I live in New England. I own a pickup. I go camping. I listen to Metallica and Nine Inch Nails. I listen to old school punk at times.
I am thinking about quitting my job. I am bullied at my job. I have red hair and a fair complexion. I like cooking on the weekends. I don't like it when it is too cold. I like listening to old punk. I have a family that I support with my job.
I was talking to a friend the other day, and they mentioned that someone they know experienced a similar instance of bullying at their job as well. My friend mentioned that the person ended up getting an attorney to claim harassment in their workplace, perhaps you should consider legal help for your job as well? I think I would consider it, but I am worried about losing my job.  Did your friend's friend received any backlash for hiring an attorney? she didn't, because her company knew it would be even worse for them if they retaliated. there's laws against that. do you thikn you'd be retaliated against? I do worry about retaliation.  I'd like to quit, but that would be on my terms and would be only if I found a replacement job before quitting.  Is your friend's friend happier at work now? yeah, much. it makes a big difference, I think, to defend yourself and let people know you won't settle for bad treatment. and quitting is a tough call because as you said you wanna make sure you still have a paycheck coming in! do you have any interest in starting a job search? I do.  However, I think if hiring an attorney would make my work environment better, I would rather hire an attorney.  Do you think it is expensive? It depends on how many hours they have to put into it. so I guess if you had all your materials and a detailed outline together for them before you went the first time, you'd save some money that way That's a really good idea.  Have you ever experienced harrassment at work? I have, and it sucked. I felt like I was on the outside looking in all the time and like I dind't have what I needed to do my job well Did you quit, or did you file a suit? I ended up finding a different job, thankfully -- it wasn't worth suing over That's why I think I am hesitant to file.  I'll probably just need to talk more to my family about it.