A year ago, my mother passed away. She was my life, my world. I took care of her for so many years. I was fortunate enough to work close to home should something happen to her. Before my mother passed away, I was in no mental condition to work. But my employer forced me to get back to work or else I would be losing my job. So I went back to work knowing that my mother was going to die. In fact just minutes before my mother died, my boss asked me in front of my HR Rep. "Can you work until your mother dies"- How insensitive! I became angry and bitter about it and held my feelings inside.
As a result of my mother’s passing, I went to see my doctor who put me on anti-depressants which I am still on today. I got a doctor’s note stating that I was too depressed to work. With the brevement leave, I was out of work for 4 weeks.
My mother left me most of her estate however, living in Massachusetts, the cost of living is expensive. So I had to gut out the house and move. I moved into a condo about 8 months ago.
However, I was being harassed at work by my supervisor, my manager and my HR Rep. about how I was dealing with my mother’s death. Even though I kept mostly quiet and polite to them while I was still employed after her death, the way I was treated when I was asked about my mother’s passing- was like "She can’t live forever". No one sympathized with me. Yes I know it is a place of work but what really made me quit was the fact that my HR Rep. kept referring herself to me as "My second mother". I really resented that but kept my feelings inside.- Even my manager was yelling and screaming at me to get things in order. I understood where he was coming from but the WAY he approached me about it was degrading. This is not the first time that my ex-manager has spoken down to me. So as a result, I complained on a couple of occassions to my HR Rep. that my boss was speaking to me in this way. Nothing was ever done.
Shortly after I left this employer, I posted a review on Yelp.com about the company. It was on there for months. A few weeks ago, I received an email from my HR Rep. ordering me to take it down. Which I did however, I told her off in the email and also said that I am not done with the company yet. I filed a complaint with the state’s labor board and I have still not received a response regarding the harassment I received which prompted me to write this bad review about the company.
First off, Isn’t Yelp.com a place where I can express my feelings? Since when is freedom of speech against the law?
Now I come home from work tonight and received a voice mail on my home phone from a dectective from the police dept. of the town my employer is based in. I work late, so I returned the call and left a message.
Now my employer thinks that I am threatening them.
And one more thing, They are screwing around with my 401K plan and my Employee Stock Option Plan.
I need advice. What should I do when the dectective calls me back tomorrow? I just want what is owed to me and move on with my life.
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