Long story short, the company I work for has a new management team, three individuals who have all subsequently been made directors of the company.
They were hired 11 month ago on the basis they would deliver substantial revenues to the company and kick start a growth plan.
11 month later they have not delivered a single penny of the plan, income is down, costs are eye watering, significant losses, and the company is virtually on life support as I type this trying to scrap together funds to pay wages this week.
Anyway, moving on...
I found a document three month ago on a shared printer on the operational floor next to the now Managing Director's desk (shared open office set up). The document was titled "HR Strategy" and in it under the subtitle (my name) was a brief paragraph detailing that I am good at my job, however with the "AP" (action plan) "sack the c**t".
The language and level of professionalism we know is quite frankly shambolic let alone coming from an "MD". Further, I remain mindful that everything else noted in the agenda has come to pass (redundancies etc).
Subsequently I have confirmed with certainty this document was indeed created by the Managing Director (how I did this - I logged on to his computer two weeks ago and see the document on his desktop). Yeah I know one may gasp but we are an SME, employees 16 and no IT or HR department.
Anyway I kept this to myself over the last three month, unsure what to do... do I report it to my "formal line manager", who so happens to be one of the three directors, or do I report it to the Owner (informal boss).
Last week, due to the current financial state of the company and a merging conflict between the Owner and one of the newly appointed directors, and EGM was called.
I made the decision to share this with the Owner leading up to the meeting and emailed the document to him asking for this to be raised, minuted, and a written apology provided by the individual. If its going to be raised and discussed in a formal environment, and EGM was the place for it was my rationale.
My email was acknowledged by owner, but my request to raise in the EGM ignored.
I spoke to owner last evening on the telephone who confirmed he has spoken to the individual but I am in the wrong for reading it in the first place and should have handed the document back to the author. I shared my view on it all and admitted that I logged into his computer two weeks ago to obtain concrete evidence to the fact before I made a decision on what to do about it. It was basically all my fault was his response and not sure what he is going to do about all this.
I was gobsmacked.
I have consulted an employment lawyer but they want to £700 just to meet for a couple of hours and review details surrounding it.
I don't have this kind of money.
What should I do? I feel helpless.
They were hired 11 month ago on the basis they would deliver substantial revenues to the company and kick start a growth plan.
11 month later they have not delivered a single penny of the plan, income is down, costs are eye watering, significant losses, and the company is virtually on life support as I type this trying to scrap together funds to pay wages this week.
Anyway, moving on...
I found a document three month ago on a shared printer on the operational floor next to the now Managing Director's desk (shared open office set up). The document was titled "HR Strategy" and in it under the subtitle (my name) was a brief paragraph detailing that I am good at my job, however with the "AP" (action plan) "sack the c**t".
The language and level of professionalism we know is quite frankly shambolic let alone coming from an "MD". Further, I remain mindful that everything else noted in the agenda has come to pass (redundancies etc).
Subsequently I have confirmed with certainty this document was indeed created by the Managing Director (how I did this - I logged on to his computer two weeks ago and see the document on his desktop). Yeah I know one may gasp but we are an SME, employees 16 and no IT or HR department.
Anyway I kept this to myself over the last three month, unsure what to do... do I report it to my "formal line manager", who so happens to be one of the three directors, or do I report it to the Owner (informal boss).
Last week, due to the current financial state of the company and a merging conflict between the Owner and one of the newly appointed directors, and EGM was called.
I made the decision to share this with the Owner leading up to the meeting and emailed the document to him asking for this to be raised, minuted, and a written apology provided by the individual. If its going to be raised and discussed in a formal environment, and EGM was the place for it was my rationale.
My email was acknowledged by owner, but my request to raise in the EGM ignored.
I spoke to owner last evening on the telephone who confirmed he has spoken to the individual but I am in the wrong for reading it in the first place and should have handed the document back to the author. I shared my view on it all and admitted that I logged into his computer two weeks ago to obtain concrete evidence to the fact before I made a decision on what to do about it. It was basically all my fault was his response and not sure what he is going to do about all this.
I was gobsmacked.
I have consulted an employment lawyer but they want to £700 just to meet for a couple of hours and review details surrounding it.
I don't have this kind of money.
What should I do? I feel helpless.
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