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[LaurieAG]

Hi Moontanman, Pamela, all,

Somehow, 'if you can't beat them join them' just perpetuates the problem.

But you can beat them fairly and squarely.

I used to work with 2 people who would have two sick days in a row before their days off on a regular basis leaving the rest of the team short handed for 4 days.

I complained to my team leader and they escalated it from every two months to every month.

I talked to my manager and they escalated it from every month to every fortnight.

I had a meeting with the GM and they escalated it to every week.

I had a second meeting with the GM and I could flip a coin and have a 50 50 chance of doing the work of two shifts in one. But I would lot let the bullies faze me and it stopped all of a sudden (I suspect they were threatened with the sack).

This lasted for 6 weeks because the only escalation they could do was not to turn up for work at all. This would have suited me fine.

I gained a lot of respect from the true professionals at my work because they know that bullying leads to a mediocrity that is a lose lose situation for everybody.