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31. When I worked at GVC for about two months, the company organised a summer BBQ for the personnel. This was organised at the Gibraltar Rowing Club premises, not far away from the offices in Europort and Eurotowers. I was keen to go as I saw networking with other department's colleagues as an important way to learn how to best chose my career path. Susana Martin organised the shift plan so that I was free that afternoon and evening and I was able to go to the BBQ. A few of the Camp Two bullies were going too, including Yousri Amrani. That worried me a lot and in the end, on the very evening of the BBQ, I decided not to attend. I could not bear the thought of having the bullies around me for a few extra hours out of the office. 32. In general my personal relation with my team leader Susana Martin went well. Especially on the days that we worked together without any of the Camp Two guys on shift there was a pleasant atmosphere and there was time to have a few chats about our private lives and other non-work related topics. Susana Martin also confided in me and told me about some of her issues in the team. She explained how Dennis Dorland was slow in picking up things and sometimes kept making the same mistakes again and again. On another occasion she told me how Yousri Amrani had come in wet from the rain one day and called his mum in Belgium on his mobile phone to complain about it. Susana Martin laughed very hard with that story and called Yousri Amrani a little schoolboy with no balls. I never repeated those comments to any of my colleagues. In my opinion Susana Martin was too hard on Dennis Dorland. Yes, Dennis Dorland was struggling, but nothing warranted her public criticism of him like for instance saying that it was good that Dennis Dorland was sick one day as she said that he was useless. Of course the Camp Two guys repeated this to Dennis Dorland who felt humiliated and demotivated which was not helpful in his further professional development. On another occasion she called Yousri Amrani and Jose Luis Aznar in their absence “mietjes”, this is a Dutch word meaning effeminate homosexuals. There were several more of these denigrating episodes and it taught me to be extra careful to always keep Susana Martin on my side with praising comments in communications with the management, etc. I always kept my distance from the Camp Two guys as they were constantly looking for more gossip about Susana Martin. The Camp Two guys were also very good at creating or inventing issues where there were none. I for instance never publicly criticised Susana Martin but the bullies found a way around that; once they asked me if I thought that Susana Martin was a bad team leader. I gave an |
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