I had identical scenarios, sheana.
After awhile, I learned most of the dirty tricks that nasty co-workers and crappy bosses would pull to make your life hell, so you’d either quit or you’d do something they could use to justify firing you.
E-mail is a great thing nowadays, especially when you learn how to save it. Because bosses and/or co-workers love abusing people over e-mail and/or ignoring you when you warn of problems down the road that will reflect badly on the department.
Inevitably, crappy bosses will attempt to delete evidence of wrongdoing, and get very surprised when you hand over a CD or a USB stick full of their shenanigans and tell them, “Here is your copy, I’ve got plenty of others.”
The lawyer from my last workplace got me to sign a non-disclosure agreement about my exit, and gave me a little extra cushion in my severance package to cement the deal.
Not anywhere near 6 or 7 figures, mind you, but good enough for me.
Yep on the email. I always had what I called a ‘red file’. In case things caught fire. lol