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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 48639" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Before you move on, have a frank talk to your office manager. Tell her/him how much of your time got wasted having to refute this stuff - you COULD refute it, which means the negative report on you was also a waste of someone else's time.</p><p></p><p>You have two choices. Stay - as long as you're permitted to do your job as conscientiously as you have been doing it, without having someone trying to sabotage you (and how much more could she get done, if she focussed on productivity rather than pulling you down?); or leave - you are competent, you have completed projects on time, you have a solid work ethic and have learned to cut trough red tape thanks to having to deal with mothering a difficult child. So if THIs company isn't prepared to fight for you, and is going to let this supervisor continue to pull you down and in doing so, reduce your productivity, then there will be a business somewhere else which will be a better use of your talents and drive.</p><p></p><p>This supervisor sounds short-sighted. And maybe jealous? You seem to be getting concessions which she may be resenting.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3's godmother went through this recently. In her case she intercepted emails between another woman in her office, and their joint supervisor (not the business manager, but subordinate). The other woman in the office was being encouraged to spy on difficult child 3's godmother, noting down how much time she was apparently spending on personal calls (every call was for the business, the other office worker hadn't checked) and twisting everything she said or did to make it look bad. When godmother found an email from the supervisor to the secretary, making it clear she'd been asking for the spying job, godmother went straight to the top management and filed a complaint. </p><p>However, although both the gossipy staff were chastised, nothing more was done and the problem continued. Godmother was getting fed up with the backstabbing in the place anyway and has resigned. However, she is still reserving her judgement about filing a lawsuit for harassment in the workplace and failure of the business management to appropriately respond. She already has another job lined up.</p><p></p><p>This sort of thing happens and when it does, it makes it very difficult to feel motivated to go the extra mile for the business. A lot of bosses recognise this and will support you, unless they also don't really care, or also want you gone. In which case - don't stay where you're not supported. But in this case, it's possible you may be.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. I hope you get some relief. And keep really good records, including back-ups of EVERYTHING. I've known other staff to hack into and delete personal files and archived files which were supposed to be kept as a legal record. Other things that can happen - you could get the sack one day and be escorted off the premises with no time to copy your data and your files - in the event of needing some indication of the sort of work you do/have done, or even copies of notes so you can clear your name, you need to keep making copies as you go. Back up onto a thumb drive at the end of each working day.</p><p></p><p>That happened to me - I went home sick, fortunately during a lighter workload period, and was never well enough to return. Left behind were my notes, my diary (with all my contact names in it - a huge bargaining chip) and all records of my employment. Even though I'd done a really good job I never got a reference or even a statement of employment - all I had was copies of documents I'd prepared while working there. And I was lucky to get copies of them - a disgruntled employee posted them out to me. The business was trying to pretend I'd never been employed by them, and I at last had documents of theirs with my name on them, which I've had to show to other prospective employers in lieu of a reference.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 48639, member: 1991"] Before you move on, have a frank talk to your office manager. Tell her/him how much of your time got wasted having to refute this stuff - you COULD refute it, which means the negative report on you was also a waste of someone else's time. You have two choices. Stay - as long as you're permitted to do your job as conscientiously as you have been doing it, without having someone trying to sabotage you (and how much more could she get done, if she focussed on productivity rather than pulling you down?); or leave - you are competent, you have completed projects on time, you have a solid work ethic and have learned to cut trough red tape thanks to having to deal with mothering a difficult child. So if THIs company isn't prepared to fight for you, and is going to let this supervisor continue to pull you down and in doing so, reduce your productivity, then there will be a business somewhere else which will be a better use of your talents and drive. This supervisor sounds short-sighted. And maybe jealous? You seem to be getting concessions which she may be resenting. difficult child 3's godmother went through this recently. In her case she intercepted emails between another woman in her office, and their joint supervisor (not the business manager, but subordinate). The other woman in the office was being encouraged to spy on difficult child 3's godmother, noting down how much time she was apparently spending on personal calls (every call was for the business, the other office worker hadn't checked) and twisting everything she said or did to make it look bad. When godmother found an email from the supervisor to the secretary, making it clear she'd been asking for the spying job, godmother went straight to the top management and filed a complaint. However, although both the gossipy staff were chastised, nothing more was done and the problem continued. Godmother was getting fed up with the backstabbing in the place anyway and has resigned. However, she is still reserving her judgement about filing a lawsuit for harassment in the workplace and failure of the business management to appropriately respond. She already has another job lined up. This sort of thing happens and when it does, it makes it very difficult to feel motivated to go the extra mile for the business. A lot of bosses recognise this and will support you, unless they also don't really care, or also want you gone. In which case - don't stay where you're not supported. But in this case, it's possible you may be. Good luck. I hope you get some relief. And keep really good records, including back-ups of EVERYTHING. I've known other staff to hack into and delete personal files and archived files which were supposed to be kept as a legal record. Other things that can happen - you could get the sack one day and be escorted off the premises with no time to copy your data and your files - in the event of needing some indication of the sort of work you do/have done, or even copies of notes so you can clear your name, you need to keep making copies as you go. Back up onto a thumb drive at the end of each working day. That happened to me - I went home sick, fortunately during a lighter workload period, and was never well enough to return. Left behind were my notes, my diary (with all my contact names in it - a huge bargaining chip) and all records of my employment. Even though I'd done a really good job I never got a reference or even a statement of employment - all I had was copies of documents I'd prepared while working there. And I was lucky to get copies of them - a disgruntled employee posted them out to me. The business was trying to pretend I'd never been employed by them, and I at last had documents of theirs with my name on them, which I've had to show to other prospective employers in lieu of a reference. Marg [/QUOTE]
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