Recent content by Cindee11

Hi all, Just letting you know that I did in fact end up meeting with the COO with some success. It turns out that he agreed that the tone of the email from the marketing director was very wrong and that he advised her that it was not appropriate. Also, he is in agreement that since our...

Thanks again jacksgal!!! I really appreciate your input. What bothers me most about this whole issue is that the employer really needs to make the employees fully aware of what they expect in terms of rules of conduct or they will continue to have employees disputing their accusations when there...

Thanks cbg for your reply. If an employer decides what "insubordinate" means, then the employer should advise the employees of what their definition of insubordinate is and the consequences of being insubordinate. In my case there is nothing in our handbook. If the employees are unaware, then...

thanks jacksgal. i understand why you may see it that way, but as I mentioned, the COO and I have been with this company since its inception and he has already thanked me for reaching out and taking advantage of the "open door policy". He will be meeting with me in the next couple of weeks...

Thank you las365. Under normal circumstances I realize it would not be a good idea to go to the COO, but the COO and I have been with the company since it's inception and we have an "open door policy" so I know he will be willing to listen to my argument. If it helps, fine, if it doesn't help...

Thank you Presutin for your reply. Of course I know what a director means and the director of my department gets nothing but my respect. However, if you re-read my original post, you will see that it was not known that this individual is a director as there is no organizational chart and her...

Thanks for the reply jacksgal. I'm more than willing to move on, but I would like to find out if this incident is considered insubordination if this was not my supervisor. It just seems that from what I've researched already, that insubordination did not occur by definition. Thanks again.

A couple of weeks ago I was given a verbal warning for "insubordination" as a result of an email that was a reply to what I now find out to be the Director of Marketing with my company. Basically, an email was initiated by our HR department representative to all employees asking to JOIN her...