Conspiring against an employee

Some of us are happy with the job we have and are content or even love what we do. Some of us are not happy with our work and get frustrated the more we perform at work. Whether you like your job or not, you work primarily for a paycheck. When conditions at work are so stressful that it’s hard for you to work for your paycheck, you may want to consider your work environment.

In some cases, employees are victims of workplace conspiracies. It may sound like something out of a workplace drama series, but it’s a common impediment to progress and ultimately a highly unprofessional practice in the workplace.

We can pretend that drama doesn’t exist at work, but the truth is that work is carried out by people. It is part of the human condition to play favorites and disrespect others. When this kind of unprofessionalism arises in an employer or employee, there is a high chance that he or she will try to rally more employees on her side to gang up on another employee in secret. This is a conspiracy.

Harassment

A conspiracy against an employee is almost always used for harassment. Harassment is any conduct that leads the victim to feel insecure, threatened, persecuted or distressed. When an employer rounds up employees to play a harmful role against an employee, he or she has a personal dispute against that individual. This can be due to race, religion, gender, appearance, or anything you don’t like about that person.

Harassment is used as a tool to single out someone and make them feel undesirable or embarrassed in the workplace. An employee may feel that her performance at work is low and that her opinions are worthless.

coercion

Most people who would like to see someone leave the workplace knowing that there are insufficient grounds to fire them will force the employee to resign through conspiracy. If someone starts to feel an incredible amount of stress at work and is unwanted, they will most likely quit. This is one of the main objectives that employers and employees try to achieve when conspiring against an employee.

For additional resources on workplace conspiracy and the legal avenues available to victims, contact the Houston employment attorneys at Ross Law Group.