Don't be sorry for the eaasy!
I'm glad you got out of there. I had to watch a good friend be bullied out of a job. Nothing I could do as any intervention would have just made it worse for him, except pick up the pieces when he left. I'm going to remember what you have said about the report though, and pass that on to anyone who needs it. I just wish I could have done it for my mate.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Fri 15 May 2009, 17:03, 2 replies)

Oh my god,
It was the only thing that took me through that last month! Print off EVERYTHING, no matter how minor. Oh, and diary any events and how they made you *feel*. Apparently they are good evidence in unfair dismissal cases. At least your mate's out now.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Fri 15 May 2009, 17:06, closed)

Same here
A colleague was bullied out of their job because our practice manager thought he was "gay". The harrassment of this bloke took several unpleasant turns and at no point did management do anything to stop it - far from it, the firm needed a whipping boy/girl to blame everything on.

I've seen grown men pissing in cups of coffee, incriminating documents shredded, the social exclusion of specific employees by the firm's partners and certain individuals suspected of having emotional difficulties overloaded with work until they cracked.

It's a great pity you never took your firm to the cleaners, I suspect that they'd have paid a fortune to keep the case out of the newspapers.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 May 2009, 17:11, closed)

I sometimes wonder about that...
But at the time I think a legal battle would've finished me. And contrary to what you hear, the CAB are useless, if you wanna fight, be prepared to fight alone.

And I don't think I'd have liked to take money for what I'd been put through. Just left alone. But it was nice to imagine him sweating!
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Fri 15 May 2009, 18:07, closed)

I found a pretty decent legal firm when I put in a claim for unfair dissmissal
The company settled in the end (it was only over a couple of weeks wages) but the legal co was pretty helpful and not too expensive. I'd recommend it.

Edit: I think at the time, you got 90 days to file a complaint. I'd been pestering them for 3 months for the money but they stonewalled me. They finally wanted to talk to me when I said I was going legal but I told em it was too late. I managed to lump in a whole lot of other stuff and potentially I think they could have got into a lot of trouble with various agencies. I just wanted my wages though.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Fri 15 May 2009, 20:34, closed)