ghost rider,
No, no physical beatings as I perhaps may have unintentionally intimated, just a general bullying on the emotional level. Being made to feel worthless, being sworn at regularly and having ones working life being made a misery. I once saw a lady crying at her desk after having an early morning "morale booster" on the phone from a senior manager.
If you want to send me a private message I'm willing to discuss it more, but otherwise it would be a pointless exercise and perhaps being seen as trying to do mischief which I do not wish to do.