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  • 14-10-2011 10:04pm
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    board.eddy
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭


    I have a supervisor who seems to want to trample over everyone, at the xmas night out she had us all do these things, i had to phone my manager and tell him he had a nice ass, i didnt want to but i did out of fear that i would get a bad yearly review, what made it worse was that there was 2 HR reps (close friends of hers and one of them the HR rep for our team !) at our table.
    i also got a verbal warning for making a paperwork mistake and had to go to HR and of course her friend was out there as our HR rep, unfair ! after i got the warning she told me i'd be better off not to appeal because they could make the warning more serious. what can i do if i cant go to HR !!!


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    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    board.eddy wrote: »
    I have a supervisor who seems to want to trample over everyone, at the xmas night out she had us all do these things, i had to phone my manager and tell him he had a nice ass, i didnt want to but i did out of fear that i would get a bad yearly review, what made it worse was that there was 2 HR reps (close friends of hers and one of them the HR rep for our team !) at our table.
    You had to? sounds suspect...
    board.eddy wrote: »
    i also got a verbal warning for making a paperwork mistake and had to go to HR and of course her friend was out there as our HR rep, unfair ! after i got the warning she told me i'd be better off not to appeal because they could make the warning more serious. what can i do if i cant go to HR !!!
    Sounds fair that you got a verbal warning.. you didn't do your job right? What's your point?


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    racso1975
    Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭racso1975


    In fairness you'd need to know the mistake before you comment that it sounds fair!


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,966 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    What does your union rep suggest you do?

    You need to remember that HR work for management, so they will be on the managers side, no matter what.


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    board.eddy
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭board.eddy


    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    You had to? sounds suspect...


    Sounds fair that you got a verbal warning.. you didn't do your job right? What's your point?

    my point is that the appeal process would be unfair because she is friends with HR lady


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    board.eddy
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭board.eddy


    JustMary wrote: »
    What does your union rep suggest you do?

    You need to remember that HR work for management, so they will be on the managers side, no matter what.

    we have no union...


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,438 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    board.eddy wrote: »
    I have a supervisor who seems to want to trample over everyone, at the xmas night out she had us all do these things, i had to phone my manager and tell him he had a nice ass, i didnt want to but i did out of fear that i would get a bad yearly review, what made it worse was that there was 2 HR reps (close friends of hers and one of them the HR rep for our team !) at our table.
    i also got a verbal warning for making a paperwork mistake and had to go to HR and of course her friend was out there as our HR rep, unfair ! after i got the warning she told me i'd be better off not to appeal because they could make the warning more serious. what can i do if i cant go to HR !!!

    Frist part of that, if true, is sexual harrassment, but can you prove it? Also, she's bound to say she never forced you to. You should have refused.

    Second one, as someone said, can't really be commented onwithout knowing more details.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,966 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    board.eddy wrote: »
    we have no union...

    Well find one that operates in the sector, and join it.


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    board.eddy wrote: »
    my point is that the appeal process would be unfair because she is friends with HR lady

    I'll have to say that any employee who thinks HR departments are totally impartial have no clue of the business world..

    HR departments are there to support the efficient running of a company, managment will ALWAYS be in tight working relationships and indeed thus be friendly with many of the HR staff...

    HR would usually only side with an employee over manager if there has been a serious miss-managment of the processes... appart from that my experience would be that they will support managers/supervisors over employes..

    HR are a business managment function as much as supervisors are.. They should never be thought of as an alternative to unions which is something far too many employees seem to think...


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