I live in MA and work for a non profit healthcare organization. I am here from England and am unfamiliar with what support is available here in the U.S. I am employed as a group home manager within my company and was transferred from one program to another earlier this year. When a new manager was found for my former program, I was assigned to train her and familiarize her with her new role. I transitioned out in early April. I attend regular meetings within our 'cluster' of managers so see this colleague on a regular basis. I have also become friends with her (as has my wife with her and her boyfriend) Speculation and gossip began to arise that me and my colleague were in a relationship. I am used to gossip in this setting and generally ignore it, however, it appears that my supervisor is feeding in to it. She has banned me and my colleague from having any interaction within our general working day (we do work at separate locations approximately 100 yards apart) but do have to attend some meetings together as well as go to the companies main office for similar duties. My supervisor has presented me with a supervision which accuses me of being in a relationship with my colleague and is refusing to change it as she has supposedly been informed by other employees that me and my coworker are in fact in a relationship. What do I do? this gossip is getting back to my wife which is putting a strain on my home life and the constant gossip combined with accusatory demeanor of my supervisor is making my work life uncomfortable.
Any advice on how i proceed would be much appreciated.
Any advice on how i proceed would be much appreciated.