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45. "...reverse the threat of a bad reference"

Interesting.

Their petty claim against me is I text too much and I've been told that I do on more than one occasion. The texting too much rule only applies to me. We work as a team but we're alone all day in the field. We group text serious things, like "I got a flat tire, can you see this client" or fun stuff like pictures of a meal a client cooked and a statement "He said you have to eat, you're a growing girl."

But because I text to much, I get texts like the one I got the morning of April 10 from my supervisor. "Only make need-to-know texts." The rest of the day, the girls were texting about "sweating their ass off in traffic without a/c" and "client is rolling on the ground with puppies (with pictures)". We all love it, even my supervisor. Oh yeah, she's texting right along with the girls, "Aw, that's so cute!"

I kept all of this.

But the REAL reason they are firing me is that the 21 y/o hates me. I'm not sure why she hates me, but my supervisor sees the eyerolling, head shaking, angry looks, deep breaths, big exhales, and "bitchy faces" (her words!) every time I speak. My supervisor said she sees her do it to the only other male, too, the staff nurse who sits in during our meetings infrequently. My supervisor said it creates tension and makes the meetings awkward.

This began 6 months ago or more. I followed protocol. I talked to her directly about it. She (figuratively) spit in my face. Her behavior didn't change. I talk to her a second time. Same condescending response, behavior didn't change.

Meanwhile, my supervisor kept telling me she would talk to her about it (never did). So I kept pressing my supervisor. Finally, my supervisor said she'll bring us together and the 3 of us will work it out. That never happened. So I kept pressing my supervisor for that meeting.

That's when my director started meeting with me and my supervisor to show her how to supervise. He ranted and told me to get over it while she sat and watched.

In January, I wrote all of this up and emailed it to HR.

I just kept pressing...because "THEY ARE WRONG!"

But it gets better. Last week the director was on vacation so my supervisor went to the top of the food chain and brought in the director's boss, who, totally took my side. She said, "yes, this is wrong. We are a team. We cannot disrespect one another. When it happens it has to stop."

I told the boss's boss that the supervisor and director have never supported me and that I have nowhere to turn. I send texts even because I have no other recourse. Then I made my supervisor answer my question: "Next time it happens, you will do what?" My supervisor said, "Then I will talk to her about it right after the meeting (that's something she does with me but has refused to do with the girl)."

On Wednesday, I texted too much about a client I was driving who was threatening to jump out of my car and run into traffic because he was feeling suicidal and I'm getting fired on Friday.