Bullies don’t go around saying they are bullies. Workplace bullies often feel like they are right. They often feel you are letting the side down and you need to be toughened into shape to fit in with the team. But they are still bullies and every big workplace has them.
I was never seriously bullied at school. But I was bullied at work. A reasons I haven’t had an office job since I was 26 and why I became a writer. Bullies thrive in offices because bullying is all about dehumanising and power and hierarchy and many workplaces are too.
But it did shape me. The year I was bullied at work was the year leading up to my breakdown. Never really talked about it but it is still there - any negativity coming my way I feel I somehow deserve. And that I am intrinsically bully-able. Bullies move on. Their actions don’t.
Anyway, yeah, down with bullies. Down with employing bullies. Down with making bullies Home Secretary.
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