What is bullying?
Bullying is persistent unwelcome behaviour, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking, fault-finding, also exclusion, isolation, being singled out and treated differently, being shouted at, humiliated, excessive monitoring, having verbal and written warnings imposed, and much more.
What is bullying?
People who are bullied find that they are:
*constantly criticised and subjected to destructive criticism (often
euphemistically called constructive criticism, which is an
oxymoron) -explanations and proof of achievement are ridiculed,
overruled, dismissed or ignored
*forever subject to nit-picking and trivial fault-finding (the triviality
is the giveaway)
*undermined, especially in front of others; false concerns are
raised, or doubts are expressed over a person's performance or
standard of work - however, the doubts lack substantive and
quantifiable evidence, for they are only the bully's unreliable
opinion and are for control, not performance enhancement
overruled, ignored, sidelined, marginalised, ostracised
*isolated and excluded from what's happening (this makes people
more vulnerable and easier to control and subjugate)
*singled out and treated differently (for example everyone else can
have long lunch breaks but if they are one minute late it's a
disciplinary offence)
*belittled, degraded, demeaned, ridiculed, patronised, subject to
disparaging remarks
*regularly the target of offensive language, personal remarks, or
inappropriate bad language
*threatened, shouted at and humiliated, especially in front of
others
*taunted and teased where the intention is to embarrass and
humiliate
*subject to excessive monitoring, supervision, micro-management,
recording, snooping etc
*encouraged to feel guilty, and to believe they're always the one
at fault
source:http://www.bullyonline.org
