Bullying

Bullying occurs when someone repeatedly gets the feeling of being excluded or belittled, when not-so-nice jokes are made or nasty comments are made to someone's (social media) address, when someone is stalked, when someone receives unnecessary and incessant criticism, when working is made impossible for someone, or when there is gossip about someone.

• if you suffer from it
• if you are the target yourself
• when you see it happening to others
• if you feel unsafe
• if the working atmosphere is affected
• If your performance suffers

• talk to the perpetrator (for example: "I feel uncomfortable when you make comments about ...")
• name the behavior that bothers you as concretely as possible
• describe exactly which comments or actions are involved
• indicate how you do want to be treated
• seek support from a colleague and test your idea with an outsider

• then first talk about it with someone you  trust
• go to your manager
• if the supervisor does not act on the report, contact the confidential adviser
• if it is your supervisor who is bullying, contact the confidential adviser

• think it's your own fault
• be silent
• start to show the same behavior

• make a log in which you write down what happend, what is said (as many quotes as possible), how often this occurs and the effect on you as a person
• confide in someone from your own network; Not talking makes behavior continue
• don't believe what the other person says
• don't let the situation  overwhelm you
• don't think that calling in sick is a solution