Nursery World - Positive relationships - Let's talk about ... Workplace bullying

Although nurseries are caring places by nature, staff can behave towards each other in ways less than kind. Annette Rawstrone spoke to a group of owners and managers.

- Q: Have you encountered incidents of bullying in your workplace?

'I hear stories from other nurseries about bitchiness and bullying, particularly between the younger women on the staff. We also find that people who have come from bigger nurseries, such as chains, have encountered prejudice or feel they've been treated unfairly because they are new or young - which is sad.'

'I'm sure bullying exists and there have been one or two formal complaints that I've had to deal with.'

'Bullying does go on but as the manager I don't always know about it. Generally we are very open and if someone has a problem then we'll deal with it quickly.'

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