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Career is over
 Written by Deadat43 on 09/04/2013At the ripe old age of 43, my career is over. I worked at a Ivy league university in upstate NY as a biological research technician for 12 years for the same principal investigator. His field of expertise was folate and one carbon metabolism and the development of neural tube defects. I will not write his name but anyone with a high school education could look up this person and find out everything they want to know. When I first started in his lab, I had just ended a 6 year relationship and moved across the country to take the job. I still owned a home in another state that I was trying to sell, so money was really tight. At first, when I met my boss he was very distant and rather rude. I was a little nervous because I really needed this job and could not afford to move again. I was emotionally exhausted as well as financially. So I chalked it up to being tired and stressed and just did my best. Things in his lab seemed to be out of control. There were some severe personality issues with some of his workers. He confided in me that one of his students was insane and the other technician was a simple minded person with no problem solving skills. At first, I thought how nice of him to warn me but a part of me was shocked that he would say such negative things about his employees and students. As time went along, I found my own way in his lab, but things always seemed to be in a state of chaos. Someone was always mad at someone else. Slowly, I made friends with everyone or at least found some common ground to which we could relate on. The 'crazy' graduate student was not really crazy she was labeled that way by the boss because she did something he did not like. I was not employed there at the time so I could not make a decision on what happened. One day the boss called down to the lab and asked me to meet with him, so I grabbed my notebook and proceeded to his office. He just wanted to chat about my progress and how I was doing. He basically again stated that the other technician was stupid and jealous of me and the other graduate student was crazy and said she hated me. I was dumbfounded because the 'crazy' graduate student and I were actually good friends outside of work and the other technician had no reason to be jealous. This bothered me but I still kept working and just thought it was a personality clash between the graduate student and the boss. I should have started paying more attention but I did not. The crazy graduated student left and I thought that may be things would get better but they did not. In fact they started to get worse for the other technician. She started getting picked on by the boss. He would make derogatory statements behind her back like she was stupid. I did not get it, something seemed wrong with a boss that would come down to the lab when the other technician was not there and proceed to talk badly about her behind her back with me and graduate students. I felt bad for this technician, I just did not know what to do.After the other technician left because she could no longer take the hot seat. He targeted me. He mobbed me, made fun of me behind my back with graduate students and other technicians, marginalized me and the final straw was to hire a graduate student I had trained to be my boss. I still held my head up high and never reacted to any of his taunts. I finally told someone that I thought he was a sociopathic bully and I so much stated loud enough for the world to hear. It was then he rendered the final blow to my career and basically let my employment end. I think he would have killed me if he thought he could get away with it. However he has continued to assault my character even after I am gone. I should have left 7 years ago but did not and I regret it so much now, guess I will not have much to regret much longer. Without a place to live or food in my belly I will soon succumb to the elements and die. I don't care really. I don't trust humans much anymore after some of the things he did. I will not raise a finger to hurt him, I would rather just die. Oh by the way, he was named department chair and oh the chaos is now on a global scale and the department is imploding with jealousy between workers etc. One person even committed suicide after she was let go from her job. This man manipulates other people to go after his targets. He particularly likes young women because they are so easy to manipulate into a mobbing frenzy. He is the person behind all of the cat fights that have been going on in his lab and in the department. The only thing the university has done was to give a survey to the employees to find out why they would leave their job for another if they could. It was supposed to be anonymous but of course it wasn't and was used as a tool to go after people. This man should be stopped but I think the University will probably give him what he wants. He wants to be Dean! God help everyone at this university if it is to be! This is important for other women. Do not be tricked into cat fighting with other ladies. Please. It is a trick used by people to create chaos. I am not a big feminist but if women would stop infighting and seriously help each other they could do and go and be anything. I will tell the rest of the story, but at the present I find myself unemployed and on my last dime. I am selling or giving away most of my worldly property because I can not find a job and when I do get an interview, it goes great until they check my references. I will tell more later if there is a later for me. I just wanted someone to hear some of the story, that is not all of the story. There is so much more but at least I told some of it. He can't do anything to me anymore, I have lost everything. I am done. Best wishes to everyone. Peace.Read 1 Replies | Add a Reply     
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