Bullying - found them out

As Paul was really not happy at the way the last few days have gone he decided to call the PM's bluff and ask other staff whether they had to "ask permission" to work from home. It may seem a trivial point blown out of proportion but when you KNOW you are being victimised but the offenders are telling you they are not, you can easily begin to question your own sanity.

He asked around anyway and shock, horror no-one at all has to beg. They ask their team lead and that's it. For Paul, the team lead is yours truly.

Cue the evidence m'lud....


email from Paul:

Flakey,

Following our conversation on Friday, I've been looking into the information that we have been given regarding the Project Managers, and "asking for permission" to work from home.

I have been told as I believe you have also that we are all required to request their permission to work from home. I have been explicitly told by the project managers that everyone does this, and I assume this is the reason that you passed this on to me on Friday.

After asking the question of my colleagues in Toxic I find that this is not the case. In actual fact I can find not a single person that has to ask for permission to work from home from a project manager. I took the liberty of speaking to the A team leader, and the B team leader who have both kindly put this in an email which are copied below.

I mentioned in the last meeting we had with Mungo (PM lead) several months ago that I felt I was being victimised and was assured that I was not.

I now have proof that I am.

I would also point out that neither Dave, or Mike ask the PM's for permission to work from home and neither of them has been spoken to by anyone regarding this. I have had endless accusations put to you and Mike over the past months all of which I have proved to be untrue.

All I want to be able to do is to work in the same manner as my colleagues and for this bullying to end immediately.

I spoke to Agency twice regarding this on the two previous occasions I have been unjustly abused by members of the PM team, and am keeping them informed this time also.

Yours Sincerely

Paul
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Email from Paw - team Leader of A - Toxania

Paul,

As mentioned [ed: verbally], my policy is that as long as the person within A can work productively from home and can be contacted when necessary, then I do not have a problem with my team doing so. Unfortunately A work is generally more hands-on so my team do not often have that opportunity.

I feel, that depending on the type of work that the person is doing, that they should work in the manner that best suits them having the opportunity to get the work done.

I would only explicitly inform the project manager that a person is working from home if it was likely to impact on the current piece of work.

Thanks

Paw
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Email from MCHammer - Team Leader of B, Toxania

Paul

I must admit to not necessarily following a rigorous process in this matter. If a member of staff wants to work from home, I would normally expect them to having a "good reason", e.g. car problems, gas boiler repair, builder coming, etc. I would then assess with them whether they could in fact do the work from home. I would not expect them to ask the PM for explicit permission, they work for me, not the PM. I will generally inform the PM, but I must admit that I sometimes forget! However, if there is an issue it should be between me and the PM, not the individual and the PM.

Regards

MCHammer

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