goneriding
09-26-2006, 09:54 AM
Hi Folks:
My husband works for a large company in Mcalester going on 11 months now. Since his hire date he was working under an individual who has made his daily work tasks difficult performing such things as kicking boxes purposely in his direction as he is walking, calling him foul names such as A**hole, Pr*ck, etc. He went to the manager above this individual and informed him of what has been going on the last 11 months. Now this manager does not know how to handle the situation and told my husband that he is too stressed out to deal with this. The manager he reported is not liked very well by several other employees and is just an electrician (not HR or upper management). My husband is on call 24/7 for this company as that HVAC tech. He clocked in 3 minutes late the other day after spending 4 hours overtime in the middle of the night. They want to write him up for being tardy and we believe that it has to do with my husband reporting this other manager and the fact that the individual above him can not handle the pressure of reprimanding a long term employee. Also, the employees of the company have brought the Union in and I believe that the employer is filtering through the individuals that are interested in what the Union has to say such as my husband and 56% of the remaining staff. This company is a 24/7 running business - non stop. My husband has been applauded for his work and the fact that they have not had to call in any outside help to keep their large HVAC units running at all times. What can he do? The upper manager can not handle my husbands denial of signing a written warning on being tardy. He turned in his company supplied cell phone and informed them that he will no longer be on call since this was an option not mandatory. He is meeting with HR today - does he have any rights? Thank you for helping us, the good ole boy system seems to be running this business instead of true hard honest working individuals. Again, this is a huge company.
My husband works for a large company in Mcalester going on 11 months now. Since his hire date he was working under an individual who has made his daily work tasks difficult performing such things as kicking boxes purposely in his direction as he is walking, calling him foul names such as A**hole, Pr*ck, etc. He went to the manager above this individual and informed him of what has been going on the last 11 months. Now this manager does not know how to handle the situation and told my husband that he is too stressed out to deal with this. The manager he reported is not liked very well by several other employees and is just an electrician (not HR or upper management). My husband is on call 24/7 for this company as that HVAC tech. He clocked in 3 minutes late the other day after spending 4 hours overtime in the middle of the night. They want to write him up for being tardy and we believe that it has to do with my husband reporting this other manager and the fact that the individual above him can not handle the pressure of reprimanding a long term employee. Also, the employees of the company have brought the Union in and I believe that the employer is filtering through the individuals that are interested in what the Union has to say such as my husband and 56% of the remaining staff. This company is a 24/7 running business - non stop. My husband has been applauded for his work and the fact that they have not had to call in any outside help to keep their large HVAC units running at all times. What can he do? The upper manager can not handle my husbands denial of signing a written warning on being tardy. He turned in his company supplied cell phone and informed them that he will no longer be on call since this was an option not mandatory. He is meeting with HR today - does he have any rights? Thank you for helping us, the good ole boy system seems to be running this business instead of true hard honest working individuals. Again, this is a huge company.
