extremely difficult to say no. They were not financially stable and
needed the job. They feared they would not be able to get another should
they get fired ... they feared being unable to collect umployment should
they get fired or quit.
For some people who are not strong willed or strongminded, coping with
this stuff is very hard.
Lucky for you, you have the attitude and the balls to do with your life
what you need to do and what you have rights to do.
I too, do what I need to, and I left an abusive workplace a long time
ago to better myself. It wasn't easy though, the psychological damage is
pretty great, especially if you are on friendly terms with a family
owned business and they let you into their personal lives. When the
abuse starts it hurts.
Hopefully more and more people will stick up for themselves, but like
anything ... it all takes work. :/
Cheers,
Erika
-----Original Message-----
From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:41 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Interesting Read - WORKPLACE ABUSE
> For many of my clients this is true of their family lives as well.
We're
> lucky if we have a partner to live with who is more than a task
> companion, more than someone else (outside work) to engage in power
> struggles with.
Guess I should consider myself lucky. What the hell happened to people
making time to be in love with their spouse? To be friends with them? To
talk to them, laugh with them? I mean, I work in a fairly high stress
environment, as far as sudden deadlines, new one-off projects go...and
sometimes its costs me time at home, but I also reserve the right to say
no. I reserve the right to leave early sometimes.
Does everybody have these opportunities? No, but I daresay there's
probably a hell of a lot of people out there that would be much better
off if they said *no* once in a while. Are people really that convinced
that they'll be fired if they tell their bosses *no* every so often?
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