Didier has been on sick leave for six years because of his depression and his suicide attempts.

After 22 years in the same company, the latter was harassed by his new head of department.

At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, Didier confides in the subject of his suffering at work.

TESTIMONY

Didier worked for 22 years in the same department.

Responsible for security in a university hospital, he flourished professionally.

After these 22 years, his working conditions quickly deteriorated with the arrival of a new department head.

In the space of three years, he was relieved of all his responsibilities.

Didier fell into depression and made several suicide attempts.

It is for these reasons that he has been off work for six years.

On "La Libre antenna" of Europe 1, Didier evokes harassment and his suffering at work. 

>> Listen to Didier's testimony in full here 

"I started my career with the Paris fire brigade in 1986, where I developed professionally. I joined the CHU in 1992. I was entrusted with the functions of safety manager. I was appointed to put in place fire safety in the establishment, staff training, compliance with safety rules, etc. I was recognized by my superiors and my work was very fulfilling. After five years, I was entrusted with responsibility of three other hospitals, in particular retirement homes. 

In 2010, a new department head arrived.

One day, I learned from a colleague that I was no longer responsible for the institutions for the elderly for which I had worked for 22 years.

Between 2010 and 2013, this new superior took away my responsibilities one after the other.

Without any explanation.

Besides, it wasn't even him who told me to my face.

It completely dented me.

I was at the bottom of the hole.

The first three years, I accepted.

I felt so guilty.

I thought it was my fault. 

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I made four suicide attempts

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My first work stoppages started in February 2013. From there, everything fell apart.

At least three times a day, I was going to throw up because my stress was so high.

I arrived at work in the morning, I didn't know what I was going to do.

I no longer received emails, no more phone calls.

I was completely left out.

No one spoke to me anymore.

When I got to the cafeteria, everyone stopped talking.

My boss no longer spoke to me.

I was a shadow. 

My colleagues turned against me because they accepted this way of working which was not good.

We were screwing up what we had created for years.

The most unfortunate thing is that before this chef arrived, we would go out and eat together with these colleagues.

We saw each other on weekends.

For now, my life doesn't look like anything.

I made four suicide attempts.

In these moments, we do not think.

We take a big dose of medicine, we swallow a bottle of whiskey and we collapse. 

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I alerted my management fourteen times

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The problems with this service were known to management.

There have been many investigations starting in 2013 following the suicide of another officer.

I alerted my management fourteen times, at all hierarchical levels, and had no feedback about my suffering at work and the harassment I was experiencing.

I was in such mental, physical and psychological suffering.

It went on like this for a year and a half.

I was arrested permanently in June 2014. I started making suicide attempts in 2013. 

I made a declaration of an accident at work in 2014. Without a response from my administration, I myself seized the reform committee to have my depressive syndrome recognized as an accident at work.

My employer asked me to take a medical examination.

She was supportive and recognized that my depression was related to work.

Unfortunately, the reform commission gave an unfavorable opinion.

They made it clear to me that they were not competent to recognize bullying as the cause of a service-related illness. 

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I took a lawyer and I challenged this decision in the administrative court.

All these administrative procedures screwed me up.

During this period, I made two suicide attempts, one of which ended up in intensive care.

The court ended up overturning the decision and asked the CHU to reconsider my situation.

They issued another refusal.

The court ordered my employer to recognize the illness attributable to the service after four and a half years.

What the CHU did.

It wore me out, it killed me. "