Workplace Bullies

I once worked with a workplace bully who would flip out on people and scream at them and say horrible things when we weren't providing her with what she needed, when she needed it.

I had a job and was the supervisor in a companies electronic service department. I got along great with my department and things ran efficiently. The VP was pleased with my department. Then the company decided to buy out a competitor in another state and one of their service department managers relocated and became my boss. He was a rude, arrogant very short man who had the need to blow his horn often to make himself feel big. He flat out told me that I knew too much about the department and the equipment we serviced and he got where he was by who he "squashed" and I was his next victim. He first ruined my reputation with my department by telling lies about me and then he started removing the tools I needed to do my job, including my desk which he emptied and relocated to his office since it was nicer than his.

I got sick of his ways and didn't want to be in a department that he ruined, so I transferred to Production. Soon the company had layoffs and he was the first to be laid off. He got what he deserved but I had to suffer for it.

One of the few positives of dealing with workplace bullies is that, after you live through them, they tend to make great stories. And this has me thinking. Chances are you've had to deal with a workplace bully at some point in your career. If you have, I encourage you to enter a comment below, share your experience and, more importantly, how you dealt with it.