A lower level supervisor trying to get me (their superior) fired.
The background to this is I actively advocated for this person to get promoted to their position.I checked in several times with this person when I noticed their demeanor change. I assumed it was due to burnout and when I brought it up, I held them while they cried to me. I got them their favorite candy and left a note of encouragement. When my superior was being hard on this person, I fought for them and showed them empathy, even though their performance was severely lacking. I made sure our other coworkers included them in outings to make sure they didn’t feel ostracized.
I can admit my faults, I am not good with time management. I’m late everyday. But I also make up for the time by staying late or shortening my breaks. I have stayed at the job I’m in because my manager is very understanding, and shows me grace bc they know i will put in extra effort to compensate for my timeliness. I have severe ADD and have struggled my whole life with this issue. It is something’s that causes me to feel a lot of shame. And I felt very fortunate to have understanding co workers (tbh they are all late too)
But this co worker that I have DEFENDED, has been documenting every day that I’m late. They went to my other co workers to tell them she observed me for a week. She sat down with her husband one night and did the math on how much “time I stole from the company”. And reported me to HR because “she felt so guilty” about my time card theft. When in reality I worked overtime! This person also always leaves early and has not completed the one responsibility assigned. This person never came to me to talk about the issue.I can’t even talk to them about it since it is an HR issue. I feel completely betrayed. I know coworkers aren’t supposed to be friends, but I always thought a good leader leads with empathy and compassion. I just would never value a corporation over a person. Or maybe I’m the Michael Scott of my job and my whole team can’t stand me and I have no self awareness. Either way I am devastated.
Sorry to rant but felt like I had no where else to go.