victory at last

So the last battle has finally been fought and in the end victory is mine.

I have wanted to blog about this for a while but have hesitated because of various reasons.

In the beginning there was a woman who came to work at *******. I was her supervisor and in the beginning it was all good. She showed a talent for the job and for working with other people. She was a leader of sort, a positive one at that. She was upbeat and always ready to take on a challenge.As time went on she made a good name for herself.

That is until she made her 6 month mark. You see, once you reach 6 months, you are no longer on probation. You can no longer be let go at any time, without reason. You are held to the disciplinary policy that allows for documented discussions, write ups, suspensions, then finally termination. A process that could take well over a year.

As soon as she had this mile marker under her belt, she started to change. She became loud and very argumentative. She publicly put others down, even those she called friend. She would make fun of others for their weight, how tall they were, and any other reason she could come up with. She would push the envelope to the limit and then back down.

I tried to stop her but thanks to my boss who told me to be nice I could do nothing.

I was then off work for almost 3 months for major surgery. During this time, my team was led by another supervisor who let them do whatever they pleased as long as they were her friend.

I came back to find that this woman had all of the rest of the team under her control. Some by threats, some by low self esteem.

I was still told to be nice by my boss.

I tried, knowing that in time I would be given permission once again to take control and turn the team around.

One night at 11:30, this woman decided she was going to challenge me. She threatened me with my physical well being and tried to mentally get to me by using her daughter who is an cop to scare me. I don't scare easily. The only thing that stopped her from throwing punches that night was another person stepping in and holding her back.

She was given a 3 day vacation without pay for that. It was the worst the hospital could do to her under the present policy.

The following week, because it became obvious that the policy was outdated and could be used to undermine the best intrests of the hospital, the policy was changed.

She could be fired for making threats of any kind now.

I was finally told not to be nice. To be myself and take control of things and do what is right.

It took me 6 months of hell to finally see the end to this.

Everyone knew she would lose it again. It was only a matter of time.Last week she did. I stood on my side of the desk with her on the other leaning forward, she had her hands balled and ready to strike. She was going to hit me. Now had I not just had several thousand in dental work done I would have stood my ground. I decided however to back down and let give the new policy a chance.

She was fired, finally. She did however make sure she tossed in one last threat of "your dead" before she left.

Well I can't comment on any thing from that point on because I wouldn't want to risk any legal issues being affected by a blog.

I can say however, it felt good to win.

It is good to be apart of the victory.

The team, my employees that followed her, well they are a different unit now.

I cut off the head of the monster and now tho the body is still moving now and again, for the most part they are the team I had before ****. They seem to trying to redeem themselves. A few have even thanked me for standing up for them. Told me they were afraid of her.

I almost lost faith in the system but in the end I have come to realize that good will eventually win. Even when it seems impossible.

Damn, it feels good!!!