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I recently emailed a HR Admin email inbox, as instructed to do so via the company's intranet page, requesting some confidential advice on a dispute between my manager and myself. The email was then forwarded to my HR contact / advisor who then forwarded it to the department manager which was then sent to my direct manager.Â*
The email was clearly marked in the subject and text that this was confidential advice that I was seeking. It detailed the issues I would face and the consequences, as well as the unhappness I was feeling towards my manager for the strong impression of dismissal and push back I was faced with.Â* Â*
The dispute is in concern of an issue with my eyes whereby in direct lighting, it can cause aches between the backs of my eyes as well as headaches. Sometimes it can be moderate/severe and can last for hours after work. I have never been diagnosed with anything because it was never necessary previously. I had never had an issues with someone moving me desks or turning off a light or 2. This was made fully aware to the company as I joined.Â*
I had bought the matter up to my direct manager previously several times however there was no conversation I would just receive dismissive and passive aggressive remarkes on the subject. These were done in a way that was clear that she was unhappy in regards to me bring up the subject.Â*
As stated in the email, I was merely seeking confidential advice on the matter and just to double check that what she had told me was correct as I didn't feel like she had made investigations on the subject as she was not taking me seriously and didn't believe me. I advised of the potential solutions available but they were not trialed. The email was not intended to be feedback for my manager or to be passed on to anybody else. I was after solutions and not drama so's to speak.
The situation is now that yes, one of my already offered solutions have been upheld. On the other hand, it has now caused even more friction between both myself and my manager. Not only that, my manager is on a 6 month secondment which ends very soon and both her and 4 other applicants are interviewing for her permanent job at the beginning of next week, which I was unaware of prior to her telling me, after telling me about how the email was passed around. I can sense that this may have had a serious impact on her career as it was passed to the department manager. She can barely look me in the eyes and I feel seriously guilty as this was not my intention at all.
I am so annoyed with the HR department. This is an extremely large global company who I feel should know better and the email being forwarded was a breach of my confidentiality. I was later told that I should have emailed them? Despite the intranet directing me to. If this had been the case, I feel they should have emailed me to advise they can't assist; essentially not putting me and my manager into the situation were in now.
Please advise on a person level, what can I do to try and resolve the situation with my manager's job, I am thinking perhaps speaking to the department manager and explaining.Â*
On a legal level, have the HR team broken any of my rights and do they hold some accountable towards the state of our current working conditions?
Thank you.Â*
The email was clearly marked in the subject and text that this was confidential advice that I was seeking. It detailed the issues I would face and the consequences, as well as the unhappness I was feeling towards my manager for the strong impression of dismissal and push back I was faced with.Â* Â*
The dispute is in concern of an issue with my eyes whereby in direct lighting, it can cause aches between the backs of my eyes as well as headaches. Sometimes it can be moderate/severe and can last for hours after work. I have never been diagnosed with anything because it was never necessary previously. I had never had an issues with someone moving me desks or turning off a light or 2. This was made fully aware to the company as I joined.Â*
I had bought the matter up to my direct manager previously several times however there was no conversation I would just receive dismissive and passive aggressive remarkes on the subject. These were done in a way that was clear that she was unhappy in regards to me bring up the subject.Â*
As stated in the email, I was merely seeking confidential advice on the matter and just to double check that what she had told me was correct as I didn't feel like she had made investigations on the subject as she was not taking me seriously and didn't believe me. I advised of the potential solutions available but they were not trialed. The email was not intended to be feedback for my manager or to be passed on to anybody else. I was after solutions and not drama so's to speak.
The situation is now that yes, one of my already offered solutions have been upheld. On the other hand, it has now caused even more friction between both myself and my manager. Not only that, my manager is on a 6 month secondment which ends very soon and both her and 4 other applicants are interviewing for her permanent job at the beginning of next week, which I was unaware of prior to her telling me, after telling me about how the email was passed around. I can sense that this may have had a serious impact on her career as it was passed to the department manager. She can barely look me in the eyes and I feel seriously guilty as this was not my intention at all.
I am so annoyed with the HR department. This is an extremely large global company who I feel should know better and the email being forwarded was a breach of my confidentiality. I was later told that I should have emailed them? Despite the intranet directing me to. If this had been the case, I feel they should have emailed me to advise they can't assist; essentially not putting me and my manager into the situation were in now.
Please advise on a person level, what can I do to try and resolve the situation with my manager's job, I am thinking perhaps speaking to the department manager and explaining.Â*
On a legal level, have the HR team broken any of my rights and do they hold some accountable towards the state of our current working conditions?
Thank you.Â*
