ButterBaileyCasual Contributor
Oh, the meaning of Christmas spirit in a toxic environment
Working in frontline emergency care, working over Christmas has been the norm as long as I can remember. It seems though, over the past years the workplace Christmas spirit has changed. Once it was those that worked would celebrate together, now it's an increase of 20 year old in the job, with toxic management.
Christmas within the workplace of increased instances of alienation, bullying, belittling, and exclusion. Christmas parties are only for the cliques, management is largely made up of 20 years old who are their mates, that protect each other. Its about altering rosters so certain individuals can have time together, it's about management providing overtime to mates so they have extra money at Christmas.
Although this mostly goes on throughout the year, with those involved being promoted. This time of the year is when workers are away from family, at a workplace on Christmas, being excluded becomes more painful.
This year has made it even harder, a partner who has lost their job, special needs kids requiring ongoing medical costs, and having my hours reduce to accommodate, any means of extra money through work is blocked by the manager who provides it to her mates. Saying anything has only created are more hostile environment, where I have been informed by the staff they will push me till I'm living in a gutter. Making ends meet is already tough enough, there is no Christmas gifts under the tree this year, and scraping together what little cash is left to make a special meal. Yet I get to go to work and deal with the acceptable bulling within the service.