Adult Bullying

We discussed in class that most education about bullying occurs in the younger grades, specifically elementary school. While, I personally think that this does not make any sense because more kids will be bullied, and severely affected by this bullying while they are in middle school and especially high school. A lot of the bullying may be cyber but it does not change how the bullying affects people. As Americans we do not expect to be bullied once we are out of high school and moving on into the adult chapters of our life, but yet it is still happening. Many people do not know what bullying looks like when it is done by adults, especially if it is in the workplace. They may think it was not being told about a meeting or just forgotten about, but it could actually be them being left out, repeatedly which could be bullying in the workplace.

http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/bullying/adult-bullying

 This website discusses the many different ways that workplace bullying could be portrayed and how to   help yourself if you are the one that is being bullied. This website lists these factors as ways that someone could be bullied in the workplace:

• Being left out from work-related social events
• Coworkers storming out of the work area when you enter
• Others regularly arriving late for meetings that you call
• Being given the “silent treatment”
• Not being given the praise you thought you deserved
• Being treated rudely or disrespectfully
• Coworkers refusing to help when you ask
• Spreading rumors about you that aren’t true and that nobody denies
• Being given little or no feedback about your performance
• Others responding slowly to requests that were important to you
• Being yelled or shouted at
• Receiving put-downs about your intelligence or competence
• Your telephone calls or other communications are ignored
• Your contributions are ignored
• Someone interferes with or sabotages your work
• Being the recipient of mean pranks
• Being lied to
• Being denied a raise or promotion without a valid reason
• Being given bigger workloads or shorter deadlines than coworkers
• Being accused of making a mistake on purpose
• A coworker throws a temper tantrum when you disagree with him
• Being put down in front of others