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What are my legal rights?

Posted by: angie_rogers
Date: 7/14/2004 11:16:59 PM

I work at a university, which is divided into five colleges. Our college is doing a communications audit and has hired an outside company to handle it. A survey was put online for staff members to complete. On the page, it stated that the results were anonymous, that they would not be sent to the college until they were tallied. Unfortunately, my supervisor - an associate dean, is a very tricky man. He convinced one of the people involved in the survey to have copies of the RAW data sent directly to him via email. I had no idea this kind of thing could happen. I was very honest on my survey, and I said that he was a micromanager. (I did not say his name... just "my supervisor.") He called me to ask if I had completed the survey. I said yes... thinking he was just reminding me about it. But he matched me with my survey responses and immediately began to respond to things in the survey in the meeting we had the next morning. He was menacing and threatening and sarcastic. He never said, "On your survey, you said..." But he was referring to things that I wrote. Anyway, I called some people, and helped the main dean of our college find out what was going on. I think the college administration is dealing with this... no one else's survey will be read by my supervisor. Unfortunately, for me, the damage is already done. And I don't think anyone is going to switch me to a new department or anything like that. I called personnel to see if I could file a grievance, but they told me I was not allowed, since I have been employed for less than a year. I don't know what I should do... This man is incredibly vindicative and vengeful. I am literally afraid to go to the meeting that I have with him tomorrow. It just doesn't seem like this is right. Are there laws about this? Is there anything I can do to receive further assistance?

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