The Wicked Witch of the Midlands
A few years ago now I worked as FC for a hotel (a large american chain ending in 'Inn').
Following a restructuring we got a new Regional Financial Controller called Sharon - she needs to be named & shamed.
She was a complete control freak & had all the other FCs in the group singing from her hymn sheet - except me. I was older & more experienced than the others and was not being told how to do what I already did better than anyone else (she actually admitted this to a colleague, I'm not being arrogant).
She used every tactic she could think of to wear me down. At important meetings she would refer to information we had not been given and when I mentioned this she would say she had emailed it & I was either lying or incompetent (not in those words). Afterwards the others would admit they hadn't received it either, but were too scared to say. She also did an exit interview on one of my department and told me that he had made complaints. He visited me a week or so later, it was all made up. It got so bad that the Hotel Manager and other Regional Heads were aware of the situation, but they were too scared of her to do anything. I considered taking the company to a tribunal, but when I realized even her own boss wouldn't stand up to her I thought sod'em all and got a much better job elsewhere.
The hotel closed within a year, so Pppphhhhht!
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:15, Reply)