Tactics of Bullies

• Blaming the target for ‘errors’ that may not even exist
• Unreasonable job demands—heavy work loads or additional work hours
• Criticism of the target’s abilities
• Inconsistent compliance with company rules and policies
• Threats of job loss
• Insults and put-downs, sometimes publicly
• Discounting or denying a target’s accomplishments
• Exclusion of the target from information
• Yelling, swearing, name-calling and/or body language of disrespect or aggression
• Stealing credit for the target’s work
• Invalidating what the target knows to be true; fabricating ‘facts’ related to the target’s performance
• Taking away the usual workload and replacing it with menial and/or meaningless tasks
• Constant unnecessary oversight