HRworker34
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- Washington
Hello,
I was just terminated from a human resources role within the federal government over accusations that I had lost a lot of money for the group over mistakes I had made over the past couple years. The mistakes that they brought up during the meeting were not mistakes that I mad made (one was a vendor mistake, and one was a mistake made by my manager at the time). I did state this during the meeting, and they said there were several other mistakes, but could not name any. I also know there is sufficient documentation on file that I did not make the mistakes they claimed, and I'm certain the rest were fabricated if they exist.
That being said, this conveniently happened 2 days after I went to my manager with a concern that our VP of HR was being inappropriate with one of our young, female, HR staff. My previous manager had several issues with him attempting to have an affair with her (which several employees have direct knowledge of, saw the texts, etc). She stated that I should wait for our HR Business Partner to return from his vacation, and talk to him about it. Unfortunately, I never had the chance since I was terminated before being able to speak with him.
Also, I found out from a former coworker that after I was let go, he gathered the team and let them know that no one had to worry about being fired, that they would be alerted to the fact they were under performing far before anything happened and placed on a PIP, and that I was terminated immediately because I lost the business a lot of money.
My question is if I should suck it up and move on, or pursue a wrongful termination case. I have no proof the conversation happened with my manager 2 days ago, although I do have a text thread with a coworker the same day that covered my concern. I'm also concerned about my reputation with him telling my former coworkers that I lost a lot of money for the business. It absolutely did not happen, and I'm sure they have nothing to substantiate that claim, but I obviously can't obtain all my old email threads to prove I wasn't at fault for whatever they might claim.
I just don't want to waste time going through the EEOC & OSHA complaints if it will end up being a waste of time due to lack of documentation, and a lot of he-said, she-said. My best guess is that I'm out of luck, but figured I'd seek outside advise.
I was just terminated from a human resources role within the federal government over accusations that I had lost a lot of money for the group over mistakes I had made over the past couple years. The mistakes that they brought up during the meeting were not mistakes that I mad made (one was a vendor mistake, and one was a mistake made by my manager at the time). I did state this during the meeting, and they said there were several other mistakes, but could not name any. I also know there is sufficient documentation on file that I did not make the mistakes they claimed, and I'm certain the rest were fabricated if they exist.
That being said, this conveniently happened 2 days after I went to my manager with a concern that our VP of HR was being inappropriate with one of our young, female, HR staff. My previous manager had several issues with him attempting to have an affair with her (which several employees have direct knowledge of, saw the texts, etc). She stated that I should wait for our HR Business Partner to return from his vacation, and talk to him about it. Unfortunately, I never had the chance since I was terminated before being able to speak with him.
Also, I found out from a former coworker that after I was let go, he gathered the team and let them know that no one had to worry about being fired, that they would be alerted to the fact they were under performing far before anything happened and placed on a PIP, and that I was terminated immediately because I lost the business a lot of money.
My question is if I should suck it up and move on, or pursue a wrongful termination case. I have no proof the conversation happened with my manager 2 days ago, although I do have a text thread with a coworker the same day that covered my concern. I'm also concerned about my reputation with him telling my former coworkers that I lost a lot of money for the business. It absolutely did not happen, and I'm sure they have nothing to substantiate that claim, but I obviously can't obtain all my old email threads to prove I wasn't at fault for whatever they might claim.
I just don't want to waste time going through the EEOC & OSHA complaints if it will end up being a waste of time due to lack of documentation, and a lot of he-said, she-said. My best guess is that I'm out of luck, but figured I'd seek outside advise.