Posted by TexasChic on April 30, 2004, at 15:19:57
In reply to The Sad Return of the Queen of Employment Losers, posted by Poet on April 29, 2004, at 16:01:21
Wow, I had a similiar situation happen to me. At my last job, I had trouble with some of my female co-workers. A group of them decided to go over everyone's head, and go to the president of the company to complain about me. The situation was I didn't stay and work until midnight with them one night because I knew the job would not be completed anyway and it was ridiculous. Also I got permission from my supervisor. When they didn't finish like I had predicted, they decided to blame it on me. Lucky for me, I had a friend who saw them go complain, and we figured it out. It all came down to a meeting with the president, the vice president, my supervisor, his supervisor, and me. The president's first statement was, "So I hear you don't like to work overtime." I immediately responded and said, "Look, I know what this is about", and then I preceded to tell him everything that happened. You could tell they were all shocked that I knew all about it, and they weren't expecting a legitimate defense out of me. After I finished my explanation they we're kind of like, "okay then, I guess that's settled". It was great, but the girls never got in trouble for doing something so out of line.
At the same job I had a situation with my supervisor which was a scapegoat issue too. He wanted to be able to hand in his work anytime he wanted in a deadline oriented environment. And since everything was handed in to me so that I could lay out the magazine, that meant he made me late everytime. Then he had the nerve to write me up about it! When that happened, I went home, applied for every job I could find, got a job offer in two days, and handed in my resignation. And that's where I'm working now.
So I guess the moral is, people at work aren't always nice or fair, and some are even going to be out to get you. You just have to handle these situations as best you know how, and move on when its time. But don't blame yourself or think you failed. That will do nothing to change the situation. Its where you go from here that really matters.
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