‘Office politics babu bhaiya’: Woman resigns from job, alleges workplace harassment, HR ignored complaints and juniors were pressured to complain against her

On Instagram a woman named Ritica shared a video explaining her decision to resign from her job. In the video, she alleged that she faced repeated problems at work, raised complaints with the HR department and senior management, and felt that her concerns were not adequately addressed. She also claimed that after she continued raising complaints, the situation became more difficult and that some of her juniors were allegedly pressured to file complaints against her, which led to her taking the step of resigning.

She shared the Instagram video captioning it “Office Politics Babu bhaiya”.

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Ritica Says She First Raised A Workplace Complaint

Explaining the line up of events for her to resign and leave the job, Ritica said she is someone who speaks up when she believes something is wrong. She alleged that certain people at her workplace were troubling her, following which she approached HR.

She said, “Mujhe bahut pareshaan kiya jaa raha tha. So I'm a person who is very vocal about it, ki mere saath agar ho raha hai to galat ho raha hai.”

According to Ritica, instead of addressing her concerns, an HR representative questioned whether someone was influencing her. She said HR asked, “Ritica aapko brainwash kaun kar raha hai? Aapko influence kaun kar raha hai inn sab cheezon ke liye?”

Ritica said she was upset by the response because she felt her concerns were being dismissed. She subsequently raised a complaint against the HR representative with senior HR.

Ritica Alleges Juniors Were Pressured To Complain Against Her

She further alleged that the situation became more difficult after she continued raising complaints. According to her account, some senior employees were allegedly working together and her juniors were pressured to submit complaints against her.

She said, “Mere juniors ko pressurise kiya gaya mere against mail karne ko so that they have document against me so that they can terminate me.”

She Claims Complaints Did Not Resolve The Issue

Ritica said the matter was escalated to senior HR, but she alleged that the issue remained unresolved despite further complaints.

She explained, “Senior HR ko bhi involve hona pada. Iske baad bhi mera issue resolve nahi hua to maine unki bhi complaint kar di ki ye sab mujhe torture kar rahe, mujhe target kar rahe hain par koi solution nahi nikla.”

Ritica said she eventually became aware of what she believed was happening and decided to resign after feeling that the situation was unlikely to improve.

She Recalls Conversation With Management

Ritica also spoke about a later conversation with the management following her resignation. She said, “Kal jab mera call hua to unhone kaha, 'Ritica, you resigned. Hum tumhe itna help kar rahe the, itna support kar rahe the.'"

Responding to what she described as a contradiction between the management's statement and her experience, she concluded, “Really, I wish you get the same support and help in the future."

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