What is the name of your state? TEXAS
I am a part time employee of a well known local hospital. Just recently, a co-worker and I had a disagreement. He accused me of taking a longer break than i really had and after i tried to explain to him what happened...he snapped. He began yelling and screaming at me (mind you he is not a supervisor, he is a brand new employee who is still on probation). I then tell him to follow me and we will get the situation straightened out by confirming where i really was with another employee. as i was walking down the hall he came running up behind me and grabbed my chest as he ripped my name badge off screaming, "you don't deserve to work here." i then told him that that was assualt and he can pretty much count on not having a job here anymore. so, out of anger he shoved me back against a wall and took off running. he ran and tried to tell other employees (because he knew he was going to be fired so my guess is he was trying to build an alliance to save his butt) that I was the one who threatened him and that i was going to beat him up. Luckily, the other employees know me alot better than that and disagreed with him which only pissed him off more. so he then called the 3 supervisers and began telling them that i assualted him. needless to say, since i have many reasons not to trust my supervisers because they have a reputation of not being good managers, that i may be fired because of the ordeal. i never threatened him. never did anything that would danger my job.
if i am fired, should i contact a lawyer and sue? my career future is a firefighter and if i am fired for this i will not be allowed to be hired as a firefighter. remember, you have to be able to work as a team in a fire department and this would not show very good teamwork, regardless if i did nothing wrong. and you CANNOT be hired if you show proof of horrible teamwork at previous employers. thanks for the advice once again!
I am a part time employee of a well known local hospital. Just recently, a co-worker and I had a disagreement. He accused me of taking a longer break than i really had and after i tried to explain to him what happened...he snapped. He began yelling and screaming at me (mind you he is not a supervisor, he is a brand new employee who is still on probation). I then tell him to follow me and we will get the situation straightened out by confirming where i really was with another employee. as i was walking down the hall he came running up behind me and grabbed my chest as he ripped my name badge off screaming, "you don't deserve to work here." i then told him that that was assualt and he can pretty much count on not having a job here anymore. so, out of anger he shoved me back against a wall and took off running. he ran and tried to tell other employees (because he knew he was going to be fired so my guess is he was trying to build an alliance to save his butt) that I was the one who threatened him and that i was going to beat him up. Luckily, the other employees know me alot better than that and disagreed with him which only pissed him off more. so he then called the 3 supervisers and began telling them that i assualted him. needless to say, since i have many reasons not to trust my supervisers because they have a reputation of not being good managers, that i may be fired because of the ordeal. i never threatened him. never did anything that would danger my job.
if i am fired, should i contact a lawyer and sue? my career future is a firefighter and if i am fired for this i will not be allowed to be hired as a firefighter. remember, you have to be able to work as a team in a fire department and this would not show very good teamwork, regardless if i did nothing wrong. and you CANNOT be hired if you show proof of horrible teamwork at previous employers. thanks for the advice once again!
