It has been 1 year that I quit.I still have difficulty in managing
anger and resentment.I was not given a chance to present my
case.every meeting had a different agenda.This was my first job and I
was only 22 years old .

Packaging(my friend's department) was about to lose its
license and "my friend's " job was under threat.Mine was not! :
All throughout June ,July and August 2003 she kept telling me that
whatever I was doing is worthless and my work experience is not going
to be relevant.She wants to pursue higher studies and apply
elsewhere.She told me that operators have something called job
profile and we trainees have none. That trainees are not being
rotated and that we must voice our concerns.
Performance review presentation:
On Sept18,2003 she instigated me to rake the afore- mentioned issues
(job profile and job rotation) .She also told me that my presentation
is brilliant and that things are going to be just fine.

During my presentation, I complained against this operator who was
intractable.The business manager blamed it on me saying that my
people skills are bad and that I don't believe in "dignity of
labour".The point is Iam innocent .I have always been polite and my
relationship was cordial with everybody.

I had to travel 60kms a day to get to this place.My doctors told me
that chances of me ending up with a slipped-disk are highly likely if
I continue in the same post(my job was physically demanding).

The managing director apparently reprimanded the business manager and
my boss for being negligent .This was an affront to the business
manager and my boss's honour.

The following day the business manager asked me whether I wanted to
shift to some other department.I said marketing because I could use
my brains rather than brawns there.Meanwhile ,my boss blasted me for
exposing him (his inefficiency in handling the operator) .He said"
what goes around will always come around" and that if he complains
against me the management would believe him even if the charges are
untrue.

The next day,I was told to put in my papers saying that nobody wants
to work with me ,that I don't smile ,I don't talk and that my
attitude is bad(for saying that I like marketing) .The general
manager asked me "what do you think you are to use my employees?" He
said he only wants healthy people.That I should have been in
politics.What sort of queries(job profile) was I posing?

"My friend" supported them in vilifying me saying that my attitude
is bad and that I shouldn't have raked issues such as job profile and
job rotation.

The management told me that my knowledge about paint chemistry is
questionable, despite the fact that I've always answered the
technical questions that were posed ."My friend " never used to
answer .However, the business manager was complacent about her not
answering.He told me that he doesn't like my voice and my
appearance .That I don't acknowlegde his presence .I've always wished
him.He told me to interact with all the employees when I was working!
He again tells me that I was not told to hobnob rather I should have
been giving them suggestions on how to improve things in their work
area.He used to find fault with me for no reason.This went on for 3
more months.


My boss never used to interact with me.Every thing was
confidential.He didn't teach me paint chemistry inspite of me asking
him.Every initiative of mine was shot down.How can anybody excel? He
used to withhold crucial information about products and would blame
it on me whenever there was a problem (product quality ...) His
behaviour towards me went from bad to worse . I told him to have a
look at the formulation before the batch was taken .He chose not to
and when the shade turned out to be a bit darker, he flung the
panels at me .This was my first formulation and there was nobody to
help me despite the fact that I was a trainee.

The business manager and the HR manager blamed it on me saying
that my performance was bad."My friend" was selected but I
wasn't .When I asked the business manager he said my review would
happen in April 2004 and that I must wait.I quit in Jan2004 because I
wanted my life and career to be safely returned to me.

"Mustn't cast my pearls before swine"

The contract says that these people should have given us our
objectives before Jan 2004.Did HR bother?Breach of contract is a
serious offence.How ethical is the mangement?

"My friend "tells me that the management is good and I wasn't
selected because I was feckless!I had helped the same ingrate in
clearing her engineering final exam and had protected her by not
telling the management that it was her who had instigated me.