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Ever been bullied - in the workplace?

Ever felt degraded in the workplace?

Every idea of yours is being shot down. Just because you do not have experience. Just because you are young and fresh out of university or college.



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DID YOU EXPECT TO BE TREATED WELL?

At the end of the day it has an impact on your job. You do not perform as expected, you get to break all communication with your colleagues or your employee. You feel belittled or less favoured in every situation.

The question is, how does this situation affect your communcation in the workplace?

Looking at this in a public relations point of view, you are going to participate less and end up quitting because of being uncomfortable at your own job, end up resenting it. You may even end up having anger problems.read more on bullying and work

For the workplace to be a healthy environment, there needs to be a two-way communication and understanding. Having to prove yourself can be hard, that is why organisations or companies need to at least have team building exercises.signs that you are being bullied



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Well... what are your expectations, what did you expect?

 To be treated differently just because you are the bosses'  daughter or son?

CONFIDENCE

SELF-ESTEEM

At times it may take confidence and self-esteem to stand up and take initiative than being made  to feel like you do not belong.

Its up to you.

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 Make things happen.

Discrimination in the workplace

The workplace is a place to work, learn and socialise. You are supposed to feel free, have freedom of speech and rights as we have Human Rights day to celebrate our rights.

Now, what about when you are discriminated against because of being in a wheelchair or being physically challenged. Surely that person or colleague who is discriminating has never been a victim or is simply ignorant and disrespectful. There are charges opened because of discrimination. see more

We are equal.
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Discrimination affects the communications aspect of the workplace because in a company where discrimination is a problem everything becomes affected including the clients, stakeholders and the targeted audience or consumers. How you treat people determines your future because in order for the customer or client to come back to you, they have to want to and feel appreciated. Discrimination may be seen as a form of being immoral and unethical in the workplace.

I mean-Why discriminate?

One of the human rights under the Constitution Bill states that you have a right to live. You have a right not to be discriminated against. You have a right to freedom of speech, therefore who are you judge someone because of what they look like? Campaigns are administered about discrimination, the public relations department of any company has to deal with campaigns pertaining such situations and not do it when it's too late.


Discrimination does not only end with physically challenged people. People with diseases like Progeria. One of the well-known people with Progeria disease is Ontlametse see video about Ontlametse .

There is

• sexism
• age discrimination
• religion discrimination
• nationality discrimination (to name a few)

Treat every person as you would have wanted to be treated especially in a workplace because you will never know who might be your next boss. read more


What will you gain? 

Office romance

Don't they disturb? All those couples who show Public Display Affection (PDA) in the workplace. Besides them showing their 'love' for each other, this is really a disturbing matter. Many work policies have had to forbid office romance, especially those who were not a couple before working with each other because they end up bringing their arguments from home. They end up disagreeing with each other at work just because they had a fight.read more.



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This affects the company's revenue and way forward. The question lies, how can these couples love each other but not fight with each other? Is it possible though? At the end of the day every relationship is bound to have misunderstandings. Does that mean that the Human Resource department, Public Relations department or the counsellor or the management have programmes designed to deal with couples issues, counselling them? Companies go out for team building exercises, then the couple will want to share the same bedroom. Beware say experts on office romance .

The next thing you know the couple is signing to each other "those" smiles, flirting, and touching. All of this flirting affects the communication aspect of the company because these couples will be winking at each other during meetings. Is it about dating or is it about sleeping our way to the top or being seen with someone? Well what is the management doing about this... or is it also part of it in secrecy, of course! Is it worth keeping these couples in the workplace...will they benefit the company?read more.

Dress code

They do say that first impressions last longer. So being at the workplace entales you to dress appropriately because the dress code for the workplace is strongly determined by the type of work that you are at. It can be the music industry, retail or a communication company.
 Now, the dress code is mostly a problem if there is no uniform. Women are often faced with not knowing what to wear. Wether to wear something tight or revealing, stilletos or flat shoes or the right make-up, as we do have day make-up and evening make-up. Men are often at ease with what to wear but may be sceptical about it. We often face challenges of what to wear for an interview or a meeting. How you dress, really tells a lot about you -but remember not to judge a book by its cover because at the end of the day it is not about having a fashion sense but having style. Is the dress code important? Remember to think carefully about your workplace and who you are going meet or interact with because at the end of the day- the way you dress is how you represent your company's image.You can view...http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/dress_code.htm and http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dress-codes-in-the-workplace.html for my insight on the dress code.