Workplace bullying has become very common though everyone may not be ready to talk about it. Tara Parker-Pope writes about it in the New York Times. What do you do to confront the workplace bully? The workforce bully need not be a hulk of a monster but a meek looking seemingly mild mannered lady. Workforce bullying is characterized by someone taking advantage of a higher position in the organisation hierarchy to harass you as the subordinate.
It takes many insidious forms which include ignoring you till you feel you simply don’t belong, putting down all that you do as not being good enough, deliberately giving you tasks which result in showing you in poor light etc.