Current Events > Manager is trying to get me fired...should I quit ASAP?

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My manager and I have a rocky relationship. I've been with the company for years but I've been reporting to him for 6 months as of February.

Yesterday when my manager walked away from his desk, I saw an unsent email about me. Basically the email was telling his associates to heavily monitor my clock in/ clock out times and to look for violations, and even said I am bound to "slip up"

Naturally I want to quit. Should I?
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Have you been shady with your clocking in and out?
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No, thats exactly what he wants you to do. Unless its a job that you dont care about, just keep on doing your work and dont worry about what he thinks.
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Sounds like it's time for some espionage.
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Fire him. Also I would get you fired too if I couldn't even walk away from my desk without you going through my stuff.
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I'm pretty sure you could sue him under the premises of a hostile work environment, couldn't you?
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Bring it up to HR.
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Anteaterking posted...

Have you been shady with your clocking in and out?

No. But I've made a couple mistakes through out the last 2 weeks. Mistakes related to a couple venders we use at work
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Caelthus posted...

I'm pretty sure you could sue him under the premises of a hostile work environment, couldn't you?

Not without getting himself caught up
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Ask to be reassigned to a new manager.
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Kineth posted...

Bring it up to HR.

What could I have them do? Outside of check that email, but he might not have sent it
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If you quit you dont get severance right?
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J E S U S posted...

If you quit you dont get severance right?

Right, but depending on how you get fired you may not get one.
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Just keep doing your thing. If you don't slip up he's gonna look like a big dipshit
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If you're fired you have a shot at unemployment. If you quit you get nothing.

If it's really that bad, consider going to HR and negotiating an exit package. Explain that you've been a dedicated employee but your current management is making things hostile and you'd rather not turn it into a protracted legal fight. HR may look at the case and decide it's better to pay you to quit than to have you stick around until you're fired and then fight it.
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Keep doing your job. If he ends up getting you fired over stupid shit you can get right back at him by filing for unemployment.
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Sounds like you're pretty shady if you're going through his emails

J E S U S posted...

If you quit you dont get severance right?

Correct, but I also want to use this job as a reference.

lesidesi posted...

Sounds like you're pretty shady if you're going through his emails

Sorry, but when I see my name on the subject line of an email, I'm going to take a look.
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i'm not a lawyer but i'm fairly sure there are some legal implications to looking through someone else's e-mails without their consent

Chunkey Simmons posted...

J E S U S posted...

If you quit you dont get severance right?

Correct, but I also want to use this job as a reference.

lesidesi posted...

Sounds like you're pretty shady if you're going through his emails

Sorry, but when I see my name on the subject line of an email, I'm going to take a look.

Why were you even close enough to his computer to see your name on the subject line of an email?
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Make sure to also let him know that you read his emails while he's away from his desk
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He wants you to quit, fuck that. Find a job first them tell him to fuck off.

Also I would have snapped a picture of his screen. I don't know what I'd do with it but I would have done it.
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voldothegr8 posted...

He wants you to quit, fuck that. Find a job first them tell him to fuck off.

Also I would have snapped a picture of his screen. I don't know what I'd do with it but I would have done it.

that would make it easier to charge you at your trial

Why do you and your manager have a rocky relationship?
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Yea should have took a pic. Just be sure u are a good boy with clocking in an out. Put your happy face on.

Of course u could just go ask him why he doesn't like u. Not telling him u saw the email.

Have you tried talking to him about it?

Maybe say like hey I feel like theres some tension between us and I was wondering if there was something wrong that Ive been doing or something like that. Bring up the issue without explicitly saying hey I looked at your email and it was about me and what the fuck does that mean.
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lesidesi posted...

i'm not a lawyer but i'm fairly sure there are some legal implications to looking through someone else's e-mails without their consent

if I broke into his emailyes

Not if he leaves it up for everyone to see

LightHawKnight posted...

Chunkey Simmons posted...

J E S U S posted...

If you quit you dont get severance right?

Correct, but I also want to use this job as a reference.

lesidesi posted...

Sounds like you're pretty shady if you're going through his emails

Sorry, but when I see my name on the subject line of an email, I'm going to take a look.

Why were you even close enough to his computer to see your name on the subject line of an email?

I sit directly behind him
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lesidesi posted...

i'm not a lawyer but i'm fairly sure there are some legal implications to looking through someone else's e-mails without their consent

My company has policy against leaving your desk with your screen unlocked...
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I would go to HR and tell them that he left his email open and he wrote a nasty email about you. You can't get in trouble if you didn't go through his emails, and I assume there's cameras there to prove you didn't.
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leaving your desk with your screen unlocked isn't an invitation for others to go through your inbox

if one of my analysts went through my e-mails i'd have them fired instantly

was the e-mail open on the screen, or did you have to physically click the e-mail

You should ask him to review you and help to improve any areas in which he might find you deficient. Do so by email.
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lesidesi posted...

leaving your desk with your screen unlocked isn't an invitation for others to go through your inbox

if one of my analysts went through my e-mails i'd have them fired instantly

I didn't go through his emails. It was on the screen when he left
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if you didn't actively do anything then you're probably fine from a legal perspective

He probably set you up so you'd see that email and taking steps to fire you for snooping

If it was left on his screen it's fair game. You didn't break any rules. He was wreckless to do so and he should be reprimanded for basically putting a target on you.
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ProtoManSPx posted...

He probably set you up so you'd see that email and taking steps to fire you for snooping

If he did that, I would be impressed
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OP deserves to be fired

Why the fuck are you asking for CE for career advice?