My bad for creating another new thread, But I just got fired. (EDIT: I was just told that I haven't been officially fired, That I have a meeting with HR tomorrow)
 
Last night I had an incident with a supervisor and I believe he got fired as well, But I don't think this is fair... Here's what happened yesterday :
 

10/18/2014 Incident Report (Raudel De Leon, ID# 6148)

 

 

                On 10/18/2014 At around 11:10PM-11:50PM, One of the Foundry Leadman came to the tool-crib asking for sand paper and a painters spray sock, Mario and I gave him the things requested, Victor then stepped to the side and that’s when Foundry Supervisor Raudel De Leon (ID# 6148) approached the tool-crib in an aggressive manner, Shouting at both Mario and I, That we can’t be holding people back like that and that we should give them anything they need (This being after we already gave his employee everything he requested). I told him to mind his own business and get the hell out of here, To which he shouted some more things and then reached into the tool-crib (I was inside the tool-crib and he was outside) through the open part of the gated area and grabbed me by my shirts collar, Raudel began to pull my shirt, To which in return I smacked/pushed his hand off me and I told him not to touch me, in return he reached inside and swung with an open hand, I felt it hit my left arm, I again pushed his hand away from me and told him again not to touch me, To which he reached in and swung with an open hand and hit me on my left cheek/chin. And I reached out of the tool-crib and pushed him back with 1 arm and told him that he shouldn’t be doing that, I was awed by what had just happened, I didn’t mind the shirt pulling as much, But when he smacked me on my face I think he went too far for it to be a “Joke”.

 

                Raudel then told me to lower my tone and not talk to him like that because he is a supervisor and that I need to respect supervisors, This after he had just hit me multiple times, Which I told him he went too far by laying his hands on me. I did tell him I would report him and he tried to play it off saying that we should just drop it and forget about what happened, But I did tell him that I couldn’t let it go because of what he had just done and that he should just go back to work. Raudel then walked away and told Victor (Foundry leadman) to go back to his department.

 

                Mario and I discussed what had just happened and he confirmed that he saw the whole thing and that I should write an incident report because no matter who you are, You shouldn’t lay your hands on anyone, Especially at work.

 

 

 

-Sergio G.

 
 
I have 2-3 other witnesses that saw I did nothing to him for him to hit me, Yet I was fired for reporting this incident...
 
Opinions?

Only thing I noticed that you did "wrong" : "I told him to mind his own business and get the h* out of here"
Proper response: "If you are unhappy with my performance here at work, please see my superior."
I doubt you were fired for reporting the incident, unless the company policy states something weird like that.
It does sound like wrongful termination to me, but I'm not a lawyer.

Here's what you did wrong...
 
When he reached through the gate, you should have grabbed his arm and snapped it back, thereby hyper-extending and snapping his elbow.  Next, as he screamed like a scalded dog in pain, you should have reached through the gate, grabbed the back of his head and pulled his face straight into the gate breaking his nose.  Next, push the gate straight back into his face thereby knocking him to the ground. You would have then been free to exit the tool crib and begin stomping his face until he begged for his life.
 
Only then, should you have reported it to your supervisor. Then you would have been free to follow company SOP's and call the maintenance department to come clean up a spill at the tool crib.

Holo

RushXTC

Holo
You told one of your superiors to mind their own business and get the hell out of here? While his reaction is certainly not adequate, neither is yours in that situation.

He came in yelling like he owned the place, He's not my superior, He's a supervisor for another department, Has nothing to do with me.
 
There's only 1 person in the whole company, In 3rd shift that is superior to me. I'm talking about, out of 400 employees, only 1 can say anything to me.

You have the same attitude as one of my friends. No one is under you, they are all your peers and equals until you need to put your foot down - if needed. To tell another department supervisor that would probably ruffle his feathers. I don't agree anyone should be let go for what you said but as most states are right to work they can end termination on any grounds they want.

I understand we are all equal, However there is a hierarchy that each company follows, That's the only thing I meant by that comment... It's because I'm in a different department and they are only supervisors to their department. The only person "Above" me in the hierarchy of MY department is the night shift plant manager.
 

zildjian75
Here's what you did wrong...
 
When he reached through the gate, you should have grabbed his arm and snapped it back, thereby hyper-extending and snapping his elbow.  Next, as he screamed like a scalded dog in pain, you should have reached through the gate, grabbed the back of his head and pulled his face straight into the gate breaking his nose.  Next, push the gate straight back into his face thereby knocking him to the ground. You would have then been free to exit the tool crib and begin stomping his face until he begged for his life.
 
Only then, should you have reported it to your supervisor. Then you would have been free to follow company SOP's and call the maintenance department to come clean up a spill at the tool crib.

