Comments on: Does Your Abusive Boss Keep Notes About You Outside Your Personnel File?

By: lemming

lemming — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:53:24 +0000

While this an interesting concept I can’t find any to enforce it in WA state. I have tried to get all files but my boss says they don’t have to show me anything other than the little manilla folder. They do have other folders that they pull documents from at their convenience. I have tried contacting the union and the Dept of L&I and the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (I work in a school). No one seems to think I have a right to see those files. So what’s the point if I have this right and no one can or will enforce it?

By: 317718

317718 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:22:32 +0000

I am an EMT and a US Navy Vet. I was fired after my boss trumped up false allegations against me. These allegations can cost me my career as well as my job. She discussed my termination with employees both before and after she fired me. She told me she had no details, and did not bother to find out if her ‘witness’ was a “real person.” She has never been consistant in her disciplinary proceedures. I never signed any papers saying she had ever had a disciplinary problem. (They think they cover their butts by not putting anything in writing.) She singled me out to never being allowed to work overtime and the ONLY employee who could not stay overnight at the station. She said I was “missing shifts” because I was 15 minutes late one time. These accusations I was not aware of until the DAY AFTER I was fired. She made derogatory comments about myself, my family and my work performance even though I exceeded requirements to keep my certifications up by the state (we are required to have 40 educational credits every 2 yrs and I completed 200 credits my first year alone) and spent countless hours working “off the clock”. I never had a poor performance review, patient complaint, or negative QA review.
Her issue with me? I really have no idea. She just decided one day before she had even met me that she didn’t like me and encouraged other employees to “snitch” anytime I did anything they didn’t like or could twist because I wasn’t part of their “click.”
Most recently, I found out that she keeps a second personnel file at the office. When I mentioned that at the unemployment office, they told me that was a BIG no-no! Of course I’m also aware of other illegal activity that she does, and have “proof” of some of it.
I’m trying to find a lawyer but in my area it’s slim pickins… we live in a very rural area, lawyers don’t specialize in employment law, and the ones that *could* handle my case tell me it’s a conflict of interest because they have handled matters for her in the past, or they want to charge an outrageous amount just for a consultation!

By: lori-vorwald

lori-vorwald — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:50:13 +0000

I am so happy to see this post. My company refused to give me my files created by my supervisor. I know he took notes every time we met. They say those are his personnel files and he doesn’t have to share them.
Thank-You

By: sabuka

sabuka — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:02:13 +0000

I have seen files in the past, i know where they WERE kept and have seen yellow folder during interrogations in the past, so where is all that stuff, Not in my personnel file! hmmmm