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k · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: Former Boss Bad Mouthing Me

I was terminated last week for the reason of "not a good fit", I had worked for this company for over a year and continuously received praise for my work performance. My former boss did not have the experience I had and I felt as though she was intimidated by me. To make matters worse, she was (in my opinion) not a very good boss...she never backed me up when there was an issue, she consistantly made valuable mistakes, constantly late to work, and dressed like she just got off work from the local strip club. None of the managers respected her...so I had a hard time respecting her as my boss. Nonetheless, I did my job and worked my butt off...only to get fired for my so called "bad attitude".

Yesterday I received an email from a friend who is also a former employee. He had moved on to a better job a few months ago. This email was a "forward" from my former boss. In this email she tells him that I am no longer employed at the company, he knew, but acted like he didn't. She went on to say that they "had a party", and "things are better now that Karen isn't here", then went on to say "she was bad mouthing the company to vendors and clients" (which is absolutely not true), and "I had my fill of her a long time ago..."

I am furious about this and would like to forward this email to the owner of the company and ask that he speak to her and have her refrain from bad mouthing me.

What should I do?
k.

lexa10881 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:12 am Post subject:

If you have a good repoir with the owner I would. I think he needs to know what this unprofessional wench is saying and doing. If you were a good employee and let go because of this woman, hopefully they will give you your job back. In the slightest, she deserves a reprimand for her poor attitude and behavior.

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Mark McCormick · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:

Hi k,

I am sorry to hear about your situation. Unfortunately, this happens far more often than it should. Lexa's advice is very good advice if you believe the owner is likely to have a strong chat with your former boss and she will obey. It seems your concern would be if future companies contact your former boss. If you think the owner's words would be enough to keep your former boss's mouth shut, then, this would be good advice.

However, if you think this would just enrage her more, I don't think this will benefit you as she would likely want to just bad mouth you all the more and the owner is unlikely to ever find out about that. For this reason, it may be better to just let it go and be direct with your future employers. The other thing you may want to consider is putting down the name of one of your other former bosses instead that had a higher opinion of you and add references of people who worked on the team who will vouch for your quality of work. It sounds like your friend may be one of them. Remember two years from now this will be a distant memory: let her stay bitter, but you got more important things to do.

All the best,
Mark McCormick
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Randy · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:51 am Post subject:

Few people on this planet loathe employers, in general, as much as me and even fewer find more pleasure in doing everything possible to make their lives a living hell--call is reciprocity for treating us like serfs and slaves instead of people.

But you're at the point where I've discovered it is indeed far more fun, and beneficial, to simply walk away and just let it go. I.E., there are battles meant for us to fight, and there are those best left to the "powers that be". And in my experience, all such wenches and peckerheads as you've described always, always get what's coming to 'em.

Yeah, I don't like that they never understand the "whys" behind these little karmic episodes, but nonetheless, they always get what's coming to 'em....More often than not, bridges once crossed are indeed better burned....

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Make sure you leave out the part about her being intimidated by you. Even if it is true,she might not like you saying that to much.

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