Company: you’re fired because you suck and we may sue your ass.
Me: forwarding all the illegal shit of that company to CEO+HR+managers because I saved it in my personal email and ending with “my friend is a lawyer, I can call him anytime.”
Fun times. Save your emails, especially the bad ones.
When I was younger I used to work at a big bank under a team of advisors. I was the main associate for our group, but also lended backup assistance to two other groups. I had a situation where an FA - not the one I worked for - needed me to do a few tasks for him when his assistant was out; nothing crazy time-sensitive. The main way we communicated was through chat/email, and he would get upset when I prioritized my own group’s clients, regularly becoming verbally aggressive.
One day he decided to threaten me with calling HR, so I turned it around on him and replied “Let’s. I’m sure they’d be really curious to know why you think it’s acceptable to talk to me this way.” That one interaction changed his tune quick (apparently he’d already gotten complaints).
Don’t let the older generations bully you in the office. If you’re good at your job, do things by the book, and have receipts, threats are empty.
Sometimes it’s not worth going through the courts when you can make it obvious that you’re going to make it more costly than them just rolling over and giving you your money.
Now, that’s not to say that you don’t give those emails to the proper regulation authority afterwards as well, because they still need to stop doing illegal shit.
Personal story:
Fun times. Save your emails, especially the bad ones.
Sending company info to a personal email seems like it would be illegal
When I was younger I used to work at a big bank under a team of advisors. I was the main associate for our group, but also lended backup assistance to two other groups. I had a situation where an FA - not the one I worked for - needed me to do a few tasks for him when his assistant was out; nothing crazy time-sensitive. The main way we communicated was through chat/email, and he would get upset when I prioritized my own group’s clients, regularly becoming verbally aggressive.
One day he decided to threaten me with calling HR, so I turned it around on him and replied “Let’s. I’m sure they’d be really curious to know why you think it’s acceptable to talk to me this way.” That one interaction changed his tune quick (apparently he’d already gotten complaints).
Don’t let the older generations bully you in the office. If you’re good at your job, do things by the book, and have receipts, threats are empty.
Do or do not, there is no making actionable threats
I was young and didn’t want to waste my time. I got my paycheck quicker that way with a bonus for being an annoying bastard.
Sometimes it’s not worth going through the courts when you can make it obvious that you’re going to make it more costly than them just rolling over and giving you your money.
Now, that’s not to say that you don’t give those emails to the proper regulation authority afterwards as well, because they still need to stop doing illegal shit.