Reply #67: Well, the real reason is I'm not an ass kisser

[undeterred]

My old manager left in October and one of my co-workers was promoted in December - first to interim manager, then to manager. I got along fine with the old manager- he was technically competent and not an ass kisser, and did not expect it from us. The new person is technically incompetent to the point where he would tell me to do stuff that reflected very poor judgment and my own supervisor disagreed with him all the time. Plus, he was a habitual liar, a total ass kisser, and wanted own his ass kissed all the time. Lots of issues.

We never actually had an open conflict till my review, where he criticized me for using too many sticky notes, and was going to use that for denying me a raise. I called bullshit and went to HR. I think he was trying to piss me off enough to get me to quit. But then HR fired me over the calendar issue.

The new manager was a nightmare and I no longer wanted the job. I also knew that he was already soliciting resumes for my position because I heard rumors.

They can fire you for any reason they want, and they can tell you anything they want, basically. I mean if they want to make a mountain out of my yellow sticky notes, so be it. But lying about gross misconduct is illegal.

I have to go with the reason they put in writing- they told me that I must have misused my IT privileges to see her calendar, which is untrue. They accused me of reading her email, which I never did.

I hate that this is still going on 6 weeks later.