I’m a self-made 27 year old woman. I lost my parents, I had to give up on my education in grade 5 and lived in poverty.
I used to go to every office for walk-in interviews, and finally got my first job. All my managers from past companies adore me for my work ethic, ambition and sincerity. I’ve always been a top performer.
I joined a company that’s in retail 2 years ago, my managers were women, instantly I became a top performer here too. Being the only person in my division to get 100% employee rating. I was due for a promotion.
We suddenly faced a re-org, and my new general manager is a man who’s known to be a “boss” – Upon my first meeting with him, he asked my what jewelry I liked. My mistake was to smile, and continue our conversation.
Every time I’d walk in, he’d look at me with awe. He would say things like “I’ll give you what you want” and “don’t be shy” I considered this nothing but flirting from his end to pass time.
Suddenly, everything fell apart. People started looking at me strangely, asking me if I’m even good at my job, asking me things as “how do you feel about office relationships with your bosses” and I faced extreme distress because I was bullied and accused of getting promoted because I flirted with my new boss. This was baseless, I was due for a promotion.
This new boss would send me warning emails because I left his office at 4:30 and not 5, even though no one from his team was there. He would implement 5 days in office just for me even though his team members would come 3 days. He turned everyone who saw me as an asset against me to the point they run away.
No guy wants to be near me, girls look at me strangely and this is impacting my performance..
Lastly, an aquaintence outside of work told me they met him for a business meeting and my name came up, upon which this boss said “we will be firing her soon, she’s progressing in her career through sexual benefits”
I’m distraught, disgusted and at loss. I didn’t do anything to him, my previous bosses fought to keep me in the company due to my high performance. He’s just waiting for an opportunity to fire me.
Please give me your guidance and advice. I’ve worked extremely hard for my reputation to be completely screwed because of just one guy.
Every other man in the company has been me with nothing but respect until now.