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52. Update #2: If it feels like intimidation, is it intimidation?

So, surprise!, I didn't get fired.

After I was told to stay home while the director and HR got their ducks in a row, I met with the director and supervisor the next day. The upshot of the meeting was that I was on the thinnest of thin ice and if I slipped it would be grounds for termination. Then the director made some prepared comments: "Well, aren't you concerned about getting fired? I mean, won't that look really bad?" to which I replied, "I absolutely am concerned but I should be able to fix what's broke, and if I can't, I'll accept my fate."

3 weeks pass and all is good.

Then a week and a half ago the director says, "Hey, did you get an email from (said) company? It's not a big deal. HR just hired a new company to do background checks and want one on you."

So we chit chat and make nice and laugh at things we've overcome and he says he likes me and nothing's happened in 3 weeks so that's good. So then I ask him, "Do you even want me on your team?" He says, 'Yes, I do."

The next week and a half is great. That brings us to today.

I get the email from the background company that says my employer has requested to do a background check and I have 48 hours to complete it. If you have questions, call 800#. So I call the 800# and tell them to send me a file so that I can read through it and I'll mail it back. They said they can't do that. So I ask, "Why are you doing this?" He asks, "Are you a new hire?" I reply, "No. I've been with this company for more than a year. Why am I being asked for one now?" He says, "I don't know." So I ask, "Who ordered this?" The guy gives me the name of someone in HR.

I email HR the following:

I received this email this morning from (company). Of course I have questions, so I called the 800 number they provided. They referred me to you. I have a couple of simple questions and a request to ask of you. First, I'm not a new hire, I've been with the company for over a year. Is this standard procedure after a year of employment? Why are you requesting this background check of me now and not when I applied for the position in early 2014? Second, as I'm sure you will agree, the term "background check" is rather vague. For instance, many companies look at someone's credit. I'd like to know specifically what it is you'll be "screening" me for before I start clicking on boxes that read "you understand." Frankly, I don't understand.

They just won't relent. This is their 3rd run at me. I do feel like they are trying to intimidate me so that I quit.

aside: It seems like the didn't do their due diligence a year ago and run a background check, and now they want me to help them save some face. No thanks!

Thoughts?