I am a program manager where I work but the relationships between some of our office staff and my superiors are close.. as in they’ve worked together a long time, have close relationships. I called an office assistant out via an email (in a professional manner) for stepping out of her job title and interfering in matters related to a few clients of mine. I am a counselor, she is an office assistant. 2 days later I had to go into a meeting with my Clinical Director and was told that I was “creating a hostile work environment” because I was “acting like I was above office assistants.” I took this really hard, as I always understood being accused of creating a hostile work environment was a pretty serious allegation in the workplace related to harassment or worse. I was not provided evidence during the meeting and I was not given a chance to ask questions or defend myself. Then, after the meeting between Diriector and I, my Director then sends an email to the office assistant that I stood up to, as well as the CEO of the Agency, cc’s me on it to announce that she has had the meeting with me and talked to me about creating a hostile work environment. Is this even legal? I have began looking for other opportunities because I’m not okay with how any of this went down. I’m a wrong?