I experienced workplace bullying and I have a lot of anger inside me
Brief story: I started this job very happy and full of motivation. My gut feeling told me from the interview that something wasn’t right, but I ignored it.
When I began working, everyone was smiling almost too much. It felt like a picture-perfect, almost fake “happy family.”
Then I started noticing the first omissions of important information, the first unfounded accusations, the obstacles. I saw how they treated someone who couldn’t defend themselves (a disabled person), or someone who wasn’t present, or even because they were Black. The belittling remarks came every day, but I ignored them because I needed the job and maybe I thought I was imagining it.
At the end of the contract, I didn’t renew it. I couldn’t sleep, I had so much,too much anger inside me, with my self-esteem shattered and so many questions…
why me? What’s wrong with me? Was my work not good enough? Why does this happen?
I have so much anger inside me, so much shame, and still more anger along with regret for not being at their level.