| Terrorism is not something you would associate with | | | | they know that so long as they provide significant |
| today's workplaces, but it is a reality that victims | | | | information about the target to the 'handler,' |
| face on an almost daily basis, resulting in psychological | | | | protection is guaranteed. |
| trauma. It is a metaphor that can be used to | | | | They always act outside employment and natural |
| describe workplace bullying as a life-threatening | | | | law, violate human rights, infringe international law, |
| experience. Victims are 'set up' for relentless attack | | | | and still hope to get away with it. Often these |
| by bullies, with a view to their total destruction. | | | | workplace terrorists are results-driven, and are |
| Compassion is not at all in evidence in this torturous | | | | rewarded with bonuses or promotion for their |
| process. Clandestine meetings are held to discuss the | | | | services to the firm, while the poor hapless victim is |
| strategy by which to inflict maximum damage on the | | | | either sacked or leaves to get alternative |
| target and to remove him/her without the attackers | | | | employment. |
| being suspected. The target is in the 'sights' of these | | | | You may be experiencing this kind of anti-social |
| schemers, and is to be destroyed. | | | | behaviour at work, or know someone who is, but do |
| These workplace terrorists have their own active | | | | not know how to deal with it. Workplace bullying is |
| service units to provide the necessary back-up and | | | | not uncommon in many workplaces, and because of |
| support, usually work from the shadows, study how | | | | its nature, may be difficult to detect and prove |
| not to be detected, and launch their deathly attacks | | | | without very good evidence. However, it is not |
| on the (often) unsuspecting victim. These "eyes and | | | | impossible to do, and with the right information, a |
| ears" are a protected species, being in league with | | | | pathway may be followed that will lead to the light at |
| the workplace bullies who can protect them. Indeed, | | | | the end of the tunnel. |