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Failure to Pay and Stalking on the Job

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From Bmuniz2000

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Case summary: Not paid ovetime for the first 6 momths / Stalker from work. Case description: First 6 months of work - I stayed in the job site, doing my job but was never paid. Later, when I asked my supervisor, she said they couldn't pay me because they couldn't prove that I was there for that extended period of time. I went to the comp application/vantive to look for the records that I had entered, but they weren't there.

Suprvisor from the same department was stalking me.

What Made This Job Your Worst Job - Ever

Now, I have nightmares, I can't relate to Police OFFICERS, Police Sirens, and don't relate well with my feelings. Something changed but I NEED TO IMPROVE...

I FEEL LIKE EGO have control over my life, like now, writing these lines, I wouldn't be surprised if they can actually delete them/ WHEN, WHEN? When were their games stopped? How can I be sure that the stalker isn't continuing? How can I be sure that it was the last time a couple of years ago? They felt so powerful... so happy to screw other people's lives.

Another incident that I don't forget and makes me realize how MEAN and HORRIBLE she can be: There was a client (retired employee) calling to check if we had received her check. With that check she would pay her monthly health insurance. Well, this client was not nice, this is for sure, but that doesn't mean that we are going to 'mess' with other people's lives when they are not nice, correct?

Well, look what this witch horrible woman did, the stalker: She told me to lie to the former employee that we hadn't received the check. Her smile and phrase I still remember: "See if this flies, tell her the check hasn't arrived, it may have gone to another department" She was lauging and with the check in her hands.

MEAN, MEAN, MEAN!

Tips and Tricks

  • I should have left immediately when I raliezd that.. but my curiosity to know what had happened in that MALL and WHY, WHY, WHY??? She was doing that, made me stay longer and longer... Besides, being new in this country, I wanted to have some sort of experience in the job so I could go forward.
  • TELL OTHERS: WHENEVER THEY FEEL THAT THE JOB SITE IS GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY SHOULD LEAVE. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN SUCH A SITUATION NOW. SO MANY DREAMS, SO MANY SPARKS I HAD, NOW I ALMOST THROW UP WHEN I THINK ABOUT WORKING PERMANENTLY IN AN INSTUTITION. I'VE CLEANED basement full of pigeon's poop, as an on call worker!

Susan M. Heathfield, Human Resources Guide, says:

Looks as if this person filed suit for the unpaid compensation and the stalking and won - from some identifying factors I had to delete. But, it seems to have profoundly affected her work outlook.

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