Current Employee - I wish I had gone to the CQC

I really love my job and work with amazing colleagues.

I was bullied in the most awful way.

During this time were Covid lockdowns. I was living by myself and so the people that I saw most often were people at work. The person in particular regularly made junior staff cry including myself. The way that I was spoken to was horrific. It was so bad one day that I just said that I’m not being spoken to in that manner. I walked off the Ward and went to sit in the chapel instead. This ended up being a place where I regularly went to sit by myself.

I was spoken to in this way because I couldn’t find a laptop charger for the work laptop they were using (which just seems ridiculous looking back now) I circled the Ward, and other areas desperately looking for it, as I was scared of their reaction.

Another day I clocked in 2 minutes late in the morning, because of the metro. I was told that I would have to make that time back up.

I called in sick, only for 2 days with stress (I was scared of being off for longer), and all I received was a “Hope you feel better soon” and that was it, in a high pitched/sarcastic manner.

I felt at times that I couldn’t go on anymore, and wished that I’d have an accident of some kind that meant I didn’t have to go to work. Something that I’ve never disclosed to anyone else up until now. Thankfully I was supported by a brilliant GP and started on antidepressants (I managed to finally taper off these in July 2023)

The person who I was bullied by, was well supported and liked by managers and directors in the trust. Myself and a colleague tried to take further action to stop what was happening and we were given a warning not to. I wish now that I had gone to the CQC.