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154. On 8 March 2018 Susana Martin sent me another reply via email claiming again that the week 12 holiday was not possible. Now all of a sudden Susana Martin claimed that Kieran Vandenhoeck had asked for the same days of annual leave two weeks before I did. This was never mentioned by anyone in the weeks since 31st Janaury 2018 though. I knew it was a lie and Susana Martin did not even do the most minimal effort to hide it. She was so used to getting away with it by now. HR did not seem to care at all and it started to look like the whole HR investigation was just a major fobbing off exercise. Although the week 12 holiday had been verbally discussed again, it seemed Susana Martin was creating a paper trail to cover up her attempt to bully me away. This alarmed me and I considered different options on how I would react to this. In the end I decided that I had to keep in mind the still ongoing Business Analyst role application and other potential promotions or career changes for the better. This time I decided not to fall in Susana Martin's trap again by replying verbally and I replied in an email.

155. Susana Martin's email reply:
Dear Bart,
I am still waiting for your feedback if you want to take week 14 and week 15.
Please be advised that Kieran requested W 12 two weeks before, when I received your request.
Please let me know regarding week 14 and week 15 so that I can plan it in if requested by you.
Thanks and kr.
Susana Martin


156. On 8th March 2018 I replied to Susana Martin again about the week 12 annual leave request. I wrote: "I have friends from Northern Ireland over for two weeks arriving on Sunday. As I have 16:00 – 24:00 shift next week it will be impossible to do something with them. For that week 12 is my only option." My friends were actually a married couple, Jim from Belfast and his wife Jeanine from Gibraltar. They spend three or four holidays a year

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