Okay, first email! Here is J's story:
I report to both a male manager and a female vice president. The manager is determined to move ahead at all costs. He has the VP wrapped around his finger. They are very chummy with each other, often touching each other during meetings or when talking, and go on long lunches together, or go into her office for hours with the door closed. If there is business travel for our department, they insist on going together. Everyone thought they were having an affair, even though the VP is married. Imagine our surprise one day when the VP called us into her office and told us all that they had been having an affair in the past, but that was over, and he would still be remaining in the manager position. I guess they heard about the rumors, and wanted them to stop. Everything went back to the usual drill, and they are not fooling anyone.
I am the only employee this manager supervises. He is constantly criticizing my work even though I have years of experience and I am praised by other departments. The VP backs him up on everything. He is condescending to me, lies to me, steals my ideas and presents them as his own; and even lied to me about the position I was hired for. I was told I would be a Marketing Assistant. Two weeks after I was hired, there was a memo sent around that all secretaries would be back-ups to the phone receptionist, and the memo listed my name as a secretary. When I told both him and the VP that there was an error, they said they did not have a slot for a Marketing Assistant, and that I was a secretary. When I explained that I had been told I was being hired as a Marketing Assistant and if they had told me it would be a secretary position, I would not have taken the job, their response was if I didn't like it, I could leave. I had to stay for now, as I need the money, but I am spending all my spare time looking for another position.
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