After being bullied for many months, the employee reported the harassment. The manager was not happy and started to send a few hundred emails to the employee with all kinds of tasks, requests and questions and accusations in around 3 months. Sometimes it could be 10-20 emails a day. Reading emails takes time, answering emails takes times too plus taking time to complete the requests, these are the extra things than the routine tasks. Should employees talk to HR again?
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HR or ER rather at this Bank is useless. They are their only ti protect management.
The employee should document every instance of harassment, contact an employment attorney, and start interviewing for other positions immediately. If the harassment continues, the employee should consider taking a leave of absence. No one deserves this kind of abuse.
HR usually protects management unless there are solid evidence that unlawful behaviors are going on. Reporting to HR is the last choice but better than no choice.
That employee should start taking pictures of those emails as backup in case the bullying does not stop and he/she has to get an attorney. I'm sure HR is working on getting rid of the manager. However, how HR works is they will get rid of both the employee and the manager to avoid any chances of lawsuit from either. No one really wins when HR gets involved.
Confucius say Beary always beat Bully.
The employee was new to the team and has very good working records.