Kyle,

I'm writing this from home; it was way too busy today to do much emailing on
my home account.

I'm concerned about the situation.  As Michael said, you might want to get a
restraining order against the guy.  Also, does the building have any
security guards?  Perhaps you should have one look out for you coming and
going into the building; whenever we have layoffs, the company beefs up its
security for a couple of months.When I was in benefits, and interacted
directly with employees, they'd have someone watch for me to make sure I
wasn't attacked.  Now I'm  in HRIS, my interaction with employees is
considerably lesser and I'm not so much of a potential target.  We've had
bomb threats, phone threats, former employees trying to access the building
with guns, etc. So it pays for everyone to be careful.  Your HR manager
needs to contact security to see if they can watch out for you.  You also
might want to turn over copies of the documentation of the facts to your
lawyer, just in case anything should happen.

Just be careful...

Kat

0----- Original Message -----
From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: stressed out to 11, when the meter goes to 10


> Hey gang,
>
> Wanted to apologize for not getting back to some of the personal posts,
but,
> as I said earlier, I'm under an incredible amount of stress right now.  I
> need to vent, too, and you guys have the best ears in the business!
>
> Anyway, we've been "re-aligning" (laying off) some staff because our court
> docket software is moving from an IBM mainframe to  a Windows server
> platform.  I won't comment on the wisdom of this decision, except to say
> that it is a done deal and nine people will be gone in July.  My job is
> secure as I moved from mainframe support to client services (help desk) in
> April 2000.
>
> There is, however, one colleague who is causing problems for the entire
> staff.  I won't bore you with detail, but the bottom line is that he has a
> rage problem.  So serious, in fact, that he has assaulted two co-workers
in
> as many years.  He is still here because the two individuals were
> intimidated and did not press the issue.  Due to our "civil servant"
> hiring/firing guidelines, unless they make a complaint--he's good to go.
In
> fact, because he is medicated for anger issues (and, ostensibly,
migraines)
> he maintains he is disabled under ADA guidelines.  Our management is too
> naive/frightened to question his stance.
>
> His reaction to the re-alignment caused him to be suspended, with pay,
while
> he undergoes counseling/psych eval.  He called me here at work last week,
> from his home, to tell me--in intimate detail--his "side" of the story.
> Note that we don't have/have never had any sort of friendship, and the
total
> extent of our relationship has been commiserating about the lack of
> "handicapped parking" in the courthouse garage.  I politely listened to
his
> story and was prepared to hang up and forget the entire conversation when
he
> said something to the effect that I "was the only friend he had" and that
> "this was a private conversation and I was not to tell anyone that he had
> called me--especially our management.  You know what I mean.......right,
> Kyle?"
>
> Well, the red flag went up and I high-tailed it to the director's office
and
> repeated every detail of the conversation.  The director and HR rep.
replied
> that this was just the ammunition they needed to "help the process along"
of
> letting this man go--all I had to do was sign an affidavit repeating what
he
> had told me.  I replied that I did not appreciate being placed in the
middle
> of their war, but I could see how this man could be a threat.  I said that
I
> would document the call, but I would need time to chew on the "signature"
> issue.
>
> I called a friend--a local cop where I live-- after the kids were abed,
and
> discussed the situation.  On the QT, he found that my colleague had been
> "sectioned 8" from the Army, mustering out as a Captain.  He had seen
action
> as a company commander in Iraq, and had also seen combat in Grenada, the
> Balkans and Panama.  In addition, he is a handgun collector and is legal
> because he was not "dishonorably" discharged (the "medical discharge" is
the
> loophole).
>
> He called me again, at home, Friday and invited me to go fishing in his
> pond.  This struck me, immediately, as odd in that fish native to Ohio are
> not active until the water temperature is at least 65 degrees.  Maybe I am
> making much ado about naught, but there have been several sleepless nights
> at the Clevelands' in the last week.  We've kept it from the kids, of
> course.  Still, I'm not letting them play outside, alone, until this whole
> thing plays out.
>
> -Kyle