mcnamaralouise
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I have been working for several years in a section where there are a lot of problems. One colleague committed suicide because of harassment, another is taking the boss to court, a third has had a nervous breakdown and is off work on invalidity, another has to drink alcohol to get to sleep at night.
There are only 12 people in the section. Five are the bosses friends from the Philippines. There is one in each office so it is like we are working with spies. No one speaks in there with each other. I asked one colleague if she thought it was a toxic work environment and she replied "I would rather not say".
The boss gives people she doesn't look strange looks in the corridor. She talks with her friends (who work in our section) about what she is going to write in people's reviews. I walk into the office and hear things like "I am going to get Maureen", that is the woman who is going to take her to court. She openly humiliates people at team meetings in front of others. At one meeting she said "I am going to exterminate the cockroaches in here".
I have a contract until end of September 2014 in this department. Do you think I should try to get out before then? I have gained ten kilos in the past year because of depression due to work. Eventhough my work was fine my boss would not sign my review for 2 months and I could not handle it any more and almost had a nervous breakdown. I went into her office every 3 days asking if my work was o.k. and she was laughing at me seeing me in distress.
There are only 12 people in the section. Five are the bosses friends from the Philippines. There is one in each office so it is like we are working with spies. No one speaks in there with each other. I asked one colleague if she thought it was a toxic work environment and she replied "I would rather not say".
The boss gives people she doesn't look strange looks in the corridor. She talks with her friends (who work in our section) about what she is going to write in people's reviews. I walk into the office and hear things like "I am going to get Maureen", that is the woman who is going to take her to court. She openly humiliates people at team meetings in front of others. At one meeting she said "I am going to exterminate the cockroaches in here".
I have a contract until end of September 2014 in this department. Do you think I should try to get out before then? I have gained ten kilos in the past year because of depression due to work. Eventhough my work was fine my boss would not sign my review for 2 months and I could not handle it any more and almost had a nervous breakdown. I went into her office every 3 days asking if my work was o.k. and she was laughing at me seeing me in distress.