being singled out and treated differently; for instance, everyone else can get away with murder but the moment the target puts a foot wrong - however trivial - action is taken against them; being belittled, demeaned and patronised, especially in front of others; being humiliated, shouted at and threatened, often in front of others being overloaded with work, or having all their work taken away and replaced with either menial tasks (filing, photocopying, minute taking) or with no work at all finding that their work, and the credit for it, is stolen and plagiarised; having responsibility increased but authority removed; having annual leave, sickness leave, and (especially) compassionate leave refused being denied training necessary to fulfill duties having unrealistic goals set, which change as they approach, also deadlines change at short notice, or no notice, and the target only finds out when its too late to do anything about it. being the subject of gossip which has the effect of damaging one's reputation.