Well there is a person (my boss)at work who has yelled at me and put me down in front of fellow workers and consultants that come and work with us. I can't leave work I do walk out of the room red in the face and wanting to cry. I don't feel safe to tell my boss that they are out of line and to not speak to me that way. My boss in vindictive and does this to other co workers (so I hear). I think that if I wasn't such a victim of abuse from growing up in a verbally abusive family it wouldn't have such an impact on me. I just don't know how to handle it in those situations and my co workers certainly wouldn't risk speaking up in front of my boss.
Yes I think they are afraid of our boss. I guess in a perfect world we would all turn to my boss and say you are out of line and you need to be respectful of ______________.
I guess my question is how do you stand up for yourself and when they don't accept it or continue with the abuse you can still feel okay with yourself?