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Our workplace bullying community means that you don't have to face bullying alone.
HeartBrain brings together people affected by workplace bullying and harassment, and people who care about better company culture, to share experiences and help one another.
Built to be the UK’s best community for workplace bullying and harassment support.
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HeartBrain is a focused workplace bullying forum, support community and growing bank of shared knowledge in one calm place.
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Spaces organise discussions around real workplace challenges, so you can find relevant experiences without searching through unrelated noise. Members can also create their own Space about any topic they choose.
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Toxic work cultures
Support group
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A space to discuss and share all our stories and learnings about toxic work scenarios. The mission is to help people currently in toxic work environments, as well as helping prevent people from entering them in the future.
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DavidT
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How to deal best with bullying at work - What helped me survive it (and what I wish I’d done sooner)
I used to think I was being dramatic.
That is the first thing I want to say, because I suspect half the people reading this have said the same…
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