Are they constantly criticizing, spreading rumors, do not want to see you as a professional? If so, then you are faced with mobbing in the workplace
Mobbing is a fairly common occurrence in the workplace consisting in bullying an employee, humiliating him, spreading rumors, and constantly criticizing.
There are many reasons for mobbing, ranging from the desire to take revenge, ending with just banal boredom and bullying for fun. Therefore, if there are many reasons for mobbing, then almost everyone can become its victim. Usually new employees who have just come to an already formed team or people who are clearly different from most of the team become victims. Mobbing happens on the part of colleagues - horizontal mobbing, and oppression on the part of the leadership, such mobbing is also called bossing.
In the case of latent mobbming, the person is prevented from working, they are clearly hinting that he is nothing, a loser and he needs to leave the organization. It becomes simply unbearable for the victim to be in a hostile collective, and the majority writes a letter of resignation. Vertical mobbing (aka bossing) is manifested in the fact that the head gives only hopeless and simple buildings for execution, does not take into account the employee, does not perceive his initiative. The most terrible kind of mobbing is open, with it public humiliation, pressure, ridicule, sometimes even property damage are used.
All of the above affects the health of a worker who has become a victim of persecution at work. From constant stress in a person, both the psyche and physical health suffer.
What can help in the fight against mobbing:
1. cooperation
2. do not respond to barbs
3. try to find the cause of aggression towards you
4.level other positive emotions or hobbies
In order to fight mobbing, it is necessary to understand first of all the reason for the pressure in relation to you, to prevent mistakes at work, it is possible to speak openly with the instigator. However, psychologists advise, with the realization that mobbing does not stop, just leave this team, as psychological problems can cause serious health problems.