🌪 前言:職場霸凌不是只有「大聲罵人」
很多人以為霸凌(Bullying)就是大聲責罵、羞辱或發脾氣。但在美國職場裡,霸凌更常見的是「隱性行為」——沒有一句髒話、沒有吼叫、甚至看起來像是正常工作,卻讓你每天都在承受壓力。
以下整理 10 種最常見、也是新移民與亞裔員工最容易忽略的職場霸凌模式。如果你看到其中三項以上,代表你正在承受「高壓職場霸凌環境」。
1️⃣ 冷處理、忽視你(Silent Treatment)
不回你訊息、不回答問題、故意不參與對話、刻意跳過你。
冷暴力是職場最常見的霸凌形式。
2️⃣ 在會議中公開否定你(Public Undermining)
你提出想法時被嘲笑、被打斷、被說「那不是你的範圍」、或被忽視,直到別人講同樣的內容才被認可。
3️⃣ 故意給你過量或不可能完成的工作(Overloading)
交付不合理的進度、不明確的指令、或在最後一刻塞任務,逼你加班、把責任推給你。
4️⃣ 故意不給資源、訊息或必要資訊(Withholding Information)
明明所有人都有資料,只有你沒有;
明明主管知道答案,卻不告訴你;
你因此做不好工作,他們再反過來怪你。
5️⃣ 反覆否定你的成就(Credit Stealing / Downplaying)
你做的貢獻被別人拿走,你的成果被主管或同事壓下來。這也是一種心理壓力型霸凌。
6️⃣ 拿你的身份、口音、文化開玩笑(Identity-Based Comments)
例如:
「你們亞洲人都很安靜。」
「你英文這樣聽得懂嗎?」
「你們文化不都這樣嗎?」
看似開玩笑,其實是在貶低身份。
7️⃣ 故意排除你(Exclusion)
你被排除在重要 email、會議、群組之外;
資訊不到你那裡,機會也不到你那裡。
8️⃣ 不合理的雙重標準(Double Standards)
別人可以,你不可以。
別人犯錯可以被原諒,你一次錯就被放大。
9️⃣ 散播謠言、背後評論你(Gossip & Smear)
藉由八卦、暗示、側風話破壞你的名聲。
這在男性主導產業(像電子業)非常常見。
🔟 主管以權力施壓(Power-Based Bullying)
例如:
「我是你的 Manager,你應該照做。」
「你這樣不聽話會影響你的 review。」
這種權力不對等,是最危險的霸凌形式。
🌈 你並不孤單 —— 認出模式,是第一步
如果你看到以上至少 3 點,表示你可能正處在一個霸凌環境。
這不是你的錯,也不是你的問題,而是:
這個職場有問題,而不是你。
下一篇我們會進入最關鍵的判斷:
第 3 篇:Bullying vs Harassment —— 如何分辨「不禮貌」還是「違法」?
🌪 Introduction: Workplace bullying isn’t always loud
Many people assume bullying means yelling or humiliation. But in the U.S. workplace, bullying is often silent — hidden, subtle and wrapped inside “normal work behavior.”
Immigrant and Asian employees are especially vulnerable to these patterns.
Here are the 10 most common bullying behaviors. If you recognize more than three, you may be working in a high-pressure, bullying environment.
1️⃣ Silent treatment
Ignoring you, not responding to messages, pretending they didn’t hear you, or excluding you from discussions.
2️⃣ Public undermining
Dismissing your ideas in meetings, interrupting you, or acting as if your input is irrelevant—until someone else says the same thing.
3️⃣ Overloading with unreasonable work
Assigning unrealistic deadlines, vague tasks, or last-minute responsibilities designed to make you fail or stress you out.
4️⃣ Withholding information
Everyone else receives critical information except you. You’re expected to perform without the resources you need.
5️⃣ Taking credit or downplaying your achievements
Your contributions are minimized or stolen, leaving you invisible despite doing the real work.
6️⃣ Identity-based comments
Examples:
“Do Asians even speak up?”
“Your accent is cute.”
“It’s cultural, right?”
These comments look harmless but are rooted in bias.
7️⃣ Exclusion
Leaving you out of emails, meetings or decisions that directly affect your work.
8️⃣ Double standards
Others get leniency; you get criticism.
Others get guidance; you get silence.
9️⃣ Gossip or reputation damage
Spreading rumors, implying negative things about you, or quietly damaging your credibility.
🔟 Power-based bullying from managers
Statements like:
“I’m your manager—you should do what I say.”
“This will affect your performance review.”
Power makes bullying far more harmful.
🌈 Recognizing patterns is the first step
If you identified several of these behaviors, remember this:
The workplace is the problem — not you.
Next chapter:
Part 3: Bullying vs Harassment — How to tell if it’s rude or illegal?
