Recent content by Gaijin

FYI Two Legal Opinions Two legal opinions on what I take to be the essential question (you may disagree): Me: Do you see anything in my letter to her that could support her claim that my message was improper and threatening? Lawyer One: No. Lawyer Two: Your letter is certainly not...

At-Will vs. Contract Faculty I think I see where the two of you are coming from. You assume that we are at-will employees. The staff are, which is why they have sought help from the faculty. Faculty are not. We can only be fired for reasons specified in our handbook, and we have access to a...

The first text you blocked is my best honest opinion, and I very definitely DID have second thoughts when I saw her leave the president's office. The second text you blocked is a theoretical statement, but also absolutely true. Are you saying that I don't have the right to state the honest...

Insult is not same as threat There is no hint of a "threat" in anything you highlighted. These sections could be taken as an accusation or insult (brown-noser), but in every case those comments are qualified, and I never made a direct assertion. Be that as it may, there is a huge difference...

Does home to home factor in? The state is California. And doesn't the fact that this was composed after hours, and sent personal account to personal account matter? By the way, what would be the perceived threat?

I emailed a coworker from my home, on my private e-mail account, to her private email account. We are both contract employees (faculty at a small college). The e-mail concerned a matter that is embroiling our college, and about which we are on different sides. My message was worded...