I worked as a recruiter/admin for a staffing company. They have a big corporate office in another state but the office I worked in only consisted of me, a sales guy, and the manager. I had been working there for 4 months and just before Christmas we were expecting a huge ice storm and I explained I was nervous about driving in it. The guys proceeded to make fun of me for two days nonstop. I also have chronic pain issues and they make fun of that. Annd they bully me for my nerdy stuff (I wanted to hang a small Middle Earth map by my desk).
I’m a 32 year old female and my boss constantly talks to me like I am a kid and tries to give me what he calls “dad advice.”
I have addressed all of these issues and when I say to lay off they just comment on how sensitive I am. There is no HR so nothing I could do.
Earlier this week I was commenting on a remote job post on LinkedIn and said I was open to work for a remote opportunity (I currently have a 45 minute commute).
Yesterday I come into the office and my boss pulls me into his. He asks if I’m looking for a job and I say “we’ve talked about how I want to work remotely. Why do you ask” And he shows me printed out screenshots of my comments. He asked why.
And I told him how I was tired of being bullied and gave him examples. He responded with “you can pack your bags.” I asked if I was fired and he said yes. But when I asked him why he said he didn’t have to tell me.
I cleared my desk and asked again and he said he wasn’t going to tell me. In the last two years they’ve been open, they’ve gone through 7 recruiters now.
Tl;dr: My boss and coworker have been bullying me for mental health and chronic health issues and I got fired after he found out I was interested in another job and I told him why. He refused to give me a reason why.