So, there's been a few instances lately where it's apparent to me that our CPO is attempting to scapegoat me for various things.
First was a few weeks back and our of nowhere I start getting told off by the CPO (London-based) for developing a hybrid working exception process for employees that put the company in a “horrible position” and “greatly increased our risk.”
Essentially, because we were transitioning to hybrid, I felt it was fair to develop an objective method for allowing exceptions aka remote work or an augmented hybrid schedule. I carried it out and issued letters to our staff with the determinations setting out their new requirements. This reduced risk to the business, because no one was under a fully remote contract anymore and it gave our employees the flexibility they needed. I had to spend a day pulling together all the emails and approvals above my head related to this (that she was CC'ed on!) and wrote out a thorough timeline of events. I concluded that this in fact decreased risk rather than her assertation that it increased risk. Never got a response.
Yesterday, she decides to take another shot at throwing me under the bus by claiming I was responsible for a hire that was not approved. Well, it wasn't a North American hire, I had 3 separate emails giving approval and one where she herself gave approval. Wasted half my day wrote it all up and pasted a screenshot of her approval and pasted it to the top of the document. Have not heard anything.
Oh, last but not least, I wrote MY annual appraisal of myself and was told I needed to rewrite it. Apparently, writing the code of conduct, firing sexual predators, creating a whistleblower program, and developing multiple employee led groups is not important and shouldn't be included. Oh and anything related to employee relations, payroll, benefits, etc, shouldn't be included bc that part of the job. Well wtf am I being evaluated on? It's a ruse to give a me a bad score.
I told my CEO, just so he knows in case she's talking shit. But fuck. I just need to survive til med school. Again, this is why corporate fucking sucks. We're working for evil, we're all disposable, and we all live with that stress in the back of our minds most days.
Rant over. Thanks for reading. I'll be doing my best to not be the victim of thrown under bus syndrome so I can keep helping.
Oh and update, super shocking, still no decision on the employee recovering from cancer, soooooo still getting paid.