Distress, anxiety, work avoidance, lowered productivity, and taking more sick days: Workplace bullying and discrimination can have a significant impact on employees’ mental health.
Some victims can even experience trauma that lasts well beyond the job itself, according to north Brisbane-based psychologist Rachel Hannam.
We asked Dr Hannam and two other experts how to move on after experiencing bullying or discrimination in a previous role.
Disconnect from the perpetrators
The first thing to do is look after yourself — and that means making sure you’re out of the situation where the negative experience occurred, says Megumi Miki, a Melbourne-based leadership and culture consultant, speaker and author.
“I’ve heard of situations where people were in a bullying situation, for example, but afterwards [in a new role] they still had that interactions with those people,” Ms Miki says.
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