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Blamed for something you didn't do. (11)
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Posted by morphia on Wed 30 Jan 08, 2:45 PM
Been chatting with a friend online and she has a slight dilema. i was wondering what people would do in her position.
Amy is a contractor that worked long term for the same company for almost 6 years, got on well with everyone at her site generally and was bloody good at her job.
Over the past year or so, she became really pissed off with the mamangement and also the company she's contracted to. Numerous cut-backs means that she's now doing the same work, but with 1/2 the team she used to have and her company don't seem willing to listen to anything she says regarding the work.
Anyway, she's been telling me for a long time that they keep sending people that haven't been correctly trained to the site to cover holidays, sickness etc. It's not too bad when she's on duty as she can stick them in a corner and get on with stuff. If it's Amy who is away, everything goes balls up.
Well a few months ago, there was a massive cock up in work while she was on holidays, resulting in £10000's of quid of loss for a supplier. she got back and no-one had sorted it it. She refused to, on account that she hadn't been there and was sick of clearing up after other people and she decided bollocks and handed in her notice. Company begged her to stay, she said NO!
There was an investigation into the cock-up that was on-going when she left
Well she's now got a new job and is really happy. Last week she got a memo from a girl she used to work with.
Basically, her ex company, have hinted that it was her fault and told the suppliers that she handed her notice in when she knew about the investigation. She did hand her notice in the same day the company knew about the investigation, but didn't know about it until a few days later.
Now she's really pissed off that they would do this, naturally, but she's been told this in confidence and as yet i don't think anything has been made public.
Question is, what would you do?
Edited Wed 30 Jan 08, 3:00 PM by morphia
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30 Jan 08, 2:49 PM
morphia
UK, 7 yrs
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ok this having to press the reply button thing is really pissing me off.
It's a daft idea Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid sideways through the door, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming..... 'Wow, what a Trip'
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30 Jan 08, 2:52 PM
Miss_Tura
UK, 19 mths
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Was she in a union?
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30 Jan 08, 2:57 PM
Crystal_Eyes
UK(SA), 2 yrs
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Will it have any effect on her current employment? If so, get a lawyer and sue for libel. If not, get pissed with a load of mates and rant about how fucking shit large companies are.  ------------------------------------------
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30 Jan 08, 2:59 PM
morphia
UK, 7 yrs
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Not to my knowledge.
also the old company gave her a fantastic reference and she's getting on really well at the new place. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid sideways through the door, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming..... 'Wow, what a Trip'
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30 Jan 08, 3:02 PM
Mel_SnM
UK, 3 yrs |
I think if shes enjoying current position and plans to stay for a while she has no need of previous companies references anymore and to leave it.
Would suggest she tell the 'gossip' to her current boss in case anything filters through in the industry. |
30 Jan 08, 3:02 PM
morphia
UK, 7 yrs
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Wouldn't have thought it would have any affect, but i think it's the principle of the matter. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid sideways through the door, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming..... 'Wow, what a Trip'
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30 Jan 08, 3:17 PM
littlenic
UK(KT), 2 yrs
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The thing is though, principles are all well and good, but she may find if she revisits it it starts to look like "she's protesting too much" and it might stir up all sorts of nonsense.
If she's happy where she is, I'd just leave it. If it were me, that's what I'd do, even though inside I'd be railing against the injustice of it all. But ultimately, she's escaped what sounds like a shoddy company and got something great going on - why would she want to get back involved in all the rubbish? Leave them to it. |
30 Jan 08, 3:29 PM
nw_dom_guy
UK(OL), 3 yrs
Y!
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Unfortunately 'blame the person that's just left for every cock-up in the last 6 months' is fairly standard practice in many places.
I doubt that there is a lot that can be done about it. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
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30 Jan 08, 3:33 PM
MissKitty
UK, 7 yrs
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If it isn't public then there's not much to be done anyway except be annoyed. But the contractor will also be blamed anyway, a good friend of mine is one and he's always getting the blame for stuff he didn't do, for stuff even before he started at the company - how they work that out I don't know!
Fact is it suck but that's contracting, higher money for less security and more bullshit.
If they do publicly state this stuff a quick word with a solicitor will help Miss Kitty
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30 Jan 08, 4:03 PM
Fox2006
UK, 6 yrs
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She could contact the suppliers and tell them the truth, no point in contacting previous employer. As previously said, its a common practise to blame an ex-employee.
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