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as that meant that they at least left me in peace for the time being. It made me feel like a coward and a hypocrite and I disliked myself for it but at the time that was kind of the only option I had.

98. Kieran Vandenhoeck was struggling a lot with his job. He was a nice likeable chap but not very computer proficient and slow in the pick up of the knowledge. He typed with his two index fingers, which was funny to watch, and had poor English language skills. He had worked in the Port of Algeciras as a mechanic before and apparently that was a very hard job with sometimes very long shifts if a problem took a long time to get fixed. The Camp Two guys did not really do a lot to “shadow” him and teach him from their own experience. That did not help Kieran Vandenhoeck to get better in his job but he got his fixed contract after four months of probation anyway. The Camp Two guys were unhappy about that as they thought that Kieran Vandenhoeck did not deserve a fixed contract. I did not make an effort to help Kieran Vandenhoeck either as I had noticed that when I was showing my knowledge and experience, the Camp Two guys were annoyed and that led inevitably to negative body language, angry looks and semi-aggressive reactions and behaviour towards me. I just kept to myself and sat as far away as possible from the other team members during my shift to minimise contact and risk of bullying. Kieran Vandenhoeck was not liked by the Camp Two guys as they found that he was dragging the team down. Kieran Vandenhoeck once told me that he had noticed the hostile attitude from the Camp Two guys but that he had better shifts and more money than his old job in Algeciras. He also explained to me that the bad attitude from the Camp Two guys towards him was annoying him but that it was not as bad as they were treating me and that gave him some sollace. He said that he pitied me for my suffering but that he preferred not to intervene as that would make things worse for him with the Camp Two guys. This just showed how the Camp Two members, including Yousri Amrani, continued to terrorise the atmosphere for everyone in the Dutch/Flemish customer service team.

99. On 2nd February 2018, the day after I called in sick, I received an email from Danielle Wood from HR with the minutes of the interview of the 31st January 2018 with the request to review and accept the minutes. As I felt totally exhausted and had no energy left because of the bullying ordeal, I slept non-stop for almost forty-eight hours. I could not

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