Office politics

So I’m writing this to kind of vent about my current situation at work. Okay, I’ve been working at an engineering office as a bridge inspector. So in our company, we have 2 people per team and about every 6 months to a year, we change crews. Well, whoever is your crew leader they write up a review on you, and then your main supervisor will write one based on the one that was written by your team lead.

So 3 years ago, I was teamed up with a guy that no longer works for the company I work for. I was doing pretty good with him at first. Until this guy was starting to drink heavily. When I mean heavy I mean he consumes a massive amount of alcohol.

So when we go inspect bridges we have to stay a week out of town. Well, one day we went out of town, and usually, the inspection team shares a hotel room. Well, he went out which isn’t an issue. Until he brings a woman back to your room while you’re asleep.

Why is that a problem you may ask? Well because what if that woman he picked up at the bar was playing him. What if she had some dude follow her and once she gets close to our hotel room they rush in and rob us or what if she woke up in the morning and accuses both of us of rape etc……. The list can go on for what could have gone wrong.

So when I woke up I was pissed and I expressed my concerns about it in the office. Well then he started to come at me and make up stuff. He was like coming at me hard. He just keep coming at me like I did something wrong.

Well, you may ask why not go to your bosses? That’s what I did I went to my boss and he came in to talk to him. This was during the time they had employee reviews. So as soon as my boss walks out of the room. He began to type up the nastiest review about me in front of me as he was taunting me and laughing.

That day made me feel down and I felt suicidal. I ended up seeing a therapist for that and I still do. I would recommend anyone to talk to a therapist when you need someone to talk to or you need mental help. Because your mental health is very important.

So after that review it pretty much made me look like I didn’t know my job and that I was useless to the company. This hurts because I am far from that, I wake up 4:30 AM every morning. If I’m working at the office I start working at 5:00 AM and begin to work. By the way, our office hours are 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. So I am at the office before my bosses. I’m the one that unlocks every door in our office then I begin to work.

After that review every other review. I started working with another guy in our office. While I was working with him everything was going well. Until we argued in the field. Well, he ended up wrapping his hands around my throat and he smashed my head and pinned it against the van door window.

So after that, he gave me a bad review too. So I ended up telling my boss about it but he ignored it and still hasn’t talked to me about it. So after that, I knew my boss isn’t looking out for me or anyone else.

So after that review, I started to work with one of my friends at work. I worked with him all year and I explained my situation to him and showed him what they wrote about me and he was mind blown. He told me don’t worry I’m going to give you a really good review! So that’s exactly what he did I read it it was really good and the truth.

Well then I go to my boss’s office and the review he wrote was matching what the old ones said which was based on lies and also it’s supposed to be a yearly review not combined all the years. So I showed my friend and it blew his mind. I also think it helped change his mind about the company and he too wants to work somewhere else. Because our office is toxic and there is no communication with management.

You might ask why not go to HR? At the time my boss is friends with the main HR woman. So I was afraid to talk to her about it.

So now it brings us to this year. So I started working with another friend at the office. So I’ve worked with him for a while now. He wrote my review and asked me to read it. So I read it and it looked really good and it was for this year that I worked with him. So I figured my review has to change since his review is very good.

Well, I was beyond wrong. I go into my boss’s office and he starts the review off by saying I was going to fire you! So I asked how come? He replied because of the email I sent about working from home. He didn’t like how it was worded. Even though the reason I asked to work from home was to watch my kids since they had that day off from school and my wife had to work.

He said he didn’t fire me because our other boss told him not to. So I began to read my review and remember I’m thinking my review has got to be good. Well, I was reading it and it was still referring to things that were written about me years ago. I tell him I’m confused as to why this stuff is on here because none of it is true about me. Idk if he knows that I know exactly what both of my friends wrote. So maybe he thinks he can write a nasty review about me and me not question it.

He was wrong, this time I went to HR since the old HR woman retired. I also mentioned to her how he told me during my review that he was about to fire me due to the way an email was written. She asked me to forward it to her. So I did and she said once she receives my review she will be looking into it.

She said it would be sometime next week and she asked me if I wanted her to talk to my bosses. I told her if she wants to but I was afraid of being fired if she talked to them. Because I sense one of my bosses has it out for me and doesn’t like me. So he is trying to get rid of me and make ways to get rid of me.

I will keep you guys posted on this situation. I am also actively looking for a new job or career due to the toxicity of this office. Also, some of my friends at the office are actively seeking work elsewhere because of office politics.

If you read this blog post thank you and if you have any advice for me feel free to contact me.