wrongfully accused

[titan99]

What is the name of your state? TN

I was accused in a small office by 5 people of being bossy and withholding job information in those people's yearly self evaluation form. My boss talked to me about it but I feel I was wrongfully accused. One person I was training because she was new and has a rather sharp temper. She is very demanding and wants me to help her immediately any time she has a question. I always answer her questions but once in a while I am busy myself. The thing is: I believe I know who complained because its new employees that formed a cliché together and silly as these seems - seem to want conspire against me. I been a loyal worker for over 10 years and not once have ever been accused of such things. And I am a model employee.
My boss was basically on my side but said - it will delay any possible promotions I would get. I'm wondering what I can do about this? My boss says there are emails about me being bossy - I'm racking my brain trying to think when I ever did such a thing. In my job is very detailed and I do have to warn people or financial mistakes. While I think I am rather civil in these email - you know how emails are and how they can be misunderstood. I want to review all email or complaints (none are official) but my boss said they are confidential.

What is my recourse to these accusations? These people seem to have damage my reputation and I don't even know any detail of exactly what I did wrong.What is the name of your state?

 

[cbg]

No, there is nothing you can do about this. Whether you are or are not "bossy" is subject to opinion, and people are entitled to their opinion. If she thinks you have been bossy, she is entitled to say so, even if you do not agree.

 

[eerelations]

...its new employees that formed a cliché together...

It's "it's" not "its" and it's "clique" not "cliché" (I'm STILL trying to visualize - without much success - how the heck a group of employees could make themselves into a cliché).

 

[Beth3]

What you need to do is schedule a second visit with your boss and ask him to provide you with examples of things you've done/said that make your co-workers feel you're being bossy. This sort of thing often is non-verbal: body language, facial expression, tone of voice, etc. You may also want to rethink how you phrase your emails. Your colleagues may be reading "tone" into them that was not intended but that is coming off as bossy.

It's quite possible that some fairly minor adjustments in style on your part, combined with some sensitivity to how your co-workers are interpreting your current style, could resolve the problem quite readily.