I've been employed with my current employer for 7 1/2 years. I love my job, the pay is great compared to my area's cost of living, and my coworkers and I work well together and get along. That is, all except for my leadman. I'll call him Don.
Don has been with the company about 3 years and quickly moved up the ranks due to his happy demeanor and great work ethic. He was promoted to leadman about a year ago and supervised a small crew of 4 people, myself included. The promotion didn't include a pay raise, so I declined it. Instead, I was tasked with training Don for the position, which was fine by me. That's when everything changed.
Within weeks of being promoted, Don became more aggressive in his tone towards us, but more so towards me. Just a few highlights include:
1. Telling me I was a “sorry motherfucker” because I left work for 10 minutes due to a small emergency at my s/o's job.
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I pointed out a mistake he made one day and was told, “Just do what I say, even if you know it's wrong.”
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He saw me a coworker and me laughing and joking during a slow moment at work and screamed, “You must think I'm fucking playing with you.”. He was 2 feet from me.
Usually I can just shake off his comments and attitude, but I have went to my shop manager about 4 or 5 times when enough became enough. Usually I was told I would be moved to another department and Don would be talked to. This would last for 2 or 3 days and I would be sent right back to Don's crew for the cycle of abuse to begin again.
About a month ago, the bullying got the best of me and I went to my manager again. And again, I was told he would talk to Don. This time, though, I said that wasn't good enough. My manager asked me what I thought he should do, to which I replied, “Ya know what…don't do anything. That's been working great so far.”. I stormed out of the office, clocked out, and went home. I returned to work the next day because my employer is short staffed and has tons of work to be done.
I have gone as far up the chain with my complaints as I can without reaching corporate. I know that HR isn't my friend and only looks out for the employers best interest, but I'm at my wits end. It feels like Don is still there because despite his actions, he is a great worker that gets things done. I don't want to seem like a snitch or a bitch because I went to HR, but I don't see any other option. And no, quitting isn't an option. The pay is great and in my mind, quitting would feel like Don got the best of me.
I don't know what to do.
TL;DR. Management knows that myself and a few other employees are being bullied/harassed by our leadman, but won't deal with him. Debating sending an anonymous email to corporate HR as a last resort.