Intolerant of intolerance

[MarillionFan]

You've not even mentioned the one you threatened to throw out of the window

We weren't talking about people I'd shouted at.

[NotAllThere]

Bullying in a permie job should be dealt with by tribunal.
Bullying in a contract role should be dealt with by escalating to the highest person you can and walking.
In either case, being supremely competent deprives any come back.

Points 1 and 2 spot on. Point 3, sadly, not. It would only be the case if the management wanted the best for the project/department/company, and they don't. Generally they look after their own interests. Management stick together, and they'd rather have a bunch of marginally competent workers than one they can't control.

[EternalOptimist]

Do you have to lube it to get it up the offending one's arse?

I was thinking of using a pineapple on the HR twat.

one was referring more to le tete le tete

pineapples (or hedgehogs) on HR twats sounds good thouhg

[suityou01]

Points 1 and 2 spot on. Point 3, sadly, not. It would only be the case if the management wanted the best for the project/department/company, and they don't. Generally they look after their own interests. Management stick together, and they'd rather have a bunch of marginally competent workers than one they can't control.

Or as I advised my friend, it's his word against his managers. He cannot win. Why on earth would they ever take his side, or even give-a-damn? That's clearly how they treat people there, there was no way of knowing this at interview. 4 weeks left to run, suck it up and then get the flock out of there.

Bad advice? Or should he deal with it more assertively if it happens again?

[stek]

One PM lost it with me and kidnapped my daughter Jenny when I was carrying some huge tree trunks and wasn't fully on the ball.

Anyway, cut a long well written and well acted story long, I ended up jumping off some aeroplane undercarriage into a swamp, dropping a Porsche-driving senior dev. off a cliff edge and contronting said PM in a basement with lots of leaking steam pipes about.

He came at me with a protractor but I told him he didn't need the protractor, he could take me with out it and he said 'Yes, that was possible'.

But he fell into my trap, as he was putting his protractor back into his pencil case I launched a 9 foot central heating pipe at him and said;

"Time to let off some Steam, Chris..."

Actually his surname was Bennett but it never occurred to me to use it. Might have had more impact if I had...

[suityou01]

Nurse!

[sirja]

One PM lost it with me and kidnapped my daughter Jenny when I was carrying some huge tree trunks and wasn't fully on the ball.

Anyway, cut a long well written and well acted story long, I ended up jumping off some aeroplane undercarriage into a swamp, dropping a Porsche-driving senior dev. off a cliff edge and contronting said PM in a basement with lots of leaking steam pipes about.

He came at me with a protractor but I told him he didn't need the protractor, he could take me with out it and he said 'Yes, that was possible'.

But he fell into my trap, as he was putting his protractor back into his pencil case I launched a 9 foot central heating pipe at him and said;

"Time to let off some Steam, Chris..."

Actually his surname was Bennett but it never occurred to me to use it. Might have had more impact if I had...

You do know now the PM is going to go back in time and try kill your mum before you're born...

[mudskipper]

I'd suggest the following:

If the guy raises his voice again, your friend should calmly, but authoratively, say "Please don't speak to me like that".

If he continues, your friend should say "I'm leaving until you calm down" and walk away.

If the guy physically grabs him / stops him walking away, then he's got to get aggressive "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME NOW!" ensuring that the whole office can hear.

Of course, this is assuming that your friend can keep his cool, and doesn't go all squeaky voiced when stressed.

Perhaps a bit of role play - he could pretend he's someone else when dealing with the situation.


(If it was me, I'd probably be snivelling, so this is a what he should do, not a what I would do...)

[MyUserName]

One PM lost it with me and kidnapped my daughter Jenny when I was carrying some huge tree trunks and wasn't fully on the ball.

Anyway, cut a long well written and well acted story long, I ended up jumping off some aeroplane undercarriage into a swamp, dropping a Porsche-driving senior dev. off a cliff edge and contronting said PM in a basement with lots of leaking steam pipes about.

He came at me with a protractor but I told him he didn't need the protractor, he could take me with out it and he said 'Yes, that was possible'.

But he fell into my trap, as he was putting his protractor back into his pencil case I launched a 9 foot central heating pipe at him and said;

"Time to let off some Steam, Chris..."

Actually his surname was Bennett but it never occurred to me to use it. Might have had more impact if I had...

Do you do all of this without wearing underwear?

[sasguru]

Points 1 and 2 spot on. Point 3, sadly, not. It would only be the case if the management wanted the best for the project/department/company, and they don't. Generally they look after their own interests. Management stick together, and they'd rather have a bunch of marginally competent workers than one they can't control.

Ok fair enough, being supremely competent and proving it undermines any BS case they may bring.