I am a senior officer in a small software company in California. I have had several differences of opinion with one of my associates. The associate's husband is the Vice President of the company and has been trying to 'get me to leave' by trying to make my life hell.
Recently he brought up charges that I was 'harrassing a female employee'. After a meeting involving the President, the Vice President and myself, I wrote this e-mail to record the meeting:
To: Mr. President
Subject: For the Record
Mr. VP had brought a "harassment" incident to your notice regarding Ms. X involving me.
As requested by you (Mr. President) , I had a meeting with Ms. X who stated for the record that she had no issues, not had made any complaint, nor had had any conversation of this nature. Thereupon you called for this meeting between Mr. VP, yourself and me. At this meeting:
- On being informed that Ms. X did not have any issues Mr. VP then stated it was brought to his attention by someone else (Person A)
- On being asked who that someone else was, and what was informed, Mr. VP declined to identify stating that he needed the permission of Person A
- Thereupon, I stated that Person A had already informed him (Stan) and brought it to his attention, thereby required no further consent and,
- At least the statement made by person A could be discussed as that was a matter of record, even if the identity of the person was kept confidential
- Then Mr. VP stated that it was another person B who was offended by what I had said to a group of people
- On being asked who and what, Mr. VP then said he would ask the person to write up the case. (The case has never been formally written up)
My comments to the President:
"To be complaining, even informally, the person and at least the incident must be clearly identified upfront. Failing which (as in this case), there is no allegation. The allegation has morphed from "harassment of Ms. X" to "Person B being offended". Obvious case of a 'do-over', because the first charge was exposed for what it was – totally baseless and unwarranted.
It has been proven by actions and above conversations that there was no basis to the Ms X allegation."
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What recourse do I have? Since this has sullied my reputation and character across the organization, with my subordinates and has made it impossible to command the respect of my associates, I am finding it extremely difficult to continue.
Thank you,
Recently he brought up charges that I was 'harrassing a female employee'. After a meeting involving the President, the Vice President and myself, I wrote this e-mail to record the meeting:
To: Mr. President
Subject: For the Record
Mr. VP had brought a "harassment" incident to your notice regarding Ms. X involving me.
As requested by you (Mr. President) , I had a meeting with Ms. X who stated for the record that she had no issues, not had made any complaint, nor had had any conversation of this nature. Thereupon you called for this meeting between Mr. VP, yourself and me. At this meeting:
- On being informed that Ms. X did not have any issues Mr. VP then stated it was brought to his attention by someone else (Person A)
- On being asked who that someone else was, and what was informed, Mr. VP declined to identify stating that he needed the permission of Person A
- Thereupon, I stated that Person A had already informed him (Stan) and brought it to his attention, thereby required no further consent and,
- At least the statement made by person A could be discussed as that was a matter of record, even if the identity of the person was kept confidential
- Then Mr. VP stated that it was another person B who was offended by what I had said to a group of people
- On being asked who and what, Mr. VP then said he would ask the person to write up the case. (The case has never been formally written up)
My comments to the President:
"To be complaining, even informally, the person and at least the incident must be clearly identified upfront. Failing which (as in this case), there is no allegation. The allegation has morphed from "harassment of Ms. X" to "Person B being offended". Obvious case of a 'do-over', because the first charge was exposed for what it was – totally baseless and unwarranted.
It has been proven by actions and above conversations that there was no basis to the Ms X allegation."
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What recourse do I have? Since this has sullied my reputation and character across the organization, with my subordinates and has made it impossible to command the respect of my associates, I am finding it extremely difficult to continue.
Thank you,
