STORY 12

I am a male. I worked for a large uk retailer and was required to apply for my own job after a so called job review. I did not get that job after at least 15 years of high performing and visible results . I was told the other candidate was better. The other candidate had no knowledge skills or experience in this role but was a female. I decided to take demotion and stay in the department Within months this former colleague started a campaign of undermining and bullying to the extent of withholding a £10,000 bonus that I was entitled to . When I raised this I was offered redundancy linked to an NDA . By this time I had no resilience left to fight an investigation nor a tribunal so accepted.  This happened in 2000 and I have not spoken about it since.