Suddenly being accused of not doing my job properly by colleges I trusted.

[MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig]

I honestly don’t know what’s going on.

This colleague and I have always got on. She’s a position above me and has taken on a lot of extra work recently. I have always made sure that I supported her; she’s very young and inexperienced but keen and capable. I thought we got on well.

I got hauled into a meeting with the manager yesterday to find that apparently I’m accused of not pulling my weight and not doing my job properly. This has apparently come from my colleague.

I was quite upset and angry and made it quite clear that I refute these claims. If anything she’s taken the piss on occasion but I’ve always tried to be nice and supportive and as helpful as I can. A lot of my work involves supporting hers and I’ve always done my job as best as I can and I thought pretty well. I put all this across to the manager and she was very sympathetic and supportive.

We apparently have a mediation meeting tomorrow. I don’t know what to say. Obviously I want to stand my ground but I’ve never been in this position before. She clearly has a problem with me and has made a comment to management but been as nice as pie to my face, I had absolutely no idea she felt this way. I feel manipulated and blindsided.

What the hell do I do?

This is why you need ACAS, OP

@MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig if you have supposedly been late or using phone more
than you should why has nothing been said directly? We have regular 1:1s at my workplace (remotely as boss is in US). Nothing should ever be a surprise like has happened here. Sounds like she is pushing everyone out. I’d be reminding them of process and say something like while you dispute what she says, a future way to avoid such issues would be to raise them when they happen (not saying they did by the way).

Absolutely. It’s never been mentioned before. Probably because she was on her phone more than anyone.