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Trying To Survive The Heartaches Caused From People

I had a nice job back in the day. My Director was one in a million. He left to seek other horizons. That's when my troubles began. The New Director tore apart everything the former director put in place which included my job I was originally hired for. They called me a displacement. I was then moved to another part of the department without any formal training. I was screamed at from the supervisors, belittled and my reputation tainted. I made good pay. I was able to pay my bills and I had health benefits. Now the search begins. I am close to 59 years old. Where does one go for employment? When lies were spread about a person and their reputation scared by people where do you turn? How do you rectify their actions? Normal activities that were so easy when you are employed now take on another role. I was lied about. I was treated badly by supervisors. I was accused of many things that were prefabricated. Documentation or lies were written in a book almost every day. 

I am an artist and I have an associates degree in Graphic Arts. I am a writer and had my first childrens book published. I also illustrated the book as well. I am a great person that any boss would be proud to call their employee. I hold many letters from employers that wished they had an employee like me.  I have been torn apart, lied about, and my job taken away from me because of some heartless people on the job. They tried to run me down but they could not. They tried to make it so difficult for me that I would walk out. But I did not. They tried everything possible with no effort to succeed. I am writing this letter because no one on any job should suffer like I had to. What I went through was a disgrace. It hurt. It made things very difficult. They  still are. Employment is hard to find. I see it over and over again everytime I submit a resume or application for work. I do a follow up and when I do , I see three or four new people being trained for a job I  had applied for.  How one person's decision can reak havok on another ones life. I often wonder how does one cope? Where does one go from here? It will be one year to the day that this happened and it happened on my birthday week. I was called in for overtime on my day off. I worked on my day off. After I finished my shift that day I was called down to HR and was told I was no longer needed. So, again I say Where does one go to? How does one survive?

Joanne Ullman

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