Big outsourcing consultancy I am at the moment is an extremely political arena. My bull in a china shop approach and take ownership approach has really worked well here. Most managers wont take ownership for anything and every day consultants show no iniative and ask "What do you want me to do?" all the time. In this vaccuum I have come across some serious bullies and bullied.
Head of the project is a bully - telling his sub-ords things like 'I can do that in 2 minutes - why is it taking you so ffffing long' - another manager - screaming at a senior consultant to bring some equipment to his desk NOW you @#%$!!! and they seem to take it!!
One of my team has taken time off sick.On hearing my PM being given a hard time by another senior manager with comments like 'for such an intelligent person this is a ffffing disgrace' after she had got 'tougher' in her approach on my insistence she stood up and eventually said 'NO! and felt much better - the bullying stopped'
I have never been bullied in the workplace and my approach gives the impression that I am not to be bullied. In the one case where a senior guy lost the plot and bawled at me in front of 10 colleagues I took him quickly into a side office, closed the door, told him in no uncertain terms what his problem was and suggested that if he ever did that again he would be taking a taxi to hospital. Never happened again.
Is it just perms who get bullied and we dont because its our 'f-ck it! - its only a job approach"?
Head of the project is a bully - telling his sub-ords things like 'I can do that in 2 minutes - why is it taking you so ffffing long' - another manager - screaming at a senior consultant to bring some equipment to his desk NOW you @#%$!!! and they seem to take it!!
One of my team has taken time off sick.On hearing my PM being given a hard time by another senior manager with comments like 'for such an intelligent person this is a ffffing disgrace' after she had got 'tougher' in her approach on my insistence she stood up and eventually said 'NO! and felt much better - the bullying stopped'
I have never been bullied in the workplace and my approach gives the impression that I am not to be bullied. In the one case where a senior guy lost the plot and bawled at me in front of 10 colleagues I took him quickly into a side office, closed the door, told him in no uncertain terms what his problem was and suggested that if he ever did that again he would be taking a taxi to hospital. Never happened again.
Is it just perms who get bullied and we dont because its our 'f-ck it! - its only a job approach"?
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