A couple of weeks ago I was given a verbal warning for "insubordination" as a result of an email that was a reply to what I now find out to be the Director of Marketing with my company.
Basically, an email was initiated by our HR department representative to all employees asking to JOIN her in welcoming a former employee back to the company. Most everybody that knew this former employee "replied to all" with their various welcome back messages.
Apparently, the Marketing Director was bothered with all of the "replied to all" emails and made a SUGGESTION that we not "reply to all". At the time, I felt the tone of her email was rude and I replied to all saying that I didn't realize that replying to all could offend someone and that it's very simple to just delete the emails..
First of all, I do not report to this marketing director. I report to the director of engineering and operations and the director of engineering and operations does not report to this marketing director either as far as we know.
From research that I have already done, it would seem that an employee would have to know that this person is their supervisor in order for "insubordination" to exist. There has been no organizational chart distributed within our company to even know who reports to who. There are no rules or disciplinary actions for breaking rules listed in our handbook.
HR has stated that I can be accused of insubordination even though this was not my supervisor, but a member of management. Again, who knew that she was a member of management? And she can issue this so-called "order" over my director's head? I would like this verbal warning removed from my file. Do I have a case? Sorry for the lengthy thread.
Cindee
Basically, an email was initiated by our HR department representative to all employees asking to JOIN her in welcoming a former employee back to the company. Most everybody that knew this former employee "replied to all" with their various welcome back messages.
Apparently, the Marketing Director was bothered with all of the "replied to all" emails and made a SUGGESTION that we not "reply to all". At the time, I felt the tone of her email was rude and I replied to all saying that I didn't realize that replying to all could offend someone and that it's very simple to just delete the emails..
First of all, I do not report to this marketing director. I report to the director of engineering and operations and the director of engineering and operations does not report to this marketing director either as far as we know.
From research that I have already done, it would seem that an employee would have to know that this person is their supervisor in order for "insubordination" to exist. There has been no organizational chart distributed within our company to even know who reports to who. There are no rules or disciplinary actions for breaking rules listed in our handbook.
HR has stated that I can be accused of insubordination even though this was not my supervisor, but a member of management. Again, who knew that she was a member of management? And she can issue this so-called "order" over my director's head? I would like this verbal warning removed from my file. Do I have a case? Sorry for the lengthy thread.
Cindee