mailman71 wrote:canolman wrote:Well done mate for having the backbone to take the coward on, gutless the lot of them.
We had a new manager 'imposed' on us recently who was a complete and utter control freak, liked to bully the young lads and girls in our office. One morning when we were short of staff he said he would sack anyone who refused overtime (!) so I refused, he conduct coded me and then 'awarded' a 12 month warning on my record.
I took out a grievance and won my case, record clear and he had to make a full apology which was placed on HIS record.
Stand firm, look them in the eye and don't blink!
Never back down to a bully.
spot on,stand up to them some of them have hardly been in the job 5 minutes and think they are untouchable but l they always slip up in the end and their arrogance always come back to haunt them.
Arrogance is a problem with RM full stop - they think it's a strength , but it's just bluff and bluster basically , the reality is it's their Achilles Heel . Senior Management in particular are to blame for encouraging that culture as are Middle Managers to a lesser extent .
Even CMA / AMICUS / UNITE complain about it . Tribunals don't like this judgmental and black and white attitude either . These jumped little Hitlers sound like the idiots who like to be told what think and do 24/7 .
Seen one Ex Manager who was caught thieving , he was given the option to resign but didn't take it , appealed but that failed , the IB took out a Private Prosecution , the ex manager tried to get the Court Case delayed and wouldn't plead guilty , he only pleaded guilty when he was warned it would go to a Crown Court and there would be the possibility of a short Prison Sentence for messing everybody about .
He thought the RM system would look after him , it can't anymore ; things have changed . He's divorced now , his Missus wanted to know why he needed what were trifling amounts of money on his salary .
The Managers there , think he was " unlucky " , his unpopular Non - Union son has " respect "
and say he was indirectly "harassed" by the CWU .
Some think they are fireproof because of the " boy's clubs " - the Boys Clubs are just one step up from a School Bully and his mates and that's the problem , some places are glorified playgrounds , some staff are equally as bad - a mirrored culture if you will .
" - but I would have been issued with a stage 1 after having had some health problems over some years - I went to have a radium shot to kill the thyroid gland, which made me toxic to be around other people especially children and pregnant women - yes how boring was that fortnight !- I couldn't sleep with the wife for a week ( I won't go into how happy she was) - I took my union rep in with me of course because I am shy and retiring - who stated that the condition I suffered was the same as a contagious disease in theory and I would have had to be sent home and that was the mitigating circumstance. I was signed off for two weeks but as a cycle mechanic as well and because the cycle workshop is isolated and I could work by myself I fixed bikes for a week. Yes I have often wondered why I was chosen as a bike mechanic myself. 
