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job, I had decided never to send the email as I did not want to create a fuss with my customer service ex-managers with whom I was supposed to be in touch now and then in the future, collaborating with them as a Business Analyst. The email had become a full blast attack on Susana Martin, which was unplanned, and was for the first time documenting the full extent of the different types of troubles Susana Martin was creating for me and the rest of the team. I wanted to show HR how bad the situation was in the hope that they would finally wake up from their lethargy and start doing something to stop the bullying.

185. On 29th March 2018 Dr Fitzpatrick wrote me a further extension sick note for "stress related anxiety" to cover me until the 10th April 2018. I handed in the sick note at HR the same day. At the request of HR I also called the customer service office number to inform the available shift supervisors about my further sick leave extension. While I was at HR, I also asked Noemie Levy for an update regarding the Business Analyst job and she said that she expected an answer soon. Again HR was not able to inform me about the bullying investigation and I really started to doubt that such an investigation was going on. It was now two months after the team meeting that ended in shouting and chaos and still there was no conclusion? The impression they gave me was that it was actually a nuisance that I asked about the investigation. It looked like they were just sitting and waiting for the problem to go away so it could be brushed under the carpet. I now started to seriously suspect them of thinking that maybe I was the problem. If the victim of the bullying would go away, then also the bullying would disappear. I was heavily distressed by this thought as it indeed explained perfectly why no action was taken by the management and HR to stop the bullying.

186. Later that same day 29th March 2018 Emma Horwood from HR confirmed via e-mail that my sick note had been received. To my dismay she also wrote that in total 18 days of my sick leave would be paid half. I was aware about the limitations of full pay in case of sick leave but in my opinion this should not have been the case for me as the cause of my sickness was the company's lack of action to stop people from bullying me. I would have accepted this pay reduction if I had been sick because of negligence on my side but I found it very unfair that it was the company's fault that I became sick and still they wanted

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