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Posted By: Sandi Moses In Response To: Re: This is not a scam, but ... (Gary)
Saturday, 28 January 2006, at 6:16 p.m.
> Perhaps it's time for me to move on. I have defied the GM, and being the
> kind of person he is I am sure I am now in his sights. He has been at my
> location for only around a year, but during that time he has shown himself
> to be vindictive. One employee has moved to the midnight shift from the
> day shift simply to get away from his scrutiny. It seems he had made it
> his goal to get her to quit, or to find reasons to fire her. This is a
> person who has been with the company for at least a decade.
> I fully expect to receive a "write-up" tomorrow when I return to
> work. The GM seems to have passed along to his managers instructions to
> write employees up for any little thing. My defying him will certainly
> have consequences. But he will not deliver the consequences face-to-face.
> He's simply too cowardly for that. No, he will tell one of his underlings
> to hand the paperwork to me.
> I am a guy who only earns around 12 bucks an hour, so the idea of hiring a
> lawyer to protect me as a whistle blower isn't too attractive. I believe
> the only thing he'd be able to do is ensure that I keep my job. Perhaps it
> is not a job worth keeping. Still, I would like to stay employed there
> until early summer, which is around four months away. Right now four
> months seems like four years, since I feel like a guy who has a target on
> his back.
> I guess I am lucky to have some money in the bank, and to not have a
> family to support.
Does your city have a TV station with a department that loves to uncover situations like this because people love it and it is great for ratings? You might try that. Make sure they realize your job is on the line because of the GM's personality. Your corporate headquarters should be interested because if there were an accident that could be traced to lack of routine maintenance, the lawsuits would be astronomical. If it is as you say, there is no paperwork to back-up the GM's story about being in the shop. Have you kept notes? They could be worth their weight in gold.
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