sharoninnc
New Member
I formally resigned from my position as property manager for a $23 million dollar property within a small property management company. I cited in my resignation letter that the company was no longer meeting my career needs. I gave a full 2 week notice and planned to work through it after over 2 years of unblemished service to the company. I was relieved of my duties 3 days after submitting my notice of resignation. I was told at approximately 4:30 pm on a Thursday that I had left the property in such good shape, they would not need me to work through the full notice but I would be paid through my notice date and paid out my time off. After settling all business on site in a hurried manner and balancing out all petty cash etc. I left the office. It was brought to my attention that I was named as a suspect in the disappearance of some equipment stored on site the weekend after my last day worked. The items were a canoe and extension ladder. I was not contacted by the company upper management, but rather by 2 previous employees and a courtesy officer (a police officer that lives on site and provides a property with extra patrols in exchange for a rent discount). I was informed that I was named out loud as a suspect several times in the office without being present to defend myself. I was never contacted to dispute this or submit a formal statement on my behalf. All conversations were conducted inside the office without my knowledge. The police were contacted and to date, a formal report has not been submitted, however, it is possible that an on site incident report is on file in the office with my name listed. I was told by the courtesy officer that my district manager, who is leading the "investigation", stated that I was "banned from the property" and the police should be called if I ever stepped foot in the community. She cited that I would be trespassing. The courtesy officer stated that this is not legal since I have to be informed that I am banned and there has to be reason for being banned. As you can imagine, I am extremely upset. It has been brought to my attention also that conversations are occuring surrounding my leaving and statements like "you know we let her go" are being made to insinuate that I was somehow terminated. These are all false statements against me and I am wondering what the best course of action is. I contacted my father, a former business owner and he said this might very well be a case of slander and that I should seek legal advice. He said that I should contact the president of the company via letter and explain what has come to my attention and demand that it stop, demand a formal apology and demand a letter of reference from the company stating that I left in good standing. This could affect my career going forward and I just really want to do the right thing here and put this behind me. Could you please advise me on what to do going forward? I appreciate your time and attention in advance.
