I work as a nursing scheduler. I was recently pulled in by my new manager expecting to be coached or told about a coding error or something of the sort.
However, to my surprise, she had a folder ready for me with a document that said 'investigation' on the very top. I'm sure this has to do with some sort of disciplinary action and I'm worried about the repercussions. I was told by her that in order to move on with the discussion that I would need to sign some sort of consent on that very same document or decline until I have a Union Representative with me.
I chose to have a Union Representative with me until we meet again. The thing that scares me is that this is obviously not some sort of regular 'coaching' because she hasn't specifically told me what this meeting is actually about.
However, I have some clues as to what this might be.
Recently my mother passed away due to pancreatic cancer a month ago and my performance and attitude have greatly suffered at work because of it. I've been making small mistakes and my irritability has been showing on my sleeve from time to time and it's coming off as unprofessional. Since then, I have slowly been trying to improve. Nothing drastic at work has been happening to the point where I feel as if it's stopping me from carrying on with my duties. So this is something that I feel would be petty of my new manager to try to nail me with.
The other issue that has me really worried though...
Is my attendance/clocking in and out for the last month and a half. (I have only called off sick once and had 1 last minute personal call out in the last 4 months that she's been there, so this probably isn't it)
I know this is incredibly bad of me but I've shown up late to work 5 or 7 minutes at the most because of traffic or getting a bite to eat at the cafeteria below before showing up to the department I work at. The times that I've shown up late, I've made an edit to cover my ass and wasn't until recently I found out that this is what is considered 'time fraud'. So now I'm sweating fucking bullets because I'm paranoid that this lady will get to the bottom of it in some way, shape or form.
This new manager of mine is certainly out for blood because a lot of my co workers are pretty paranoid about this lady as well.
I have called my Union Rep to see if I can get him to accompany me for a meeting with this boss lady next week but I'm very new to this kind of drama.
What is some advice you guys can give me? Is there anything I should avoid saying or anything I should say?
This has me really worried because this is a great job I've had for the last couple of years. Benefits and pay are great and I really need this in order to support myself and my sisters now that my Mother has left us to take care for ourselves. I'm just genuinely spooked and need to recover from this so I can get back to regular wage slaving in peace.
Thank you all in advance.
Submitted April 27, 2018 at 10:38PM by neworder1234 https://ift.tt/2JxMRJG
