Q: I have been with the same company for nearly 10 years. I started out as a bedside nurse and have been promoted to
manager of a stepdown unit and even ran the unit for a year with minimal oversight. Anyhow we finally hired a new director and we did not start out on a very good foot. He was rude to me in the first few days but we have overcome that and it has been fine. Today I am called down to HR with them stating that there was a complaint made against me that I was heard making a homophobic comment, "Where is she?" This never happened but in my type of position you may have 1 or 2 nurses who are not fond of you. No I am suspended with no pay. I have a chronically ill child who is actually hospitalized as we speak. What do I do? I am a paycheck away from losing everything. The VP of HR was in the meeting as well as her assistant. I had met with the VP a couple of weeks earlier regarding the way I was being spoken to but the new director.
A: Sorry to hear about this situation, it seems pretty tough. Based on what you provided, its a pretty sticky situation that can't be resolved with a simple posting online but would really require you to invest sometime with an attorney trying to help you through this tough process that may or may not have a simple solution.
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