Re: Wrongful Termination

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On 1/11/05, Michelle wrote:
> Does anyone know if I have a leg to stand on if I was fired
> because my boss listened to what co-workers said,which were
> blatent lies, they were just trying to cover their own
> asses.I believe I was slandered and got a letter at home
> the same day saying I was fired.

I don't know what state you're living in, but in many
states there is at-will employment -- which basically means
if an employer doesn't like you, he has just as much of a
right to ask you to leave the company as you do of staying
there. It sounds like you had a stupid boss, and it's a real
shame he's letting his employees pull the blinders down over
his eyes. I'm in the same situation with lying co-workers at
work, though. At my office, they're like a pack of thieves.
They just love the idea of pulling someone's livelihood right
out from under their feet, stealing food out of their mouths,
basically, and they often talk and laugh amongst themselves
of who they would like to see get fired, whether they have a
sound reason for it or not. I know exactly what you mean,
and it's sad that these pathetic lying poor excuses for human
beings feel that they have to do this kind of stuff to people
in order for their own survival in the workplace.
I will tell you this, though -- you must have been
really good at your job, because the liars obviously felt
threatened by you.
Oh, and by the way, a fellow coworker told on me
yesterday, too, for going to the restroom after my lunch
break. I had salad and fruit juice for lunch, and well, I
had to go a serious #2. This woman actually went downstairs
and told the boss about me -- "She came right in and went
right into the bathroom." Anyway, I overheard her telling
the boss, and all I could think about and laugh at was how
she's trying to advance her career by telling the boss about
my bowel movement. It left me wondering -- what does that
say about her career? It's unbelievable that in today's
workplace you can't even relieve yourself without the boss
knowing about it or nosey coworkers, who should be minding
their own business and their own jobs, trying to make the
boss think that you're using the bathroom as an excuse to
waste company time -- because that's really what they're
trying to say. (And, of course, the bowel movement woman
takes smoke breaks. I don't even smoke or go outside for
breaks. Who does she think she is, you know?) Are you sure
we're not talking about the same place?