- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
I started a new job a couple of weeks ago at a restaurant. During my interview it was implied that some of the people that work at the restaurant are rather abrasive or difficult to deal with. One of the people I've had several contentious interactions with both in my training and my first few days working. All of the initial interactions I did not defend myself or argue or anything like that. I had just kept management up to date on some of those things. That ended a few days ago when we work together and had several interactions that were progressively more hostile. I finally stood up for myself and the conversation escalated to this person threatening me with physical violence. All of the managers that work in this location were present and heard these threats. In an unbelievably shocking kind of events, this person was not immediately fired. After the managers separated the two of us and I continue to discuss the situation that led to this altercation I was clear that I wanted to file a formal complaint against her and that I intended to file a police report. My manager is a kind-hearted woman but she has clearly never been trained on how to handle such of HR related issues. She immediately followed when if that if we had either any more conflicts between us we would both be fired and she implied that she would take it personally if I filed a report with HR and then I would not be filing a police report. Later we all sat down to have a chit chat and discuss the misunderstandings that led to the altercation etc. This person I believe was put on a write-up as was I from this incident, but they have been allowed to continue working at the restaurant. We had work together twice since that day and one day we didn't say a word to each other at all day long but true to abuse cycle patterns, that did not last. This person is still working here and allowed to be hostile towards me with a continued pattern of progressive contention. I have not engaged her in simply just been reporting all of these interactions to the managers but I don't believe that they are taking it seriously. I'm also documenting as many of the interactions as I can remember at the end of my shift.
My question is should I do anything differently than just continuing to document these interactions? If I get fired for a conflict from someone that's already proven that they are willing to threaten me with physical violence, and this person does actually do anything when the company be liable for that? For allowing them to continue? I am really tired of people playing with my life.
I am extremely uncomfortable working with someone who has behaved this way openly towards me with hostility and threats. What are my realistic options to pursue if this continues?
My question is should I do anything differently than just continuing to document these interactions? If I get fired for a conflict from someone that's already proven that they are willing to threaten me with physical violence, and this person does actually do anything when the company be liable for that? For allowing them to continue? I am really tired of people playing with my life.
I am extremely uncomfortable working with someone who has behaved this way openly towards me with hostility and threats. What are my realistic options to pursue if this continues?
