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was sure that the other team members would bring up that issue during their interviews. For all these reasons and as not to complicate things unnecessarily for me, I decided to stand up for Susana Martin and talk positively about her to try and make a good impression with HR.

91. During the interview with Danielle Wood that lasted for one hour, Emma Horwood was taking the minutes. The set up looked professional so I was for the first time in a long time span hopeful again that finally the bullying would come to an end. Danielle Wood gave me the impression that she was a caring person who could be trusted. I told her my issues with the Camp Two guys from the very beginning with as many details as possible and that my management till then had not been successful in stopping the bullying. I also mentioned the Facebook message Yousri Amrani had sent me and that had led to the kitchen incident between Susana Martin/Martijn van der Vechte and Yousri Amrani. I asked her during the meeting if she was aware of the bullying issues in the Dutch/Flemish team and she replied that “there had apparently been a communication breakdown between my management and HR”. I accepted that explanation and it gave me even more hope that the bullying problem would be stopped soon.

92. That same day 31st January 2018 I sent an email to Susana Martin with an annual leave request for weeks twelve and fourteen. According to company rules ten days of annual leave had to be taken before 1st April 2018 and this was my request to fulfil that rule. My holiday request came as result of a reminder email from Susana Martin about that company rule. I had studied the shift roster and all shifts were covered by colleagues for both weeks so I did not expect any problems with my holiday requests. I only saw Susana Martin for a short time that day but noticed that Susana Martin's reaction to me was much cooler than usual. I attributed that to the chaotic meeting from the day before and that she was kind of scared about what the members of her team would say about her during the interviews with HR. Jose Luis Aznar sat at his desk in a very angry mood and he did not speak to Susana Martin and entirely ignored me. Jose Luis Aznar' behaviour showed that he had no intentions to change his attitude and the disastrous team meeting had not served as a wake up call for him. I automatically knew that there was going to be more trouble for me by him in the near future from his inciteful behaviour and not letting things

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