Quote From: chickletta
When your reputation is taken from you from malicious gossip you do have a recourse, especially when it involves your professional reputation.
I would seek advice from a lawyer and maybe these inmature idiots may get a little scare.
It is amazing the way a legal letter has the ability to work wonders. (in most cases anyway)
I am interested in the part where you mentioned legal recourse.
I started a job once and a co-worker was going around saying I was stupid and no one likes her and lets fire her. She never even met me. She felt threatened because the comapny was downsizing and she thought they were trying to replace her with someone who would except less money to do the same job. She ended up being my coach ( like a supervisor but only responsible for your review.) She gave me a lousy review and tried to get me fired. I requested to speak to a manager about the situation. He refused to believe me because "several people" complained. Well, the "several people" that complained were all in her group of friends who also felt threatened. I did above and beyond what my job title was. I was blamed for mistakes I didn't even make! In fact, I found mistakes others were making! I ended up getting fired. I filed for unemployment. The unemployment office even said there was no proof of poor performance because there was no poor performance. They said stupid things in my review like - I didn't take notes. Sometimes I didn't but this had no bearing on my job performance. I have an excellent memory and don't have to write every little thing down.
I was young at the time and didn't know how to handle this. I got fired because of a group of girls that were outto get me and spread rumors that I was stupid.
What could I have done in this situation? Could I sue for slander? Can I still? Or should I let forget about it?
