I’ve been here for 2 years and taken a lot of s**t. I look the other way when my boss is bullying someone, makes a coworker cry or makes some outrageous claim about how great he is. But this pushed me over the edge:
In a 1 on 1, my boss asked me why I wanted to be here. I told him how good the military has been to my family. Grandparents went to college because of the GI bill. My father was in for 20 years. Uncle served for 5. As a military family, we went all over the country and abroad to Brussels. I never served but this felt like a good way of giving back.
A week later during a leadership meeting, my boss started with his own mission moment, reciting what I told him almost word for word. He got a round of applause and thanks from the people in the room.
Later, I asked him in private some simple questions like what rank his family members were, where they were stationed, even what branch they were in. He had no idea.
I went to ER and Ethics with that story and a list of things I’ve collected over the years. The ER rep gave me a very concerned look, shaking her head and apologizing over and over. She said she would be taking this to the highest levels and I should hear back soon.
Two weeks go by and my boss is targeting me more than normal. First it was the insults, then threatening my job, then threatening a PIP. I emailed the ER rep to see what the update was and she said “unfortunately, we see no need to investigate this any further”. I asked if they spoke to my coworkers or even the people in that meeting and she said “no, this a case of he said/she said and there’s no way to verify”