I can't believe this happened...CAN YOU?

Question

My boss told me a bunch of things about the job that were not true when he hired me. He flat out misled me.......and after a couple weeks on the job, I confronted him. So he told me, that he knew if he had told me the truth, I never would have taken the job. He then said, he was hoping that at least when I found out the bad stuff, that by then I would have gotten used to the situation on the ground and would accept things..even though they are not perfect. He then told me that if I quit now, that it would damage my reputation and show that I am not reliable and can't stay in a job for too long.

So I am thinking whether you political people think that its moral for him to have done that...and whether people of responsibility and leaders in our society, including politicians should be allowed to get away with such chicanery.

Answer 1

Its flat out wrong what he did.

and actually its very similar to the Iraq war situation--how we were misled into going there and then were told that it will be bad for us to leave.

When in fact, if we had been told the truth about why they wanted to invade iraq, we never would have taken on the job.

Answer 2

Well yes what he did is a huge thing in Corporate America. You really cant get past it. I am sure what he meant by it will damage your rep is if you take action and quit it will show to other employers that your not a stable worker. He can not legally tell another employer anything bad about you. But if you have only been there a couple months stay there a bit longer and then ask for a letter of recommendation.

Answer 3

Did you know that it was ilegal, for him to put you down. Just put someone else as a reference and on your application put "available upon request" where it asks you for a reason why you quit or want to leave. Then if they do ask don't talk bad about him, just say that there was a lot of misunderstanding and that he was disrespectull towards you, and then say. If I don't disrespect someone I don't think they have the right to disrespect me, But don't be like you boss. It will just make things worse. No matter what be respectfull.

And you need to find something else. Your boss will never change

Answer 4

To make a legal case, you will have to prove that you have been financially damaged. That's going to be very difficult to do.

And, harsh as it sounds, there is little point in getting yourself upset because your employer lied to you. In the United States, in employer-employee relationships there is a requirement that only one party be honest. I bet you can guess which on it is.

You can be fired for lying ( i fact you can be fired for no reason at all) but, again, unless you can prove that the employer's lie caused you financial loss, nothing can be done.

Answer 5

If you are not happy where you are, quit. If the boss says anything bad about you to other potential employers, sue him for slander.
There is nothing you can do about his lies, unless it is somehow costing you money.
He is lying about damaging your reputation. Don't believe anything he tells you. It sounds like he is saying whatever it takes to keep you on the job.

Answer 6

That was very wrong for him to do that, and you can take either him as an individual, or take the company to court on a law suit, that way you can quite your job and it will not harm your work history.

Answer 7

Absolutely not , I would report this person and situation to the Ministry Of Labour. This is no different then someone lying on their resume about themselves. You lie say goodbye.

Answer 8

Sounds as if you are dealing with a bully. You could contact the local labor board and see what can be done. I think each state has labor boards.......check your yellow pages..........best wishes to you.

Answer 9

Sounds like you have been recruited by Bush for one of the armed forces.

Answer 10

If he were my 'boss' he wouldn't need to worry about my reputation. He would need to worry about the dental bills he would have coming in after saying that to me.