I'm Pretty Sure My Wife Is Getting Fired or Laid Off Tomorrow

[GT Fanatic]

She complained about being mistreated 2 weeks ago to her bosses boss. Bad enough she considered it to be a hostile work environment. Every since then, her immediate boss has been on her like, white on rice. Telling her stupid shit like, where empty file folders need to be on her(my wife) desk.

She has been there 5 years now. Never once has been written up for anything. She has had 5 supervisors since she has been there as well. She is a year and a half past due for her current review/raise. And was told recently by the same B**ch that her raise was coming soon.

So Wednesday, her immediate boss asked her if she's ready to pull the payroll over to be processed without it being complete. She replied no. Her boss storms out of her office to her bosses office. She has been told today to have procedures complete by tomorrow for how to do her job. And to have a list of all the projects she is working on. Was notified by email from her, that she has a 3:30 meeting tomorrow. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's coming.

What I am getting to is this. By making a complaint in the Chain of Command. And in the following days, she is being nicked picked to death for the last 2 weeks since. Does she have anything to fight with, if they try to fire her? She was confronted about anything. But she is having a hard time the past 2 weeks holding her composure towards her boss. She has complained about being mistreated x3 now. x2 to her bosses boss, and once to the next guy up after that boss. Is this not retaliation? Almost like they tried to make her quit. That didn't work, so lets stress her out to the point she is ready to break down and cry.

Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm leaving out a lot of stupid stuff of what she has been through. Not worth mentioning, because it is so childish.

[ThreeFingerPete]

IF they asked me to do all of that stuff, I would put all of the things requested somewhere besides a work computer, and wait it out. If they play the "goodbye" game, then they can have fun getting a rookie up to speed and finding out how to keep all of my projects running.

[Denny]

Tell her just don't get fed up and quit. Whether they can her tomorrow or not, she needs to seek some legal advice. This is why so many people get pushed around; they don't push back. Look, bro... get all of her documentation together about her addressing those issues and the lack that her employer hasn't taken the necessary steps to mitigate this hostile work environment. Strike first and strike hard.

Then, when they try to can her, stick retaliation on top of all that.

[KBScobravert]

IF they asked me to do all of that stuff, I would put all of the things requested somewhere besides a work computer, and wait it out. If they play the "goodbye" game, then they can have fun getting a rookie up to speed and finding out how to keep all of my projects running.

Yep, put it all on a thumb drive. If they give her the boot burn it. Hell I would have my whole computer backed up on a external and wipe the computer clean. She can work of the drive if they ask her to show them the work and pull it when she leaves.

[03trubluGT]

Tell her just don't get fed up and quit. Whether they can her tomorrow or not, she needs to seek some legal advice. This is why so many people get pushed around; they don't push back. Look, bro... get all of her documentation together about her addressing those issues and the lack that her employer hasn't taken the necessary steps to mitigate this hostile work environment. Strike first and strike hard.

Then, when they try to can her, stick retaliation on top of all that.

Have her pull all of her past performance appraisals and any documentation that has to do with performance/discipline.

Put all of the documents dated before her complaint in one file, her complaint in a second file, and any documents after the complaint in a third file.

If they try to terminate her, have her simply state that she can show a clear case of wrongful termination/hostile work environment to a labor attorney. Have her run to Wal-Mart and purchase a small voice recorder for her meeting and record the entire thing surreptitiously.

If they do can her, it sounds like you have grounds for a suit.

[BradM]

In the 90's they called it "Going Postal". Buy her an AK.

J/k sorry for your luck.

[Ratt]

It's hard to prove stuff like this in the State of Texas, because of the will to work thing, but if she has all the documentation in order then her chances of winning a case againtoniht them are exponentially better. Tell her to get all her ducks in a row per the posts above, and she *might* have a leg to stand on.

[Denny]

It's hard to prove stuff like this in the State of Texas, because of the will to work thing, but if she has all the documentation in order then her chances of winning a case againtoniht them are exponentially better. Tell her to get all her ducks in a row per the posts above, and she *might* have a leg to stand on.

You mean RIGHT to work?

Not really hard to prove anything if you have evidence. In a right to work situation, a wrongful termination is hard to prove in the absence of a reason. So if I just fired you and didn't give a reason why, then I'd be in the clear.

[clevelandkid]

We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.

This is why bitching goes down hill, not up.

[talisman]

Right to work has nothing to do with entitlement to unemployment. If she has no documented performance problems, she will more than likely get it. And yes, it does sound like she is on her way out the door. Sucks, but hopefully shell find something better.

[quikag]

She should record the conversation as Texas is a one-party notification state meaning only your wife needs to know there is a recording. She probably won't need it though.

Look, they can basically fire her for any reason, but she should definitely be eligible for unemployment unless they can prove she was fired for cause related to misconduct.

A discrimination/legal claim is going to be very, very hard. If I was her direct boss, I could claim she was insubordinate by going past the chain of command. I actually fired my HR manager (that was a tricky one) for going behind my back in direct contravention of my order on a pay raise for her assistant. She was stupid enough to email me right before she was fired that she was sorry for going behind my back and being insubordinate. Suffice to say, she had no legal claim and no unemployment claim either.

[Denny]

She should record the conversation as Texas is a one-party notification state meaning only your wife needs to know there is a recording. She probably won't need it though.

Look, they can basically fire her for any reason, but she should definitely be eligible for unemployment unless they can prove she was fired for cause related to misconduct.

A discrimination/legal claim is going to be very, very hard. If I was her direct boss, I could claim she was insubordinate by going past the chain of command. I actually fired my HR manager (that was a tricky one) for going behind my back in direct contravention of my order on a pay raise for her assistant. She was stupid enough to email me right before she was fired that she was sorry for going behind my back and being insubordinate. Suffice to say, she had no legal claim and no unemployment claim either.

No, they can fire her for NO reason, not any reason.

[quikag]

No, they can fire her for NO reason, not any reason.

Touche, they can fire for any reason unless it's discrimination protected under Title VII.

[Ruffdaddy]

They let her go yet?!?!

[Sean88gt]

Ask her if she wants to earn $20, the hard way.