I worik in an all male office of 5 people. There is a climate of bullying in the office. I'm the only female and i'm always told when the milk runs out in the canteen, when coffee needs to be made for a meeting and when to tidy up the dirty cups from the meeting room. This is just a small example.
I'm a very hard worker and i feel have been doing a decent job this past 2.5yrs. I've also been given surveying duties and i've taken them on. However, at interview i said that i presumed someone else would be checking off this work, and at that point i stated that i had no formal experience or training in this work. I was told it was fine and not to worry about it. However, now over 2yrns later a mistake was found in my work and they were meeting the client. It could have been a seroius mistake but it wasnt. My manager approached me at my desk and said that it wasnt good enough and that i was making far too many mistakes. Then the director echoed the same sentiments in the corridor. Next day i approached my manager and i said i was there to 'clear the air' and to ask what the director meant by the 'other mistakes'. I owned up to the mistakes (mistakes that had already been owned up to by me and which were not a big deal). He said that my work was full of mistakes and that they hadnt encountered this in 10 yrs. He also said the director wanted to give me a written warning but was just letting it slide. He was clearly furious. This was the first time i heard this was a huge issue or that my work was considered 'so bad'. I was very upset, left the office saying i 'felt unwell'. I got a doctors certificate stating 'stress' and I rang HR. HR are telling me (verbally) that the director is a known bully and that what i am experiencing is 'bullying and harassment'. I never said those words,they mentioned them. They are verbally offering me a redundancy package, but i'm just worried where this is going. I dont want a load of money, i just want out of this company with my reputation in tact. What should I do? I do not want to face these bullies. I feel sick and want to vomit at thoughts of it.
I'm a very hard worker and i feel have been doing a decent job this past 2.5yrs. I've also been given surveying duties and i've taken them on. However, at interview i said that i presumed someone else would be checking off this work, and at that point i stated that i had no formal experience or training in this work. I was told it was fine and not to worry about it. However, now over 2yrns later a mistake was found in my work and they were meeting the client. It could have been a seroius mistake but it wasnt. My manager approached me at my desk and said that it wasnt good enough and that i was making far too many mistakes. Then the director echoed the same sentiments in the corridor. Next day i approached my manager and i said i was there to 'clear the air' and to ask what the director meant by the 'other mistakes'. I owned up to the mistakes (mistakes that had already been owned up to by me and which were not a big deal). He said that my work was full of mistakes and that they hadnt encountered this in 10 yrs. He also said the director wanted to give me a written warning but was just letting it slide. He was clearly furious. This was the first time i heard this was a huge issue or that my work was considered 'so bad'. I was very upset, left the office saying i 'felt unwell'. I got a doctors certificate stating 'stress' and I rang HR. HR are telling me (verbally) that the director is a known bully and that what i am experiencing is 'bullying and harassment'. I never said those words,they mentioned them. They are verbally offering me a redundancy package, but i'm just worried where this is going. I dont want a load of money, i just want out of this company with my reputation in tact. What should I do? I do not want to face these bullies. I feel sick and want to vomit at thoughts of it.