[luvmypcar]

I am a manager of 7 people in my office--2 males and 5 females.

It was a great place to work until this new women transferred in from another department. Since her arrival the once high performance team is now a dysfunctional lot.

Not only does she drag down the moral of the other team members, she is a poor performer. I have many customer complaints about her service and her combative nature when a client wants things their way.

Not so long ago I would have fired her on the spot, but we a now a kindler and gentler company. It can take up to 18 months to get rid of someone as long as they don't do something outright illegal.

On Wednesday I was forced to write her up for poor performance and poor customer service. As required I have the documentation and data to back it up.

This past Friday my manager shows up (unscheduled) and says she has to interview ALL the staff--she didn't say why. Over the course of four hours everyone was interviewed.

Then it was my turn--to my shock and horror--she told me an anonymous call had been placed to human resources that I was sexually harrassing the female employees.

I was furious and almost lost in right there. I told my manager, who is aware of the problems created by this woman, that I knew exactly who made this "anonymous" tip.

I had to answer questions that had to be asked as the company has to take all harrassment charges seriously. My manager was quite embarrassed having to ask those questions and she apologized many times. I told her it was ok--she had to do her job.

It is Labor Day weekend--a three day weekend for me. But instead of relaxing and having fun, I get flashes of anger everytime I think about it.

We were a great team that worked together for a long time and I'm lucky to call these people my friends. We all wish she would leave but her reputation precedes her and no other department wants her.

I really feel like resigning. The charges are ridiculous and I tell myself to just get over it, but how can you work when people play dirty like this? You do your job and some lowlife resorts to this? I don't think I can have a civil conversation come Monday with this person.

I'm sorry this is so long, I'm just trying to vent some of this anger that just keeps building.