Have nc'ed for this as I'm pretty sure at least 2 of my colleagues are AIBU regulars!
Basically I am currently on mat leave and have been for a few months, still got a few months to go before starting work again. I have visited work a few times with baby and am normally on good terms with everyone including my boss.
However...I was in charge of a project earlier this year where we received some funding from a charitable organisation to go towards the project. I applied for the funding myself on behalf of the company I work for and had to go through a pretty rigorous process to get it. This was all on top of my normal duties. The project went well and I was told that I'd be contacted by the charity to tie up all the financial stuff afterwards, i.e. sorting out the accounts and proving I spent the money correctly.
However they didn't get in touch before I went on mat leave, despite me telling them when I was finishing work. I have been emailing the 2 people who set up the charity grant to ask for the forms I needed to fill in but had no reply so was unable to do the work. I then got an email today from my line manager (cc'd to the big boss) to say that I need to do the work tonight and give it to her tomorrow to send on to the charity as apparently someone else at the charity has just discovered the paperwork is incomplete and is panicking, but it's totally blaming me for the delay despite me keeping her in the loop throughout the process. The email also insinuates that I have lied about getting in touch with the charity (I have been calling/emailing my 2 contacts but only found out today that they have both left and not set up automated phone/email responses to that effect - so there was no proof on the charity's correspondence that I have been in touch when my boss called to check up on me.) I do have phone records and emails I could show her to prove I am telling the truth but she doesn't want to know.
The annoying thing is that I have done the work and sent it off to the charity, but because it was addressed to the name of someone who no longer works there, it's got lost. I did it by hand as it was annotating print-outs of bank statements etc.
The charity have apologised to me and agreed it's farcical and have given me more time to re-do the work but my boss has said (within the email) that she wants it all completed tonight and sent to her by tomorrow morning.
AIBU to refuse to do this? I really resent being made out to be disorganised and a liar (especially when the big boss is copied in) and also think a 1 night deadline is unreasonable for someone on mat leave. If I am being U then please tell me - examples of good responses to this email would also be appreciated!
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NoThatIsNotConvenient · 22/07/2013 22:40
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