Workplace bullying remains in the shadows

By Beth Teitell GLOBE STAFF DECEMBER 30, 2017

As workplaces of every imaginable kind are rocked in the national reckoning over abuses of sex and power, some say another, related issue waits in the shadows.

Experts say it can be more common and as damaging to its victims as sexual harassment, but with no clear definition in the law or widespread social recognition, it remains largely out of the public eye.

It’s called workplace bullying, although victims say the term doesn’t fully capture its power.

“It’s emotional torture,” said a state employee who alleges that her immediate supervisor and a colleague have told her she walks like a “damn elephant,” left trash on her desk, and called her “stupid and incompetent” in meetings — hostility that she says was triggered by resentment of her corporate background and professional approach. The employee, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

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