I am the first target of my boss to fire

[QQC]

I do excellent job and my manager get jealous. She has issues with her boss because she want to replace her boss…right now they are in the fight and she feel I am a threaten to her…. I am not even a supervisor and she keep remind me I am an employee, not in management role. I do not think I did anything wrong she just does not happy about she is getting old and there is a younger female in her team. She just does not like people are younger or anything she think is better than her.

she has lied about a girl’s work performance and fired that girl. I heard the conversation she told the girl to stop her own job and begin to help other’s job because it is an emergency. After 2months she told HR the girl’s work is horrible, nothing has been done and the girl get fired. Then she hired her friend in our team….

I think she is going to do the same thing to me…

our company asked all employee working from home and when she talked to me and another older lady, she said she is worrying about me because I have young child and my mom at home, I will not be able to fully focus on my job and that will cause my failure. She said she and the other lady does not have anyone at home, so they can concentrate to their job.

during my examination time, she encourages people take vacation and asked me to cover for them to make sure I do not have time to prepare my exams- she does not want me get my certification and she does not provide me any required job experience for it. 

One time she assigned my job to other people without letting me know and I copied her boss on my email to say I was not notified about that and I was chasing around other departments for the work without knowing it has been assigned to other people already. the issue between me and her get worse since then… 

I really think she is an unethical person but she is the manager. What should I do? Quit and find another job, but it is so unfair… she is the bad person… other team members are closed to their retirement age, they just do what ever she ask, they can lie about anything just to keep their job… it is really pathetic to see my co-workers living a life like this and because I refused to twist fact or and lie with her, I became her first target to be fire…

what should I do… go to hr… they will protect her right? She said she is in senior management team and hr will not do anything to her….i am not sure if every company is like this, I just feel disappointed…

 

 

 

 

[d0nnivain]

It sounds like a toxic place to work.  I'd polish up my resume & start looking for a new job.  

I don't know where you are & the laws vary from state to state & country to country but in an at will employment state they can fire you for any reason or no reason, just not because of an illegal reason.  Your boss sounds like she is inching toward gender discrimination because she mentioned your child & your care giving responsibilities.  In the USA the Family Medical Leave Act protects workers who need to take time off to care for family members with certain serious conditions.  If you are mistreated because you availed yourself of this you may be able to sue.  

I would consider sending the boss an email.  You may want to consult a lawyer before you commit to writing but I'm thinking something like this:  

This will confirm our conversation on [date].  You mentioned that you had concerns about my child care responsibilities and the fact that my mother lives with me.  Thank you for your concern, but there is nothing for you to bother about.  I will manage my personal maters & do my job.  Should there come a time when I need to apply for FMLA, I will take that up with HR as appropriate. 

Now that we have my work flow issues resolved, I am confident that we can work together for the overall good of the company & the clients.  

Sincerely,   QQC

You want to have the paper trail that it's her not you. Go find that old email you copied her boss on & make sure you print it out & keep it along with this one.  

[Wiseman2]

11 hours ago, QQC said:

 … go to hr… they will protect her right? 

Right. It's a toxic work culture and that's how they operate.

Make sure you have an excellent LinkedIn profile and your resume is updated.

Start looking around for places and positions that would be a better fit for you.

[glows]

You know she is unethical. Anything you say, write or do will be used against you. Work on your resume and start sending it out especially if you do not want to get involved in a lawsuit. It doesn't matter if she is a bad person or how pathetic your coworkers are. Those are your emotions and judgment standing in the way of a pay cheque or potentially moving on to a better company. I think you should leave this company and find a better one.