threatened with disciplinary for leaving message

[allaboutthatsass]

I'll keep this short.

There's been problems in our department. There are several teams in this department. Myself and several colleagues have complained but no change, so several of us are looking for other jobs.

One colleague has another job and we were asked to sign her leaving card. I signed it along the lines of "congrats you lucky thing! Take me with you, lol x"

Now my manager has pulled me aside and told me my message was 'inappropriate' and could be interpreted badly by other managers in light of all the recent complaints. It could be percieved as 'stirring' and 'bullying'. He says other managers may question him and he may have to give me a warning.

I'm really upset by this. Whilst I obviously do wish I was going too, I didn't think the actual message was 'bad' or something that could warrant an actual warning. I didn't think it was much different from what other people may put in a leaving card and was really trying to be jokey.

So what do I do or say? There's no union. I can't afford to actually leave and I like my job, it offers me lots of great flexibility, I just dont like management.

Good riddance to your ex-manager frankly.

Also, if you are still invited to this "informal" meeting, you are under no obligation to attend.

And if you do, you do NOT have to say a word either.

Unless they turn round and tell you its a mandatory/compulsory meeting relating to conduct or a breach of some policy, they cannot make you say anything about what you wrote in that card.

Glad for you though, that your twat manager has left, whether by choice or sacked - either way, he was a cunt.

Seems the people at the top had some measure of your manager

Excellent!

That is great news. Somebody above obviously saw the light, or HR stepped in to stop this nonsense.

I wouldn't worry if I were you and now you are in a TU at least you've got yourself support if you need it in future.

Good luck, hope you get out of there too.