Hotline for "power harassment''

[Taro Toporific]

Experts: Tough economic times turning Japanese managers into workplace bullies
Tuesday, June 24, 2003, The Star
TOKYO (AP) - Staffing a hotline for victims of abusive bosses, Yasuko Okada has heard it all - from complaints about one manager who would communicate only by e-mail with an employee he disliked to another who kicked, slapped and ridiculed a worker in front of clients. Meanness, she says, is increasingly a sign of the times.

[DJEB]

Unfair bosses raise blood pressure

Bosses that people perceive to be unfair not only make your working life a misery - they can also pose a significant threat to your health.

A study has shown that unfair bosses can drive up their employees' blood pressure, increasing their long-term risk of a heart attack or stroke.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3012546.stm

[DJEB]

yes I am going through this . I think soon I will start fantasy murdering my boss and seniors too..

I hear ya. I recently found out that my boss/company owner has turned into a total scumbag - complete with sexual harrassment of the female staff and firing staff and refusing to pay backpay. But then again, why raise my blood pressure because he's an ass? I'm just gonna quietly get out and warn whoever I meet not to work there.

[GargoyleTS]

The tech solution to workplace stress:

First-person Shooter of choice and being able to edit skins/models. Nothing like taking pics of co-wokers, bosses and clients/users-in-general and pasting their heads on bots then spending the next few hours lowing them away. Not a permanent solution, nor is it for everyone, but it gets me throught the week.

[DJEB]

yes I am going through this . I think soon I will start fantasy murdering my boss and seniors too..

When live and let live fails, I put on the headphones, listen to Supermoves by Overseer really loud and image all the little Agent Smiths as my boss. Batter up!