organizations to identify and eliminate your bullies. Again, great article and interview.

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