- Jurisdiction
- New York
I was recently terminated for raising my voice to an employee. There was no vulgar language, no threats of harm, just a simple statement "this is what it's like to be screamed at". That employee had consistently said that I was mean to him, and screamed at him all the time, which did not happen. He also had harassed another employee so much, that employee quit. I was watching him closely, but could never catch him in the act, and could only go by what the first employee told me. The one being harassed was a very calm honest person, with no reason to lie.
I'm a passionate person, and was with the company over 6 years as an assistant manager, so part of my job was to make sure everyone was doing their jobs, and do conversation notes and write-ups when wrongs were being done.
In the time I was there, I had no disciplinary actions of any kind, nor any write-ups. There are other assistants and managers at the company which I witnessed on numerous occasions threatening other employees, belittling them, and using all sorts of vulgar language against them.
About a month before I was let go, I was up for a manager position, and was turned down because the district manager said I could be too gruff.
So how is it others had done far worse than what I had done, yet they still have their jobs, and I was let go for something far less.
Would this be discrimination against my predisposition as a person?
I'm a passionate person, and was with the company over 6 years as an assistant manager, so part of my job was to make sure everyone was doing their jobs, and do conversation notes and write-ups when wrongs were being done.
In the time I was there, I had no disciplinary actions of any kind, nor any write-ups. There are other assistants and managers at the company which I witnessed on numerous occasions threatening other employees, belittling them, and using all sorts of vulgar language against them.
About a month before I was let go, I was up for a manager position, and was turned down because the district manager said I could be too gruff.
So how is it others had done far worse than what I had done, yet they still have their jobs, and I was let go for something far less.
Would this be discrimination against my predisposition as a person?