Bristol Myers Squibb. My boss is very noticeably corrupt. She picks her favorites and gives them opportunities she wouldn’t give anyone else, and lets them get away with anything. she picks some who she doesn’t like and makes up lies about them. Give them horrible reviews when they’re great workers. Punishes them for things that are lies or out of their control. She’s been anonymously reported to HR several times by multiple people and nothing has come of it. What can be done?Bristol Myers Squibb
Workplaces aren't always fair and there's no bulletproof right to due process. Sometimes the bastards win.
You should exhaust the possibilities -- making your own report to HR, asking to be restaffed elsewhere, trying to beat this person at their own game, politically, trap them in blatant wrongdoing ...
And if you can't win here you should just go find a new job elsewhere. Don't just suffer and be mad all the time.
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Document everything. Details! Reports must include specifics. HR is designed to protect the corporation from legal issues, not to help you. The report must make it clear how this person is hurting the corporation, not just your feelings. Your next best option is a direct approach to senior management. If they won’t resolve the issue you need to find a new job. Do not stay in a toxic situation that is stacked against you.
What are you thinking for next steps?
Sounds like my old boss…. I left her team and moved to a new one making more :) you should do the same- she won’t let you go further than her which will be bad for your own career
Go work elsewhere or apply for other open positions within the company
The company has condoned this behavior. Change jobs. Working with or for someone like this is exhausting and you cant win.
Btw, nothing you've described sounds illegal--just bad management.
There was no other performance issues though.
Time to "fire your boss". Whether or not you see it, your boss is the "Captain of a Sinking Ship". Pursue a new role in either a different department or with a different company. You can lay everything out, in detail, to HR on your way out. In the meantime, you will suffer. Limit your suffering and move on.
As for being righteous and "fixing" your work environment while keeping that same job, do you really want to die on that hill? Probably not. I was in a similar position at a previous job. As part of my exit interview, I laid out all of the issues to HR. The HR director performing the interview actually got hand cramps from writing so much. As a result of my exit (and the details form my exit interview), my boss lost all of his employees almost immediately and he was eventually retired. As for the other folks in my department, they were all transferred to work with better bosses. As for me, I too am in a better place.
FYI, your superiors are aware of your boss's issues. They either can't or won't address them. Do you really want to continue working in such an environment?
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Does not sound like a dream job to me. If you can do the work at BMS you can find another company that has a similar need.
Time to find another job. Toxic work environments are mental and physical health hazards. Take care of yourself and look aggressively for another job.
You have described a work environment that is almost impossible to change without the support of anyone within a leadership position or authority.
You have a couple choices.
Like most people have said, look to pursue a job elsewhere. I am not sure what stage you are in life or your career, just know that if you are willing to look, there is another job out there that you can love and be respected at.
Another option is to go together as an entire department of effective people as a team to HR. Go with dates, examples, and specific behaviors (observable, not impact you felt), and lay out the impact it directly has on the ability for tour team so perform required tasks. Also go with some solutions. You may ask for an outside practitioner to come in and work with your team to restore the workplace. You may need a mediator to help sort through some of the difficult conversations that need to happen. If your boss is not leaving, what else could be done to fix the current behaviors?
If nothing will be done and this is where you choose to stay, find ways to take care of and protect yourself. Humans are not meant to live in a constant state of worry and fear. It is detrimental to your health and often results in a plethora of physical and mental side effects. Seek support outside your organization and develop healthy coping mechanisms to minimize the negative impact your workplace has on your. You, your health and your sanity need to come first!
I would suggest finding someone to talk person through your options with, someone without a stake in your decision that will listen and ask questions to help you make a decision that suits you.