QUITTING TIME...

Good Morning Campers!!

This is not an easy post for me to write because I have to admit to somewhat of a secret I have been keeping. I have been the victim of "bullying" at my office for the past 2 years. I have never gotten along with our office manager. She was resentful of me from day one when she learnt that I had been offered her job first and had turned it down. We have had several altercations over the years..some I blogged about.. she has over the years got rid of staff and bought in "her" girls from her previous office..she has been trying to get me to quit for ages and yesterday she got her wish...the last straw was when she refused me one day off in June..I had coverage for one of the days I was asking off for and only needed her to get coverage for one day...at first she said it was okay....then she came back an hour later and said she was sorry but she had already granted that day off to someone else...there was nothing on the group calender..she does not know how to use it..it is on the computer..so she uses a big dry erase board in the kitchen which is only monthly...the Dr's have never been happy about that..the rest of use the computer...anyways to make a long bitchy story short she hassled me all day Monday...her and her girls were talking about me...they kept going in her office...there was a lot of whispering and abrupt conversation stopping when I walked by..I ate my lunch by myself in my car...I held back tears all day but when I got in my car to come home I let loose...when I got home hubby was furious!! he said enough was enough and that I should go in yesterday and confront her...so I did..I asked her what it would mean if I took the day off in June and she basically said my job..soooooooooo I said I will save you the trouble..I calmly walked out her office went to my computer and sent the email I had waiting to send to the docs with an explanation and walked out!! The e mail I sent the docs explained a little about how she has been treating me and how she has threatened some of my co workers also..I thanked them for their time and the opportunity etc...evidently they are pissed!! she was taken out to lunch and afterwards she took the two co workers who along with me had been there since the practice opened and asked them if they felt threatened..they said yes!! she asked them if they felt there was favoritism shown to "her" girls..they said yes!! we had always said if any of us left there we would make sure the docs knew what was going on behind their backs..she always threatened us if we went to the docs about anything.... so I feel great that they finally know what is going on and if I made my co workers lives a little easier then it was worth it...they are both looking for another job anyway..it is that bad there... the morale is awful...I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders...I have lived with this for way too long...I kept telling myself that it was only 2 days a week and that it was a great schedule but underneath I have been so miserable..I believe it has been the reason for my bouts of depression and weight gain..I feel like I can gain control of my life again and feel free!!! The dollars were never really an issue...my paycheck was tiny...I can probably make that money up by cutting back..pretty much one or two less meals eaten out and a trip to the library rather than the bookstore and I will have it covered! it means the world to me that my hubby supported me in this...he said he was tired of my "complaining" LOL..we all know he means bitching...;-)

So there you have it...I am officially a lady of leisure!!

L xx