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I was recently informed by a co worker that our supervisor held a private meeting two weeks after she joined the company. In this meeting, she was told that she needed to "watch out for me" The new employee was told that I was difficult, negative, had no experience in my field ( I have nearly two decades of experience) and that I was not to be to be allowed to talk to clients. The new hire was told that in the supervisor's absence, she would be "in charge" and I was never to be in charge. I am over forty and the only male employee in my department.
Sucks to hear of someone acting like that, but since it seems to be hearsay you're probably outta luck. FWIW, unless the behavior is egregiously bad, going the legal route against an employer is typically a high-risk, low-reward venture. That's especially true if you're in a small field where everyone talks to each other. Tread lightly or you could find yourself blackballed.
If your co-worker confided in you enough to share the dirt from a secret meeting that was meant to discuss you in private, then this person respects you more than she does your supervisor. The supervisor may be poisoning every employee against you.
Sounds like the supervisor is worried about you bumping her out of the way and taking her job. Be as nice and helpful to other folks as possible. Use your experience to help them do their jobs well. Be especially nice to the supervisor's boss. If you start experiencing negative treatment from others because of it then you can raise the issue. May have a talk with your supervisors boss or similar tier person on things you can work on to move up in the organization.
The overtone of your post makes it sound like you don't have a very good relationship with your boss to begin with and she sees you as a threat (been there before myself), so this is a sure sign you need to be looking for a new job. Just start looking quietly and when you find the new opportunity, give 'em a week's notice, if that, and walk. Life's too short to deal with that kind of ****. I have been in hostile work environments before and that's what I've done. Hopefully you've made the references you need to have outside of your dept. for later on down the road (if you haven't, then you need to get them). That's what I've done in the past and it's never come back on me when pursuing other jobs.
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