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262. The same date 26th April 2018 the shift plan was changed again by Susana Martin and for week 19 Kieran Vandenhoeck was moved from working 16h00 till 24h00 to 13h00 till 21h00. Susana Martin could also have changed Kieran Vandenhoeck to 12h00 till 20h00 as that would have made my holiday in Belgium perfectly possible as the chat and phone opening hours would then have been entirely covered by Kieran Vandenhoeck and Susana Martin herself to help or take over as needed. Also the days they already “had agreed on” for my holidays (10th to 15th May 2018) were not in the updated shift plan. Susana Martin clearly was not showing any goodwill at all and further created an unnecessary problem for my annual leave request. That this happened on the same day that I received the letter from Roni Maman, sent by HR, made my suspicions stronger that they were teaming up to make my life impossible and bully me out of the company. I felt more depressed than ever before.

263. The following day 27th April 2018 I sent an email to Danielle Wood and Emma Horwood at HR to inform them that I was appealling the outcome of their investigation. I was pretty sure that my appeal would become another shambles and fobbing off excercise but at least I would not have to return to the bullies at work immediately. I feared that an immediate return to the toxic work environment would be detrimental to my mental health that was already in a very bad state. Therefore I asked for my suspension with full pay to be extended for the five working days for the appeal, mentioned in the letter from Roni Maman. HR agreed with my proposal and my suspension continued till 7th May 2018, including that date. That's how I saw it after reading their reply, as there was no specific date mentioned in their email on which I was expected to be back at work. Unexpectedly, on 30th April 2018 HR then sent me another email that I had been expected at work the day after their email, claiming that my suspension had not been extended, adding to my total confusion.

264. My email to Danielle Wood and Emma Horwood:
Dear Danielle, Emma,
I acknowledge receipt of the conclusions made about the bullying complaints I have been sending over the last eleven months. The e-mail with the conclusion was read by me on 27.04.2018 at 08:13 although the attached .pdf file was strangely predated 25.04.2018.


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