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267. On Sunday afternoon 29th April 2018 at 16h15 Susana Martin called me on my mobile phone number in Dutch from an anonymous number. The anonymous number showed me that Susana Martin was calling me from her computer telephone line and that the call would automatically be recorded. I was at home working on my timeline for the appeal at that moment and did not expect any calls so picked up the phone, not knowing who was calling me. Susana Martin called me to ask why I did not show up for work on Friday 27th April 2018, two days earlier. This question surprised and alarmed me a lot and I explained to her that I was on continued suspension as per HR's email. She spoke in a rude tone and accusing voice, exactly the one she used when bullying me. Susana Martin said that she had not been informed by HR about my leave extension till 7th May 2018. Susana Martin sounded very frustrated on the phone and I was very relieved when she ended the call. It left me very distressed and I was wondering what that was all about. I was now three days on my extended suspension and had not received a single phone call about this before although on the shift roster I had, I was mentioned for the last three days as working from 10h00 till 18h00. I assumed that Susana Martin had changed the shift roster to reflect my extended suspension but had not sent the updated shift roster to the team, as quite often happened for minor changes. Susana Martin had also worked the previous day 16h00 till 24h00 so she must have been perfectly aware that I was not present that day either, but she had not called me that day. This left me heavily confused but I attributed it to a communication mistake between HR and the customer service department. The way Susana Martin's phone call was done; the tone, the accusations, the humiliating way of treating me, all made me relive the horrors my team leader Susana Martin had caused me in the past. My mental state that had slightly improved since the longer absence from work collapsed again and I felt very depressed. I drank a lot of alcohol that night to be able to sleep and keep away the nightmares. This phone call confirmed to me that I would never be able to go back to work without a full solution of the bullying problem being implemented. Going back to get bullied again would be like mental suicide and I knew I could not do that anymore. 268. The next day, Monday 30th April 2018, a bank holiday, at 13h40 Susana Martin called me again but in English this time from phone number +44 2039380727. The call being done in English meant that it was most probably recorded or someone else was listening in. At the beginning of the call I told Susana Martin that I was willing to find a way to return |
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