I work for a pretty well-known nonprofit organization in my area. I'm a counselor in the behavioral health department. The management in this place is literally just like the Mean Girls. Let me introduce the characters in this tale:
Me – Me
Sharon – my manager, Cady Heron
Christin – another manager, Karen Smith
Darlene – another manager, Gretchen Wieners
Mary – the managers' manager, Regina George
So, we keep hard charts because our system is archaic and no one wants to take the time or hire someone to switch to complete online documentation. My manager, Sharon, is the one who is in charge of ensuring that those files are secured in the locked fireproof cabinet when not immediately in use. However, this cabinet has never been intentionally locked since I began working there in January of this year. A file went missing in mid-May and I discovered it was gone in late-June because I needed to put an assessment away. I brought this to Sharon's attention right away and her instructions were to “check all the drawers in the cabinet because people don't know how to alphabetize.” So, I did as instructed. Nothing. I checked everywhere at my desk. Nothing. I sent out several emails to ask my coworkers if they had seen this file. No one responded. I was hitting a wall, and I mentioned this to Sharon during our supervision meeting. Sharon said that I may catch a little heck for the file going missing even though it had been about a month since I last had the file – and I remember putting it away when I finished doing annual paperwork with the client. Time went by and Sharon said that I should recreate the file, which I did, and explained the issue to the client, who didn't really care. I had the next week's supervision with Sharon, and she handed me this written warning, saying that I was getting in trouble because I was the case manager. She said verbatim “Lots of people can get into the files, but you're getting this because you're the case manager.” I let Sharon talk at me for a bit, but I didn't sign the paperwork. I emailed Sharon and Mary explaining how being that they couldn't prove it was me, I would not be signing the paperwork. Lots of professional attempts to call me a liar were done, which I professionally argued back.
In the background of all this, Darlene is having trouble with her team and lost two people within two weeks because she is a terrible manager. Darlene ended up sending my friend a long Facebook message about how he's terrible, has ruined her career, and all that jazz. In this message, she explains how all the managers, Mary included, were all going to back each other and how we all just need to take the abuse for the company and stop trying to be treated like regular people.
Darlene screwed herself and the other managers over with this, because my friend saved the message and sent a copy to me and the other girl who was named in the message.
I also saved this message, and began a full blown defense against them all. The battle ended this past Friday when I went into Sharon's office to give her my letter of resignation. Sharon looked at me with this crap-eating grin and said, “We kinda knew this was coming.” After a few minutes, I knew she had read the letter completely, because now she knew she only has me for one more week. I am the only counselor in the behavioral health department right now, and Mary locked their Indeed account so they can't even get applications out to the public. Sharon, Darlene, Christin (who really is another moron), and Mary have all shunned me. I don't think they expected me to be done so quickly, but I'm not even giving them two weeks. I already have another job lined up and they want me to start next week, so I'm ditching this poopsicle stand.