I recently walked into my office to hear my supervisor talking about me with one of my co-workers. He said "If she was not so efficient, I would have fired her a long time ago" And the other employee says, "She just walked by", my supervisor states, "Now, right after I said that?" The co-worker responds "Yes" and the supervisor says "Crap". Goes into his office, send an email to us both stating he has an appointment he forgot about and abruptly leaves. I did go and speak with my supervisors boss who says that the comment was inappropriate and he will have a talk with him. Do I have any legal recourse here such as a hostile work environment? This is not the first time this has happened, although the other instances are all heresay where other employees have overheard similar conversation from these same two people, one being my supervisor, the other being an equal co-worker. Please tell me what rights, if any I have.
Thanks - Bummed out in Kansas
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Huh?
He said you were efficient and that's why you continue to be employed. Where's the hostility? Have you seen any signs that he is impeding your career? If your company is big enough to have an HR department, have you talked to them?
Most of use would be fired if we weren't efficient.
Most of use would be fired if we weren't efficient.
18th Jan 2007
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You have the right. . . . .
.....to wonder what it is about you that bothers other people (or at least these people).
.....to find another place of employment.
.....to be offended.
.....to find another place of employment.
.....to be offended.
18th Jan 2007
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Stay calm, confront him, ask him why.
Instead of looking for a "legal recourse", find out what the issue is.
19th Jan 2007
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Leagal action is not the answer and in most cases would cost you more then anything you'd ever get in return.
Stay calm and confront the issue in a professional way. Keep your personal feeling to the side on this.
Stay calm and confront the issue in a professional way. Keep your personal feeling to the side on this.
Dan Powers
19th Jan 2007
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Work is a four letter word.
Stuff happens. The work environment is not guaranteed to be fun or even pleasant. That's why they have to pay us to go there. A manager's misbehavior may be against corporate policy and is certainly bad for business but we don't have legal recourse for every imagined slight in the workplace. The fact that you would even ask if you your "rights" have been violated over such a minor incident makes me wonder if you are difficult to work with.
Keep in mind that this is not a legal counsel web site so you are definitely asking the wrong people.
Keep in mind that this is not a legal counsel web site so you are definitely asking the wrong people.
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Write everything - NOW
Write everything - NOW! Before you do anything or talk to anybody.
First option, if you have an HR department, is talk to HR. They are REQUIRED to deal with these kinds of issues.
This could be considered, Defamation of Character , Harassment and or Sexual Discrimination.
Don't just leave it up to your supervisors boss. Make sure YOU talk to HR yourself.
Reporting this to HR does not mean it needs to become a "federal case". It does mean that if it is not addressed properly, you have at least taken appropiate steps on your part.
If this becomes a bigger problem, the first question you will be asked is "Why did you not report this sooner?"
First option, if you have an HR department, is talk to HR. They are REQUIRED to deal with these kinds of issues.
This could be considered, Defamation of Character , Harassment and or Sexual Discrimination.
Don't just leave it up to your supervisors boss. Make sure YOU talk to HR yourself.
Reporting this to HR does not mean it needs to become a "federal case". It does mean that if it is not addressed properly, you have at least taken appropiate steps on your part.
If this becomes a bigger problem, the first question you will be asked is "Why did you not report this sooner?"
19th Jan 2007
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You don't know what you are talking about. You live in a dream world. Take your medication. Please. Take it now. Take your medication every day like the hospital staff told you to do.
stress junkie
19th Jan 2007
Nobody in his/her right mind can offer sound advice based on what was written in the original post.
Rights? Those rights vary by state an by employer (size, type, etc.) A small family-run business is usually not subject to the terms and conditions of an EEO.
Large companies usually have a code of conduct or a code of ethics published by their HR departments. if you really want to persue legal action, talk to your HR manager and ask for a copy of the publication. I'd be willing tobet you cannot find anything wrong with what your manager stated... it sounds more like an opinion than anything.
Next, if you can't walk up to your boss FIRST, and ask him what he meant by the comment, then there appears to already be friction between you two.
Finally, know that everybody says things about everybody else at one point or another. You just happen to catch your boss doing it. What about all the things I'm sure YOU said about him?
Because of the latter, you may want to consider just forgetting about it, and dismiss it as "one of those things". You need to realize that people are human, and to err is human. But I'm not even sure there was an "err" committed by your boss. Perhaps work on your social skills too.
Rights? Those rights vary by state an by employer (size, type, etc.) A small family-run business is usually not subject to the terms and conditions of an EEO.
Large companies usually have a code of conduct or a code of ethics published by their HR departments. if you really want to persue legal action, talk to your HR manager and ask for a copy of the publication. I'd be willing tobet you cannot find anything wrong with what your manager stated... it sounds more like an opinion than anything.
Next, if you can't walk up to your boss FIRST, and ask him what he meant by the comment, then there appears to already be friction between you two.
Finally, know that everybody says things about everybody else at one point or another. You just happen to catch your boss doing it. What about all the things I'm sure YOU said about him?
Because of the latter, you may want to consider just forgetting about it, and dismiss it as "one of those things". You need to realize that people are human, and to err is human. But I'm not even sure there was an "err" committed by your boss. Perhaps work on your social skills too.
dablack@...
20th Jan 2009
Why respond to a 2 year old Question?
OH Smeg
20th Jan 2009
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Bizzo
20th Jan 2009
I thought I saw her outside of Walmart with a "will not bitch for food" sign.....
jdclyde
20th Jan 2009
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your askin the wrong crowd
19th Jan 2007
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I mean she didn't ask how to hack into her bosses PC so she could blackmail him?
Tony Hopkinson
19th Jan 2007
That other discussion had nothing to do with this one, James at green house. It is becoming evident that you are a jackass.
stress junkie
19th Jan 2007
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You've got to find out why the supervisor would have fired you if weren't so efficient?
Ask him, no shouting, no swearing, don't punch him in the head.
Until you know why, you have nothing to act on.
You might not be able to do anything except leave. You've apparently nothing to go to lawyer with except my boss doesn't like me, the only one who'll profit from that is the lawyer.
Ask him, no shouting, no swearing, don't punch him in the head.
Until you know why, you have nothing to act on.
You might not be able to do anything except leave. You've apparently nothing to go to lawyer with except my boss doesn't like me, the only one who'll profit from that is the lawyer.
19th Jan 2007
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why are employee/ worker rights being asked here?
I dunno I ignor posts like this because how can we make suggestions of what to do on a legal point? Why in the world would someone come on here as ask these types of questions anyways? It's not Legalrepublic.com.
spam is what I think.
Got everyone to post....
spam is what I think.
Got everyone to post....
19th Jan 2007
