Years Experience: 10-19 years (Canada)

Started working in government health care after several years in private sector. This industry is bureaucratic and political. Not for the creative or entrepreneurial.

I had made some incidental errors giving meds and was said to be too laid back, but the big no-no that lost me the best position I had ever had was coming on to a co-worker. That person reported me and then the bottom fell out of my world.

I may still have to face disciplinary action from the professional college which might result in a suspended or discontinued licence.

Hello: I worked 8 years to the day for a Company that came after me to change career and work for them. They had a dismal record for safety and accidents and needed experience and knowledge to fix the problem. I worked hard, long hours, weekends and so on for this employer, and, after the first year they were already reaping the benefits of the NEER program. As time passed the numbers got better and they forgot about the reason they sought me out. Given my high salary and the fact they forgot about the past, they wanted to replace me with someone less qualified and save the money. How could they do this without spending a great deal of money? The answer was use of emails and all the wrongs involved with the system, so, beware of emails. An email was sent to a female coworker unknown to me, showing it came from me and sent to her. I was fired on the spot without even the abillity to ask my accusers what and how this may have happened. As I was leaving, my replacement was just coming in the door, what a feeling.

I have learned a great deal from this experience, first beware of emails, second, beware of co workers as they can squash you as easy as snapping their fingers.

I won my wrongful dismissal suit, but paid a high cost with my health and personal well being. If you suspect your boss wants to get rid of you for lesser money, approach him or her and confirm this. If it is the case, work out a settlement and be on your way, as if not, it is going to take place anyway.

Take care, thank you for the forum to share this.