JUDAS

Most people who read this blog probably already know I have a part time job working for a local hotel that I have been employed with for almost 10 years. It will remain nameless FOR NOW.

So last Sunday, my Assistant General Manager, who I have known since I started, gave me my yearly review. The review was a pretty good review which is what I expected Out of a possible 100 I received an 83, and one of the categories we are judged on management tell us no one can get the highest score which knocks you down 10 points no matter what. So really out of a possible 90 points I had only 7 points taken off for my review. Ultimately I was pleased with the review, but I did not expect anything different.

Towards the end of my review my AGM told me that she had to talk to me about something. At this point I got the impression I was about to be written up for something. My AGM then proceeds to tell me that, “It was very obvious that you were having a really bad day”. My AGM then hands me “evidence” being used against me;

On February 13, 2011 @ 11:25am I wrote “MY GOD!!!!!!!! GO to Denny or someplace and have your family reunion. You are all being way to loud and your giving me a headache.”

Now clearly that offended someone, because they decided to make a big deal about it. So I took my punishment, which was only a note in my file, which I did not read or sign.

But curiosity got the better of me and I just needed to find out who was so offended by me writing that. I thought back and remember seeing that I had 19 mutual friends with this person, and one of them was one of my executive housekeepers. Now I know this person is not like me, where I have become facebook friends with everyone in the hotel corporation, she has not.

So I clicked on her page and saw I had ten mutual friends. I was able to eliminate three right away because they no longer work for the same company as I do and have nothing to gain by tattling. I was able to eliminate three more people because I know their loyalty is to me and would not try to get me in trouble. That left me with four names all managers inside the company. My old General Manager was suspect #1. I could never see him out to intentional try to get me in trouble but if it meant making himself look good then he would do it. His AGM was suspect #2. She is someone I like but have had issue with in the past. I would not have been surprised if it was her, and I had convinced myself it was her. Suspect #3 was the GM of another hotel in the company who started a month after I started. I have known her for almost 10 years and I could not imagine she would have sold me out. And finally suspect #4 my old AGM who happens to be the President of the corporation’s son. I am pretty tight with suspect #4 and I pretty much eliminated him in my mind. And Suspect #3 I have known for 10 years. How could she be the one?

Doing a bit more research I remembered I have 19 mutual friends with this person and when I looked at all ten of the original suspect pages I discovered suspect #3 was the guilty party.

To say I was shocked is putting it lightly. Suspect #3 is someone I have known for 10 years. She started a month after I did at the hotel. We have had out ups and downs but that was years ago. I was shocked that this person I thought was my friend and she would do something that could have gotten me fired. Everyone keeps telling me to let it go, but truthfully I just want to know why she felt she could not have sent me a message privately and told me to take that down.

I want to confront her.

I e-mailed my AGM giving her advance warning that I am going to confront her, but she responded with,
“Scott,

Trust me when I say this, you do not want to pursue this any further. You do not know who it was and you could be in fact confronting the wrong person. All hotel Managers have been reamed out by Mr. (delete) on more than one occasion about Facebook, Myspace and Twitter and he is serious about (Company name) Social Media Policy.

Again, it would not be wise for you to send such an e-mail as you could be confronting the wrong person and it could possibly be your termination.

Please think long and hard about doing so.

Thank you!"

I have decided to not confront this person, right now. Out of respect for my AGM and the fact that I do like my job. But I am also not going to shy away from the issue either. I will tell anyone who wants to know the story, and if suspect #3 asks I won’t hesitate to tell her what I think.