Last month and this ongoing week has been one of the worse periods of my life. I've been working at this company since 2017. My mom and my now former boss brought in when I had nothing going on in my life.
Weeks ago, I was called into the office because of a lawsuit from a former employee. I was tasked with finding all paystubs and payroll for him. So, I had to search through multiple email accounts (with permission) to look for these keyword topics. I was also tasked with retrieving letters from my mom involving the former employee.
On the first day of the following week, I burnt myself out and couldn't even cook for myself. As the days past, I was slowly getting the work done. However, the parameters of these assignments kept changing. My boss even hassled me for not completing my work... a week before it was assigned to me. My mom even confirmed that this assignment was someone else's before it was given to me.
As the week progressed, I was taking both BART and the bus to the office. And it was hours long, back and forth. I even had to cancel two therapy sessions just to show up and finish my work.
Despite all this, I powered through the week and retrieved every file and document related to the former employee. However, my boss hassled me again for somehow not completing the assignment and she wanted me to check another email account... that I couldn't access. She also accused me of not doing any work at all and claimed that I didn't send in my work.
Nonetheless, I sent my work not only to Google Drive, but to other employees as well. At least one employee confirmed that they received the files and documents. However, my boss claimed that that very same employee was the one who did my assignments. And my boss repeatedly called me over and over again. It came to the point where I ignored her calls and went as far as turning my phone off.
My mom told my dad everything. And he told me I should quit and find a new job.
At that point, I was suffering from stress and I started to have muscle pains in my neck and arms. I notified my supervisor and told him repeatedly that I needed time off, to which he replied that I should do what I must. But my boss told me she wanted me in the office anyways. I complied, especially after noticing that my company email was disabled.
By the time I showed up, my supervisor was surprised to see me and told me there wasn't any work to do. I notified him about my email and he stated that the boss lady was under the impression that I wanted to quit. However, he knew I simply wanted time off and reenabled my company email. I told him again about my stress, that I'm taking medication, and that I may require help to placing a healing patch on my neck. After enough time passed, I simply went home and stated that I wouldn't clock any hours for that day.
Yesterday, I checked my emails in the morning and saw an email titled "Notice of Termination". Upon reading it, I realized I was fired and skimmed through exaggerated lies which included me not doing my work and making my supervisor uncomfortable about the healing patch.
My parents told me that this email was sent to multiple people connected to the company, including them. My dad was certain that this was a scam and that the email was probably full of viruses because of spelling errors. However, in the afternoon, my former boss sent money directly to my bank account under the title of "Final Pay". That's when I knew I was officially fired.
As a final tactic, my mom told me to request my progress notes from my former supervisor for proof that I attended the online staff meetings that I supposedly didn't attend. Not long after, my company email's password was changed.
Shortly after this, my mom quit. She reminded me that she was paid very little and she only stayed on because of me. And she was tired of the boss lady too.
I've been processing my emotions since I was fired yesterday. Sadness, confusion, anger, and acceptance. Honestly, it's probably for the best that I no longer work there. I was content with my job, but I was not happy. And even if my former boss admits that she was in the wrong, I never want to see that woman again.
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| Added: | 1 week, 3 days ago 11 Jun 2025 07:59 CEST |
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