I was hired as a Haskell developer and bullied by my direct manager at Standard Chartered. When I brought up the issue to my skip level manager, I was told not to report to HR. I had also confided in my manager that I had health issues, was on medication and regularly seeing a doctor. Prior to negative interactions with him, I had contributed to multiple projects with minimal issues.
This is just my perspective and misses context, I am sharing this in case it helps anyone else be better informed.
Yelled at me multiple times in front of everyone on the office floor, once for a ticket I was no longer assigned to
Repeatedly reminded of a mistake I made which I had fixed immediately when informed : the code of a PR didn’t compile due to a typo
Angrily demanding unscheduled meetings on multiple occasions
Being curt in meetings and not giving me a chance to speak
Evading discussing goals I wanted to work towards
Talked down to, condescendingly and sarcastically more often than not
Dismissed ideas I gave without any consideration
Called me “childish”, not in response to anything I had said
Told I’m not qualified for any other role in the bank
Micromanaged : only one in the team asked to provide daily status updates
Blamed and made to feel guilty for not making progress on a task, accused of wage theft
I’m not sure if you’re still in the bank, but if you are… go to HR. They do take such cases seriously, including medical conditions.
Regarding the experience report itself… I’m not sure it’s actually gonna help anyone. The bank is big and two people in different teams can have vastly different experiences. We don’t know where exactly you worked and I’m not sure I’d post that publicly either.
I’m really sorry to hear that. Whether or not we’re hitting all the marks and expectactions others have of us, I truly believe nobody should be treated like that, and no manager should have the right to act like that. Banks can be toxic places, full of status and hierarchy and people trying to build up their teams at the expense of others. One thing I’ve discovered is that when a manager is toxic, there are often multiple other workers who have experienced the same thing, and also can feel uncomfortable sharing with others. When people are able to get together and talk about their experiences, they can come to realize that they’re not the problem, the abusive manager is.