Mental harassment, discriminating treatment, and barred from growth
Hello
I would like to have your suggestion whether I can sue my employer based on below facts. I feel I am being discriminated / exploited and purposefully being mistreated and barred from growth citing baseless reasons. I have raised this issue with my HOD 5 years back he tried to solve but later on he moved to higher position and now again same thing happening that too openly & repeatedly.
1) I have been working with this organization from last 13 years ( starting 1 year on contract).
2) Earlier our organization was with Indian company (majority shareholder was with Indian management so we were catering local Indian customer with sporadic business from our main Europe office) with support from our main Europe company, some 5 years back Indian management sold their majority stake to our Europe head office, so now Indian management control 25% while Europe has majority of 75% stake. Still till date overall same Indian supervisors / managers / leads etc… control the day today activities i.e business as usual. But, now the company internally is split into 3 business units as per instruction from Europe head office, One unit caters Indian client, other to our Europe client and the third one to Europe client but for different kind of project. It is a practice that engineers from one Business area are moved to different business area as per need of business, since overall its one company.
3) 3 years back I was moved to Europe business with verbal communication as being lead for a specific activity of my area. Accordingly I was deputed to Europe and then I returned to carry business as usual.
This is overall status of my in the company, I am in a middle manager / senior person in the organization.
Strain relationships with my Senior –
1) There are group of seniors who have unity and play politics were they promote motivate only to those who cater to their vanity. To rest all they mistreat them, scold them in a very bad manner, don’t give them resources / information to function. As mentioned above I had complained about this 5 years back to one of the senior most person.
2) As soon I joined the Europe business I was treated properly based on my experience as Lead for my field accordingly the work was given even after completing my deputation to Europe I was treated properly, but recently a year ago one of the Senior from Indian business was moved to Europe business as HOD of my department. No sooner did he joined he started abusing me, forcing me teach to my juniors all the technicalities of my Europe business . At present there is no work in my Europe business still he wants me to teach them so that he can kick me out of the business unit. He does not gives me work, since I am the sole senior experience person in the Europe business unit who knows the technical work rest all are juniors who don’t know in detail. Our work is sharing work with Europe and currently the load is such that barely one person can do work. I told him that whenever new assignment comes which will require more engineer I will train them accordingly. But, he does not agrees treats me like an engineer (and not has a senior, I am the third most senior person in the Europe business unit almost next to him). He does not asks for work for me from Europe head office. Since he is HOD, takes decision related to my area without discussing with me although I was being told I am lead.
3) Stating no work in Europe business unit , he says I am idle man-power so can be used for Indian business (this happens with other engineers too, but for my technical work I am the only one for which work is there but he does not takes it). Accordingly, he kicked me from Europe business unit to Indian business unit for a period of 1.5 year.
4) My ordeal started when I was working in Indian business unit. These group of cruel seniors (along with my Europe business senior) in our Indian business starting harassing me like anything. I was made Lead for a particular Indian business project. I was not given any resources to meet deadlines, assistant was given late, too much work was given to complete within deadline, In fact wrong technical decisions were taken by my seniors and when questioned by client ,they replied it was done by me since I am lead. Forcefully telling to sit late & come on Saturday’s / Sunday’s. Giving wrong appraisal for me with baseless & using abusive language. ( I have written communication of discrimination of all this i.e point no. 4)
5) Now, there is work in my Europe business unit related to my area but he does not gives to me, but gives it to my junior stating you are not maintaining personal relationship so I am giving work to somebody else. Again making me idle and shifting to Indian business unit playing same politics over and again. He is sending my juniors to deputation to Norway and shifting me to Indian business.
Please advice whether I can go to Labor court on this since it has been happening from last 5-6 years. My compensation and Grade is also not as per company standard because of this politics. There is mental tension also. Giving too much work with deadlines which cannot be met. Every time demotivating that your performance is not good.
Best Regards
Asked 9 years ago in Labour
Hello all,
Thanks for your valuable suggestions & advice, I have a follow up question and some more points to mention to have your input.
1) As mentioned by Mr. S.J Mathew our organisation has a employee grievances portal (India & Europe) both and yes they do say they keep the name of the person secret, but how much can be believed in....?. Frankly, I feel my organisation is professional enough & I have some trust in higher management, but its only the nexus of these 4-5 Senior managers in India & Europe business unit who play dirty politics and harasses those who are not in there group. I will try to exhaust all departmental remedies. But if i start this process can this harm my image in front of higher management....?
2) My company works 5 days a week, but we have to sit late in evenings, come on saturdays, some times even sundays & national holidays to meet deadline of project. Irrespective of work load, If I don't come on saturdays or sundays or sometimes sit late during week days ,due to some personal genuine reasons, then can this be the ground to take action against me to the extent of removing me from the organisation (this has not happened just asking for my knowledge). The reason being very personal then is it necessary to tell the reason to the managers.
3) During the last 1.5 year course of the project i have email communications written time to time to these troublesome mangers mentioning they they are not supporting me in the project by not providing resources etc...,
During my appraisal I knew they will say I have not performed well, so I have showed them the earlier written emails of non-cooperation from their end. But they ignore all these facts and say I am not up to the mark.
Hence finally, I have written another emails to the troublesome group of manager stating that "" way they have done my appraisal is wrong and without any facts & is an attempt to defame my name"".
They say it is our perception that your are not up to mark, but when i ask for facts or supporting instances to prove their point, they again say its our perception & you should accept what we say.Majority of such discussions & fight, i have kept it in Email communication as a hard copy evidence.
Till date its continuing & now they say don't write such emails to us, accept what we say. Note they have not given any thing me on email, all are verbal communications and actions from their side.
Regarding my work I have myself researched with my juniors, colleagues & other dept. engineers all have
said nothing objectionable. I have met all the deadlines / target till date.
4) Those with above 10 years of exp. in our organisation are going to get very substantial amount of Incentive by jul- 2016, hence the reason I don't wanna switch job time being & I feel this can be one of the reason for my harassesment.
5) Yesterday, I had a discussion with my europe manager & he says he will give me work one last time, kind of last ultimatum / chance and check my performance / behaviour again based on same non sense things which they say. If performance not up to the mark, then can even sack me from the organisation
I clearly told him give me in writing whatever you have said, which he does not agrees to give.
Also told him that the points based on which he is going to check my performance are not valid point and I had already disagreed on those earlier with hard facts, hence I told him I will accept the work not to prove those invalid point but for work as it is my bread n butter. No attempt will be made by me to prove something which does not exists. This was the discussion, he told me not to write email on this.
Please advice me whether I have done correct thing by taking the work, since i can't say no to company's work. But, i feel it is a set up again to prove me non performer.
Should i involve HR and higher management right now into this.
6") What should i do in the unfortunate event say after 1 month from he takes action against me and sacks me from organisation. Should i resort to legal action..?. Is there any legal paper which i can keep prepared in case such unfortunate thing happens for me to take swift action & stop my removal from organisation atleast till jul-2016
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Asked 9 years ago
