I work in the medical field in an administrative/financial role at the corporate office where I perform a role I don’t get paid for and I’m underpaid for the role I do get paid for. Additionally, the rules there are Draconian.
We have to clock in at exactly 8:00 — not 7:59 or 8:01. And we have to use the time clock online, which means our computers have to be booted up and ready to go by 8:00. But we have to work on gels – they take sometime 30 minutes just to boot up. So I’ve been in trouble multiple times for being “late” when I was at work — I was just waiting for their crap computers to work.
On that subject, I work in a production based role. All the work that comes in on any given day must be completed by end of business. If someone takes a vacation, their work is distributed among the people present at work. All that work then must be completed by end of business on computers that draaaaaaag and sometimes just stop working for hours. In addition, if the person filling in makes mistakes when working for the individual who is on leave, the person on leave is held accountable for those mistakes.
Management also schedules meetings and training during regular work hours and still requires the same production be met.
And what is happening now is my boss will deny time off to me and anyone who is nice to me – the reason given is “too much work to do.” While other people are allowed as much as 14 days off in one month for vacation- not
Medical leave. I’ve seen people receive 30 days off for a funeral, but I get in trouble for 1/2 day off for a migraine.
We are supposed to earn a certain amount of sick leave, but we have to give 2 weeks notice in order to use it or else we must show a doctor’s note if our supervisor requests it. Guess who she requests it from? You got it! Just me.
She lied about the job I do everyday so that I would not get a promotion that she promised me, and instead advised me to leave the company because I’m “too big for my panties.”
The difference between the way I’m treated and everyone else is so stark that the other employees are put off by it. And this is the second time she’s done this to one of her employees over a 2 year period. She’s been reported to HR twice that I know of.
So I’ve kept documentation of everything from day 1, and I have proof that she is in breach of compliance, which is a pretty serious problem, and it puts her employees in a difficult spot when they have to decide whether they should disobey and end up getting treated like I do or obey and break the law.
When a director started asking me questions, I answered honestly and I provided evidence of the offense. And despite everything, I feel guilty. I don’t understand why I feel guilty, but I do. I know she would fire me in a heartbeat for no reason, and she has used her discretion to be unfair over and over when she could be a balance to all those draconian rules.
Obviously, I’m leaving that department and probably the employer. But is this the worst case of disloyalty you’ve ever heard of? Am I overreacting? I need an outside opinion, please.
TLDR: I ratted because my boss is the worst –