 
Then I'd be the bad guy.

RushXTC

zildjian75
Here's what you did wrong...
 
When he reached through the gate, you should have grabbed his arm and snapped it back, thereby hyper-extending and snapping his elbow.  Next, as he screamed like a scalded dog in pain, you should have reached through the gate, grabbed the back of his head and pulled his face straight into the gate breaking his nose.  Next, push the gate straight back into his face thereby knocking him to the ground. You would have then been free to exit the tool crib and begin stomping his face until he begged for his life.
 
Only then, should you have reported it to your supervisor. Then you would have been free to follow company SOP's and call the maintenance department to come clean up a spill at the tool crib.

 
Then I'd be the bad guy.

Hey...  In times of violence you have to ask yourself...  What would Steven Segal do??? 
 
Again, talk to an attorney... A supervisor (or anyone for that matter) cannot threaten with violence.  That leaves the company vulnerable for the actions of said employee...  Violence is not tolerated in the workplace.
 
Good Luck.

Baltothewolf
What the f. Dude that's beyond wrongful termination. If you have written statements from the 2-3 other employees, along with the original incident report (as you do above) then it's a open close case. Did there happen to be cameras?

 
Supposedly there was, That they were going to review them, But I've been in this company long enough to know it's BS.
 
Not too long ago, an employee got run over outside of the company, while crossing from 1 side to another (There's 3 sides in total) and theres 2 cameras pointing there... They were dummies, LOL.

JustinHEMI
I am a shift manager in the operations department of my power plant. If an employee in, say, maintenance told me to mind my business and get the hell out of here, he'd be fired too.
 
Your firing is the result of your actions. Instead of looking to deflect blame, learn from the experience and move on.
 
Justin

If it were me, I agree, accept the blame and move on with your life.... But the title of this thread is "So much for upgrading cars", so I'm just trying to explain to him that all hope is not lost... He still might be able to upgrade his ride. 
 
Where is my blue ribbon??? 

hehe, as a management person at my work, I cringed when I read this.
As the fired person, you have more rights then you probably know about. Unless you work in some 3rd world country that is.
He for one can't threaten you, he also can't hit you, hell he can't touch you with that kind of intent. 
There is no "joke" in the work place when it comes to violence or someone fired. 
I would be curious to hear why you were fired though, maybe I missed it.
That other supervisor should have been fired. But, if he has a history of lashing out then he probably needs some work place retraining on anger management, chain of command, harassment, etiquette, and conflict resolution.
 
I personally would get the lawyer. Sure you can file for unemployment but that is small potatoes compared to what you can get with the suit. If you were fired then its a blemish that can be hard to overcome.
 
If you follow the American dream and get the lawyer and sue, you can then not have to stress about the blemish and instead honk when you drive by with the new mustang.
 
Good luck bud.

JustinHEMI

RushXTC

Holo
You told one of your superiors to mind their own business and get the hell out of here? While his reaction is certainly not adequate, neither is yours in that situation.

He came in yelling like he owned the place, He's not my superior, He's a supervisor for another department, Has nothing to do with me.
 
There's only 1 person in the whole company, In 3rd shift that is superior to me. I'm talking about, out of 400 employees, only 1 can say anything to me.

I am a shift manager in the operations department of my power plant. If an employee in, say, maintenance, told me to mind my business and get the hell out of here, he'd be fired too.
 
Your firing is the result of your actions. Instead of looking to deflect blame, learn from the experience and move on.
 
Those that say that this is "open/shut wrongful termination" are incorrect. Just because he laid hands on you, which is egregious and he'll also likely be terminated, does not negate what you did in the incident.
 
Justin

I didn't get fired.
 
Misunderstanding, But he did.

RushXTC
My bad for creating another new thread, But I just got fired.

Dude, fix the OP....
http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2237559 <- says you didn't get fired...
 
make up my mind...

Either way, I'd lay low for awhile. You're on HR's radar at the moment. It'll be interesting to see how they play the next job performance review with you having that incident which they're liable for.

Meeting at 4, any updates?

So assault/battery occurred and no one was fired? Did they require you to sign a non-disclosure about the incident? Wonder what the window would be for filing a report with the police?

 Sounds to me like you got rocked bro.... 

RushXTC

Demonik5150
 Sounds to me like you got rocked bro.... 

Nah, He slapped me.
 
Like literally slapped me, Instead of getting fired (And arrested) by knocking him out, I reported him.
 
I also was transferred by request to a different, Which is way better for me, health wise. I used to be 3rd shift, 10:30pm-7am for a whole year, Now I'm 2nd shift starting tomorrow, 2:30pm-11pm.

Fixed. I'm glad you have self control, if someone ever slapped me like that I would beat them to death.