My boss and my colleague are very close friends

by Kim
(Bradford)

I work in homecare and my colleague who i work 3 long days a week with is a long and good friend of my boss and this shows, i have appraisals every 3 months my colleague doesn't. We do double up calls, in my appraisal i was pulled for leaving mucky gloves in a call (even though i don't wear gloves in this certain call but my colleague does) i said this to my boss and she changed the subject but colleague was not pulled on this and didn't even have an appraisal. My colleague refused to go into a double up call, my employer still made me go in, one shift this client appeared on our rota out of the blue as it was almost 6 miles away when there was staff working closer, we both missed the call of by accident. we later went into the office and i was subject to verbal abuse of my boss in front of my colleague and in front of another work colleague, nothing at all was said to my colleague. I have been bullied throughout the 11 years i have worked for my employer by who is now my supervisor. My employer has known about the whole time and covers it up until last week i was accused of bullying by a work colleague who i worked with and we lifted somebody which is against rules but the client was not in safe place to use hoist, this staff member has carried on doing this and has been caught my boss has pulled her on it now i am being wrongly accused of bullying this girl into breaking protocol but not only that my boss has rung round other staff trying to get evidence i am a bully. How on earth does this work, so now i have been suspended. While an investigation is being carried out against me by my lying boss.

Response from Carl: Hi Kim. You mention that you've been bullied for 11 years (!) by this employer so I'm guessing what you're experiencing is nothing new but I wonder why you've put up with it for so long?

Do you have an HR department or personnel department you can speak with?

Are you able to approach a labor lawyer for an opinion on how you should proceed?

I'd start documenting - if you haven't already - all the instances where you feel you have been wronged especially recently.

Carl