Being bullied or harassed at work

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Alex

Scope has released the findings of a poll of working age disabled adults about their experiences of work. A couple of the stats are pretty terrible:

• 58 per cent of disabled people have felt at risk of losing their job because of their impairment.
• 53 per cent of disabled people have experienced bullying or harassment at work, 21 per cent of disabled people had been bullied by colleagues and 27 per cent had experienced bullying from their employer.
• One in five (21 per cent) go as far as not disclosing their disability to employers
  

You can read the full results here: https://blog.scope.org.uk/2017/02/14/why-we-need-to-see-changes-in-support-for-disabled-people-in-work/

What do you think of these findings? Do have you any experiences of bullying or harassment at work? 

Sam_Alumni

I left a job once as they couldn't understand my illness, they told me to 'plan my day better' when I told them I needed extra time to use the bathroom.  Because they couldn't see my disability, they thought I was playing up and asking for things I weren't entitled to.  There were lots of examples of times when I was let down by my managers, in the end I left the job.

In hindsight, I wish I would have stood up for myself and demanded they listen, but when you are chronically ill, sometimes the last thing you need is another battle.  I just didn't have the energy to stand up for myself.