I guess I tempted the fates. Almost a year to the date of my last visit to Sensitivity class I find out today IÂ’m being sent again. This time is utter bullshite. One of my employees did something wrong. Per our cooperate guidelines I was supposed to take some pretty drastic measures. After reviewing the case I felt my employeeÂ’s actions where a result of improperly communicated procedures.

Desperate to find an alternate method of dealing with the problem, I found a loophole that would satisfy corporate and have no punitive consequences on my employee. I.e. it ended up being a stern warning of “Don’t do that again”. Perfect huh? Everyone would be happy right? Wrong!

Corporate didnÂ’t have a problem with it. My employee on the other hand felt it was unfair. She felt I was being unreasonable. Okay, there really were only two choices in the matter. I either take the severe route the corporate dictated or use the loophole I discovered, (Which according to 5 people in upper management only I would have found). The corporate way left her with one foot out the door and no chance for promoting, getting a raise or collecting any bonuses for a year. My method changed nothing, except her access to a region on the systems. Yep, IÂ’m being unreasonable.

This employee got together with another employee that has been having issues and filed a complaint against me. They may be legitimate about some of their concerns, but why it wasnÂ’t a problem 4 weeks ago, but it is now I have no idea. Oh wait, it all came to head last Friday. (Yea, they brought up issues that happened between July and early November.) Since my company really doesnÂ’t give any protection to management if something like this happens, itÂ’s their word against mine and I lose.

The dates of my next trip havenÂ’t been determined yet. Once I know for sure I will let you know, hopefully IÂ’ll have a laptop by then so I can live blog my experiences.

Want to know what really burns me up. One of their complaints was that I donÂ’t appreciate any of my employees and do nothing to make them feel like they belong. Yet since November IÂ’ve been planning an appreciation lunch for them tomorrow. IÂ’ve included all of them on deciding what day we were having it and what food is going to be served. ItÂ’s being fully catered in. Right now IÂ’m half tempted to call the company doing it and canceling. If it wasnÂ’t for the fact I think that would do more harm then good, I would.

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