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What should I do about my bad work situation?
I've been working for a company since late November. I like the job and my manager, but when it comes to my coworkers I'm having a lot of problems.
When I first started I was trained with somebody else who was really scummy. In short he was breaking every rule you can think of and pretty soon he got fired for it. Well it turned out that he was referred for the job by one of the workers who was already there and he got so mad that they kept me and got rid of his friend that he spread rumors about me and turned everybody against me. I talked to my manager about it (he's a manager from out of state) and he told me to just ignore them and keep my head up so I did.
Then they hired another guy who was relentlessly sexually harassing me and I wound up having to report him because he started stalking me and messaging me online too and then he got fired and people started calling me a snitch.
Now I'm in a volatile work environment where nobody likes me and one of the guys in particular keeps calling me a "dumb white b*tch" among other names and telling everybody horrible things about me. One time he even threatened to pick me up and slam me into the wall and kick my a**.
He also deters as many of my sales as possible which is a big part of my job and I get fired if I can't make any sales.
I don't know what to do. I can't report him too when I already reported the first guy and now everybody says I'm a snitch. Even if I did the other coworkers don't like me either. He's already told me he's going to force me to quit...I don't know what to do. I can't be without a job. :(
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Hi, To be candid, you should take steps against those that are hostile to you which would not be traced back to you. From what you wrote, you are already out of options of reporting the certain individuals that are making your life miserable at work. What if they start doing evil stuffs with your signature on it in order not to just get you fired but arrested and charged for fraud? I remember a person that contacted our store seeking for assistance in getting out of a situation where his co-workers at work had used his signature in withdrawing a huge sum of money from the firm without his consent since he was the Head of the Treasury department at that firm. He almost lost his job, not until we figured out what went wrong and exposed it all so he could be proved innocent. Not everyone is lucky to get help from us at Rehabculture Hack store, but don't sit there and wait for a miracle to happen, which might only get worse. I can be reached on google hangouts via (robertysmith501@gmail). I would be ready to help you without it been traced back to you, courtesy of RCHS.
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Adviceman gave good advice. I just want to add regarding calling the police now and filing a report of sexual harassment with one guy and another for the threat of bodily harm from the another/or same guy. Even if they can not do anything right now, it is very important to have what is called 'a paper trail'. This means that if any person threatens again or sexually harasses, you let the police know again. Having you simply report the threats is important in case you are pushed, touched in a threatening manner or hurt or beaten in some way. This is a criminal offense, assault and battery. If the police need to respond to such a thing in the future, they will arrest the offender for sure if theres a paper trail of complaints regarding the same in threats in the past. That makes it a pre-meditated offense.
With an off site manager and the situation as bad as it is, if I were you, in the meanwhile, I would continue working for an income but at the same time look for a new employer and once you have the new job, leave this one.
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From what you have written you are most definitely in a hostile work environment. You have done everything the law requires of you in reporting these things to your employer.
You are suffering racial harassment, a volatile work place and you have been threatened with bodily harm and all your employer has done is to tell you to ignore them. Time to go for the big guns and file an EEOC complaint. THE EEOC is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. You will find a listing for them under Federal Government.
The complaint can be filed and acted upon faster if you can afford your own attorney if not file directly with the commission. As for the threat of bodily harm that you can file directly with local law enforcement as it is unlawful to threaten someone with bodily harm. To what degree degree be it a Felony or Misdemeanor Depends on the Laws in your state and just what you can prove.
For the immediate time start printing out an threatening emails or forward them to your private emails account. By a packet notebook and mark down the date time and place, who and what was said any one says something to you that would fall under the hostile work environment statue.
If anyone asks what your doing tell them your writing a book and this is research for the book. IF they try to take your notebook from you call the police and charge them with robbery and assault.
Of course the other thing to do is to leave and to file your complaint. Just because you leave this job doesn't mean you can't still file your complaint.
My suggestion is; in the short term do as I have written. You should also start looking for another job. It is a lot easier to find a job while you still have one. When asked why you want to leave tell them it is do a hostile work environment which started after you reported another employee for stalking and harassing . The company fired that employee and the other employees have turned on you. Its a truthful but embarrassing story that a future employer can believe.
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