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I can't take it anymore! Sorry, long post
A few weeks ago I posted on this board about the 2 assistant managers who are making life Hell for me in my retail job. I blew the whistle on their unprofessional conduct towards me that created a hostile work environment in our store. They are both only 23 years old, have no retail or managerial experience and only got promoted to managers because of nepotism -- our director of operations is best friends with their respective mothers.
These girls spend alot of time tweeting, texting, emailing on Company time, violating the 1 hour break rule, rarely talk to me except to ask me to do something store-related, make changes to my schedule without consulting me first, never praise me when I've had a great sale and keep me in the dark about company events. At first I tried to be courteous with them, then civil with them, and now we're at war.
I followed the employee handbook guidelines about what to do if I felt I was in an oppressive work environment. I contacted these girls's immediate supervisor about their unprofessional behavior and coldness to me. She told me the problems would be addressed. Yesterday our operations director came to the store and had a private talk with these girls, then she wanted to have a private conversation with me. From the get-go she attacked me for my bad attitude and poor job performance. She accused me of incompetence on the job, being a non-team player, and having wronged these girls. She offered no concrete evidence to show me about these so-called incidents -- it was all here-say. I was so shocked by the intensity of her anger and that she had fallen for these girls's character assasination of me that I couldn't speak. My operations director was retaliating against me just as these girls had. Her attitude was appalling and shocking especially in view of the glowing performance review I got by our general manager only last month!
I've decided to tender my resignation on Monday and give 2 weeks notice. For all my indignation I don't want to burn bridges. Yes, it's a tough job market, but I can't tolerate this toxic atmosphere anymore and the sad fact that I have no allies in upper management. My DH and Mom support my decision which means alot to me.
Re: I can't take it anymore! Sorry, long post
That's so frustrating. I'm sorry you have to go through this.
Is there no way you can go to your company's HR department to file a complaint instead? Surely there are other avenues to take. Perhaps writing out your concerns about how you felt "attacked" by the regional director to HR? I would explain how you were offered no explanation or evidence of why she accused you of everything she did, in spite of the glowing performance review you just received. These things don't mesh, and definitely should raise a red flag in any kind of ethics review. Regardless, your ability to be a team player, performance, and etc was not supposed to be under review here. If I understand correctly, the original concern here is that these girls are not performing their job properly, are illegally charging their time to the company while not working (extended breaks, texting on job, etc), and that you feel it is setting a poor example for you and your co-workers. I would probably note (and be careful how you word it, as to not sound vindictive) that you feel they are retaliating against you (give relevant examples) for reporting their unprofessional and unacceptable behavior.
Read some of the content on this website. It's pretty enlightening on whistleblowers.
(EDIT: I should probably give you the link!) http://www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=42
I'm sorry that I can't offer any real advice, since I've never been in the same situation. Good luck!
One of my coworkers is going through the same thing! It's so terrible! No one in upper management is mean to her when she goes to them with issue after issue but they do a lot of lip service and it makes me so angry for her! She's been job hunting but can't quite cause she needs the money.
I hope everything works out for you.