It takes a lot of guts to speak out about any type of victimization/bullying in the work please, least of all because publicity like this could ostracize the lady from future employment.  I hope that she succeeds in whatever she does in the future.

There are times when 'deja-vu' is a terrible thing. Wherever I have worked, there has been intimidation, weird and wonderful mind games played by those who need to control and dominate others in order to get through their day.

Sadly, few managements will tackle this type of people management problems. It's not unique to BDA, although here you have the added dimension that few expat managers (from my experience) actually manage Bermudians, and probably never will. Their reasons will vary from the 'immigration bogey man' to 'that's human nature'.

It appears that few can see the benefits that flow from a workplace where victimisation is not present.

Sangita Iyer...

Do I take it that this is the girl who...erm...how can I put it...was interested in politics?

CC...

It's interesting that you say that last sentence. It irks me - always has done since LF told everyone who didn't like it to go back to Merry England.

But - reverse the position - and a stranger says to you in the UK..."don't like it here - cold and damp - can't find work - xenophobic in the extreme...blah, blah"....I have to say my answer would be "well - go home then".

I can't speak for the UK...i've never been there. 

And i made it a point to NEVER talk ill about Bermuda as a whole, cuz being an outsider it would be wrong of me to trash someone's backyard.  However, there are things about Bermuda that could be changed for the better, it's just that people don't want to hear it BECAUSE it is from outside of Bermuda.  That is xenophobic by nature.  That's not to say that Bermudians are or aren't.  It is what it is.  My point is, as a society that needs expats AND being so small as to amplify all of the social frustrations that are felt everywhere in the world, a common ground must be met between the locals and the expats.  If not you have a growing resentment from the locals and an increasing indifference from the expats.  This only widens the gap between the two.  BOTH sides need to come together. 

Maybe if expats had a representative body that could voice thier concerns collectively so that the local authorities could recognize them, have proper discourse about them, and possibly smooth over the local/expat tension....

99% of the people i hung out with were local...i never had a serious problem with any of them.  They joked about me all the time because i WAS an outsider and that i didn't hang out with all the other expats, but they were good people none the less.  I just think given time and understanding expats and locals can get along just fine.  Personally i think the Gov't needs to step in with better policies.

CC