| As a general rule, verbal abuse in the workplace is | | | | Then if you should end up being terminated or |
| done by a supervisor or higher up in the company | | | | suspended because of your inability to give the |
| and stems from being a disciplinarian that has then | | | | company your most productive work, you will have |
| escalated to consistent verbal abuse of the people | | | | evidence of abuse and an extremely good reason for |
| under his authority. | | | | the poor performance if the verbal abuse is what is |
| This is not to say that the authority figure will always | | | | actually causing it. |
| be the one that uses workplace verbal abuse to | | | | This type of workplace bullying can be the reason |
| control their target by denigrating and belittling them. | | | | behind many health issues that you might be |
| Co-workers can also be responsible for verbally | | | | experiencing too so get regular checkups with your |
| abusing their counterparts and do it as a controlling | | | | doctor and let him know that you are under an |
| measure to make the target feel lower in stature | | | | extreme amount of stress caused by being verbally |
| than the other workers in their departments. | | | | abused at work. The bottom line here is to |
| The apparent reasoning for this workplace verbal | | | | document everything so it will be on record should |
| abuse is generally all over the map, from the | | | | you need it. |
| controlling boss wanting to keep his workers in a | | | | Try to reason it all out. Why are you being verbally |
| subservient role to a jealous co-worker wanting to | | | | abused and is it because of something you did to the |
| earn points with the boss. | | | | abuser that is causing it or is it just the way they |
| The actual reasons behind the verbal abuse in your | | | | are. If it's just the way they are then a lot can be |
| workplace are not as important as what can be done | | | | done to bring pressure on them to stop but you |
| about it. Besides just going to the abuser's supervisor | | | | need documentation of the abuse simply to prove |
| and complaining loudly, you should be keeping a | | | | that it is going on and is beyond being reasonable |
| record of these verbal assaults on you every time | | | | discipline, so prepare yourself first and you will have a |
| you are subjected to it. | | | | much greater chance of stopping it forever. |