
EEOC case or I just had a bad boss?
I recently got terminated from my job as a manager. It all started in January when I got sick and My boss knew but he told me he would come back the next day to check our stock level for prep, the next day I tried my best to go to work but I am so sick that I had to call in sick. Two days later, when I came back to work I found out that I was no longer the manager in charge of my store anymore. No explanations from my boss. Two weeks later, we had a managers area meeting and found out that I was the only manager that was not notified about it. Clueless and no training on how to do it I did an on the spot presenatation based on what I saw the other managers reported. I was stopped by my boss only to embarass me infront of everybody to point out what I did wrong. I went back to my seat and swallowed all the humiliation.Later that day, I did my 2nd presentation and on my second slide show again I was stopped and told that the presentation was not from the company. At this point, I told my boss everything that was in my slide was valid, the only thing that is different from his perspective is that I used a different picture to elenorate my presentation. I asked if he wanted me to continue because if he is gonna continue yelling at me and embarrasing me infront of everybody I am not going to waste my time and his time. He yelled at me and told me he has the right to stop me and embarass me because he is my boss. I sat down after being belittled by him. After the meeting, I sent him a text to apologize because I did not mean to disrespect him and all he replied wa "learn from it". Then there are several occassions that I felt like he is trying to look for loopholes to get rid of me like given a write up for not wearing my name when he walked in and gave me a final warning that would lead to my termination if another occurence happen.He sends other managers to spy on my store operation and look for every little mistake. I talked to him about how I felt and he told me he is just challenging me because he expects that I would quit already. I told him I. Am not a quitter. Then he brought another manager in and she gave me a final warning when I had to call in for an emergency due to my son and husband being sick. We had the CEO visit and I was told to change from a manager shirt to a regular employee shirt. Then the final incident happened when My schedule was changed without notifying me and I came late. I was in a rush to get the store together that I forgot to clock in, at he end of the night I asked the other manager to fix my time so he put my time in. The next day, These 3 managers called my attention and implied that I changed my time and the manager that changed my time card denied it. I challenged them to pull the camera footage and when my boss saw it he decides to send me home so he could further investigate it. I told him there is your proof so why are you still sending me home? You did not have a hat, so you need to go home. I told him, That I asked the other manager to give me a spare hat but he refused to give me one and he said its ok to not have it for the day. I did not argue anymore and got my things and went home. That night my employees called me and told me that I am banned from the store and that I was terminated. I called hr the next day to ask the reason for my termination and she could not tell me the reason why. I got a text from one of the managers askjng me to come in and I told him that after spreading the word to all my employees that I was terminated I will not come in to talk to them but they can talk to my lawyer. So do you think I have a valid EEOC complaint for harrassment?

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Hi Christine. I think they're trying to make a postal worker out of you. Just kidding. I had a very similar situation like yours. I was fired as well. I went to seek a wrongful termination attorney to see if I have a case. You see it happened around October last year, I got injured unloading a truck. A stack fell on me and I ended up for overnight observation at the hospital. I reported the matter to OSHA. Ever since then, my scheduled work hours began getting cut short; new employees were getting additional training plus more hours than I would. I was being harassed by management. To make this long story short, I may have a case. I think the management is pissed at me for whistle blowing them, with that OSHA report I filed. I'll see what happens. I think you ought to do the same. There's a real reason why you're being harassed. I don't think it's right for them to fire you because you were sick. Anyway, I hope to see you in an attorneys commercial like Larry Parker, saying "Larry Parker got me 2.1 million ".

Hello. First I want tell you that you did the right thing for speaking up. That takes a lot of courage to stand up for your self. Please reach out to me. Carnethiasteward77@yahoo.com. Thank you for standing up an telling your story. I will look forward to u email. Stand strong n be strong because you are strong. Thank u.

Hi Christine, This sounds like it was a terrible experience. I would check out the Department of Labor's definition of harassment here https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc/2011-workplace-harassment.htm

Trust God to guide you in Jesus holy name and praise Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.God can do anything.Smile! Robert