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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/ilpalazzo64 on 2024-07-10 17:48:17+00:00.
Okay so years ago I was working for a government facility which was undergoing a massive transition as majority of the employees were reaching retirement age (this place only did a mass hiring to replace people once every 15 years or so). One of the new hires was coming in to replace the current training department head and was given the title of deputy department manager while he trained for the new role and prepared to take over (We'll call him E)
Dude was the biggest prick I have ever encountered. He was constantly finding reasons to write people up and spoke down to everyone with a lesser title than himself. His first actions as a deputy manager was to change the way we did training and change the hiring process to micromanage who could get hired to this already in depth vetting process (Job required a Top Secret clearance).
I was part of the class previous to these changes (training could take upwards of 3 years to complete) and he immediately had it out for anyone from our group that didn't meet his criteria. One day we all started getting called one by one into the training manager's manager's office for a meeting with the Department head, HR, and E. Now I know what's going on as the people getting called are the "problems" E has been trying to get rid of, so I pull E aside
"Hey E, I have an idea of what's happening but just so I'm not blind sided are you guys writing us up for something? If so what incident so I can make sure I know what went wrong?"
E: "I'm not allowed to talk about that as per the Employee Handbook only your direct manager can discuss that and as Deputy Manager, I am not your direct manager"
Cue MC.
So I get called into said meeting and yup, they're writing us up en masse for thing we had already been written up for. Apparently E had convinced HR that writing everyone up again for all the offenses in a single writeup would make it easier to track (this place could only hold a write up against you for termination purposes for 1 year, this scheme effectively reset the clock on a lot of those previous write ups.)
In my meeting was Department Head, HR, and E with a huge grin on his face. I looked at HR then looked at E and asked HR why E was here? They replied to observe. I asked but doesn't the handbook say that only my direct management chain and HR are privy to these meetings? If so I'm not comfortable with E being here and would like him to leave. His demeanor instantly changed especially since HR agreed with me and had him leave the meeting. Now without him there I was able to make a case as to why the new write up was invalid and violated the Handbook, Department head had no clue (or at least feigned it) that we had already been written up for these offenses. Ultimately got the whole lot of the write ups for everyone tossed out. Made myself target numero uno for this guy who eventually got me fired a couple years later but not before I got him demoted.
TLDR: "Boss" tries to write me up for things I had already gotten reprimanded for, informs me he can't discuss meeting because he's not my boss, then I get him barred from the meeting he scheduled since only my boss could be there. Write ups get thrown out since he can't defend his case.