It does sound like ineffectual people management. By the sound of it there were potentially a number of employee problems at the company, which they basically j

It does sound like ineffectual people management. By the sound of it there were potentially a number of employee problems at the company, which they basically just ignored. The fact is that if someone is a bullying douchebag, they're probably going to continue with the same behaviour. (I'm not making any comments as to exactly who was the bully here, as it depends who you believe).