Bullying Culture - Customer Support Assistant Kent County Council Employee Review

1.0
Feb 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There were few good points about working for Kent County Council, however, working for customers and having a variety of work was especially appealing for me.

Cons

Where do I start... There is a culture of bullying at Kent County Council, and especially in the Libraries, Registration and Archive department. This goes from the shop floor, all the way to the corporate director and the many managers in-between. During my employment at Kent County Council, I very often left in tears at the end of the day and would go home extremely stressed. I was bullied by my former line manager on a regular basis, and they used threats and intimidation to manage. Complaints were never followed through, I had my data breached, my life threatened, my friend's insulted, and the discrimination was horrendous. Every time that I complained, managers did not take matters seriously and I would end up getting in trouble for "grassing" on colleagues.

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Kent County Council Response
4y
We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and I’m glad you enjoyed the variety of work and working with customers. However, I am saddened to hear you experienced a culture of bullying during your time with us. At KCC bullying is not tolerated and we have a robust resolution policy and procedure which allows staff to be able to address issues such as these, I’m sorry this was not your experience. I’m concerned to hear the complaints outlined in your review and would like to offer you the opportunity to talk to us. If you would like to take us up on this, please contact Diane Trollope Service Manager for Staff Engagement and Organisation Development Diane Trollope by email -diane.trollope@kent.gov.uk and we will arrange a mutually convenient time to speak with you.

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