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I broke my hand at home in September, I was on disability till November, came back and I was working on my machine again. 3 Weeks later my manager hired his friend on my machine and is trying to send me to second shift. After I been here 7 yrs. Now his friend is working my machine and his putting me to do other crap. Any suggestions??
If you're an at-will employee then you have a choice. Either accept a move to second shift (presumably doing what you were hired to do on "your" machine") or stay on your present shift and do whatever's required of you. Have you spoken to your manager and asked about this change?
Well, based on what you said, it's not harassment. If they want you to move to another shift and you don't want to or are unwilling then, well, you should prepare to face the potential consequences.
I am sorry this is happening to you. My educated guess, which is pretty accurate most of the time, is that you are not working fast enough now that you are back in the manager's eyes, and he is trying force you out. I would contact the ADA and EEOC and see what your rights are. They probably believe or know they can make your life difficult legally, and are forcing you to quit, so that you can't claim UI or sue them.
If you contact EEOC, they will contact the employer. Employer will realize you are whistleblower and make your life more miserable. Get them to lay you off/fire you. Then collect unemployment. Do not quit, as you will get 0.
Sounds like a manufacturing/blue collar job. Is there a union? I would speak to them first. It's not harassment.It's favoritism. The manager is favoring his friend. There is no law against that. You can speak to your union rep, look for another job or try to get layed off and collect.
If you contact EEOC, they will contact the employer. Employer will realize you are whistleblower and make your life more miserable. Get them to lay you off/fire you. Then collect unemployment. Do not quit, as you will get 0.
I generally agree with that as similar happened to me. I was put on PIP, even though my sales number were the exact same, not great, as everyone elses' and was terminated for lack of sales. I do receive UI, whopping $430 a week, when I previously made $60k year. The problem is now when I try to find another sales job they find out I was terminated for performance and won't consider me or the extenuating factors. New prospective employers say if you did sell why did they fire you. Then you have to break ranks and disparage your employer, which is bad, but if you don't stand up for yourself you are viewed as some loser that didn't cut it.
The reason I discovered the other's weren't fired for the same bad numbers is because they are manger's pet and do his job when he is overworked because they have had previous sales management exp, which I don't have.
how do they find out you were terminated? Do you put that on the application or tell them? Get a reference from another manager or someone above him at the company. Use a coworker as reference if that doesn't work. They don't have HR over there who will just give dates of employment?
My suggestion is to outperform the friend. Do more and blow the competition out of the water. You have 7 years experience working on that machine, or some other machine? Anyway I would guess that you are a competent employee. Work harder than the rest and outperform them. Your results will be rewarded.
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You can take getting fired and learn from it. When asked, if that is what is happening, let potential employers know what you learned from the experience and how it made you hungry to get out and out sell others. Let them know that you just need a chance to perform.
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