Please help. My sister started work in an industry and role she is familiar with and has had a good 11 months with them. However, a few weeks ago, she was given an extra and ongoing task that she finds very difficult to do. She asked for training repeatedly and was ignored. She has become increasingly stressed as when she has done the work, it gets handed back to her to re-do as it's full of mistakes. Other staff have also been affected and many are looking for alternative employment.
She was asked to see her boss today, along with her manager and was accused of not doing her job properly and costing the company money and even implied she was doing it wrong on purpose. They also were not happy that she had not apologised for doing the task incorrectly.
My sister told them that this new task had not been mentioned in the job spec, nor the interview and had she'd known it was part of the job, she would not have applied. In 22 years of working in the same role in other companies, she has never been asked to do this particular task. In the meeting she was belittled and told several times "you are clearly not able to do your job."
Her manager was in the meeting but did not say a word, explaining afterwards, that there was no point. My sister tried to hand in her notice but her manager refused it, as she doesn't want her to leave. She left it on her desk in the end but the manager won't look at it.
My sister (usually SO upbeat, positive and confident) is so stressed now she doesn't want to go into work tomorrow. I've told her she should sign off sick with stress but she only gets 4 days sick pay which she has used up.
This isn't right, is it? Can you really be given a task, that has never been previously mentioned, that you don't and can't do and are refused training for? Then after spending two weeks of doing the task incorrectly and feeling like shit (who wants to be wrong every day for two weeks?!) you are humiliated and reprimanded for it?