I've been working in aviation since 2011, and in this specific airline since January 2022. After being “remotely-managed”, airline hired a local. My new boss is infamous in our airport for working for 10+ airlines / handling companies during his 20 year career because he keeps getting fired, as well as being an asshole in general. Guess he got a super good resume of having 20 years of experience in aviation working for multiple airlines.
Anyway, dude shows up for maybe an hour every 2-3 days, asks a bunch of questions about what I do and disappears, only to send me passive-aggressive emails at 9pm, DEMANDING I'll explain my work routine. Sending URGENT emails on the days he knows I'm off etc. A few weeks passed, he never replies about my issues with overtime, workplace safety, etc. Tried contacting his manager but she is avoiding me as well. He decided he doesn't like the fact I'm working 07:30-15:30 (we have one daily flight that departs at 13:40) and I should be working 9:00-17:00. Then proceeds to specifically show up at 9:01 and call me screaming to come to the office because he URGENTLY needs something from there, or contacting me at 16:50 and demanding I'll send him the measurements of the desks, as well as constantly calling my co-workers from the airport to ask them when I came / left work. After that incident I got so stressed out I took a 3 day sick leave and got back on anxiety meds.
Gotta point out we don't have a way to “time stamp” and I get paid monthly for 180 hours. A lot of my work can be done remotely, and I've been doing it as such since I got hired, since our office is roughly the size of a broom closet, with a tiny desk and a plastic chair. Naturally I prefer filling reports from my home. Boss does not approve.
Five days ago he sent me an outlook invitation for a PIP. I don't live in the US so no one knows what it is, had to do some massive googling. I played dumb and ask what it is, he said it's a “routine catch up call… Personal, um, don't remember, but it's a normal thing”. At this point I was already recording his calls and when I got home I filled a complaint with the ethics department. Dude was spending HOURS writing about my “transgressions” to “ambush” me when he thought I was unprepared.
Well, during the TWO HOUR PIP I discovered the higher management (the one that was avoiding my calls for weeks) completely supports him, apparently I have no right to ask him about the scope of his job, I've been wearing my uniform wrong the whole time, and I'm a sarcastic idiot that got 3 weeks to improve her behavior. NICE.
I refused to sign it, emailed back that sending someone a PIP invite and lying about what it is is unethical behavior and I've filled complaints, as well as for hostile work environment. The PIP is a mere retaliation for complaints I've made for not being paid overtime since September and for complaining new manager requires me to forge documents. I reject EVERYTHING written in the PIP. CCd the ethics and compliance department and head of H.R
That was on the 16th, now it's the 20th evening. Still no email back, boss is being nicer than usual. Continued to work normally but I am burning with rage from the inside because I know they are plotting the next move.