#whenever she has PLANNED time off she emails everyone to let us know she'll be out of office and when she'll be back

[tromboneralert]

So first let me give yall some context. (With pseudonyms)

There's me, lowly phleb. The next step up is my supervisor Lindsay, then Maureen, then Charlotte.

Last year, Lindsay had a counterpart, Dominique, who shared the workload and honestly was fantastic at her job. They both were actually there to support their employees AND train newbies AND do their other job duties. One day, Dominique put in her 2 week notice, and got fired on the spot.

Since then, Lindsay has been doing the work of like 4 people all by herself. She literally had too fucking much on her plate. (Also gonna note here that these two alternated weekends because even though they weren't working they were still, well, working. So they never got a full day off.) So yeah, things did slip through the cracks.

A few months ago, Lindsay had a fkn panic attack at work, from all the fkn stress of her job. I remember when I heard I was like "Oh. Makes sense. I'm glad she's taking the time she needs."

And since Lindsay has been gone, all of her job duties have fallen to Maureen.

And Maureen........well...........if someone has a question or needs help she'll say "oh yeah let's schedule a time to work that out" and then......crickets....... I've told her that my offsite lab needs things, my patients need things. "Oh I'll talk to so-and-so about it and get back to you." Then crickets. Then I ask again. No response. And I communicate almost exclusively through email because I want the paper trail. And it's a good thing I do!

So like I said, Lindsay has been out of work for months now. And today, she sent out an email to EVERYONE in the lab (phlebs, techs, supervisors for each little department, EVERYONE) AAAAAND THE FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE HOSPITAL.

This email with the subject line "Harrassment" includes every way that Lindsay was harrassed and bullied and put down by Maureen during her 3 years as a supervisor. She also included, by name, what Maureen has said about a bunch of people. The ones in the email are just the ones Lindsay could remember. Comments made by Maureen include, but are not limited to, just plain fucking mean comments, negativity, and a racist comment and a queerphobic comment. Maureen said about Charlotte (HER boss), "She says you laugh like SpongeBob and your burps are disturbing and disgusting you should be ashamed. She often sent me memes of SpongeBob laughing in our morning meetings. Also, in zoom meetings she puts snap chat filters on your face to be funny, the ball sack one was her favorite. (Very immature I know, I never would even think to use Snapchat in zoom)! She doesn’t think you should be director because you are horrible at it and she wishes [previous director] was still director. She says you don’t know anything in the lab on the non technical side and should know your operations instead of always asking us for help."

Also, about a black gal in the lab, "she calls you a curly headed poodle fuck. And your voice is annoying. You never know what you’re talking about and should just quit."

And about a queer guy, "Maureen saw you with a purse (I have many times and it did not bother me at all! They are actually really cute, I just can’t fit diapers and wipe in them along with snacks lol) but she wanted me to tell you that you can’t walk around with it, I told her you were on break that’s why, she said yeah well it looks weird and wanted me to tell you to not walk around with it I told her I cannot tell him that, he can have a purse if he wants to and she said yeah I guess it just looks really weird. (I think because she wanted me gone so bad she thought maybe discrimination was the answer because then she would have to fire me if I said something.. Maureen I give you credit for trying but maybe next time you should say something 😉) I’m sure more than half the lab would love to see you gone, along with people in other departments lmao."

Just to include a few :|

As well as wildly inappropriate behavior and comments. "She also was in her office showing [someone else] and I a dick pic of some guy she slept with"

WOW

And so all morning I'm like "oh shit oh shit oh shit Maureen is gonna get FIRED" and "I HOPE SHE GETS FIRED" and "If Maureen doesn’t leave, I hope everyone mentioned in that email walks out"

BUT!!!!!!! We just had a Teams meeting with Charlotte about the email. I really, wholeheartedly thought she wanted to know what else Maureen has done and said, for us to air our dirty laundry so to speak. NOPE. SHE REALLY FUCKING SAID "It was from a disgruntled former employee and doesn't reflect on anyone" and "a lot of mean things were said in that email so just know I'm here if you want to talk." HA SURE THING SPONGEBOB I'M SURE YOU'RE REALLY A SHOULDER TO CRY ON JESUS FUCKING CHRIST (part of me believes the front she's putting up; the other part of me thinks she's seething but trying to be professional because this had to be a slap in the face to her).

I don't work IN the hospital; I work in a different building, at an offsite outpatient lab service location. So I don't know what's been going on all day. Are people staging a walk out? Are people allowing it to be swept under the rug, as it appears Charlotte is doing? I have no idea. I have no way to find out. Sure, I could ask around, but then it just looks like I'm sniffing around for gossip. (Which isn't false, but my priority is justice against Maureen.)

I feel like I left out some potentially important details so don't be afraid to ask for clarification.

There is so much juicy juicy drama at work today...........I feel so alive I want to shout it from the rooftops