Work night out, dropped bollock

[Goring Gull]

Bit of advice please. I'm a manager where i work and a couple of weeks a go went out on a work night out - drinks were paid for etc. Anyway i had agood night out with some other managers from the same place went home and thought nothing about it.
Today my boss collars me saying " Five minutes i need a word with you"

Apparently another manager had emailed her to say that i had slagged off a couple of the staff in the office saying i said that we should get rid of them. Now i can't remeber saying this or if anyone else had heard me say it if i did say it. Now these staff members i've allegedly slagged off know about this and have been pressuring this other manager to make a complaint.

If this other manager does log an official complaint an investigation will have to take place that could result in a disciplinary hearing. Am i likely to be in the sh1t?

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Yes. You're f***ed.

 

[itszamora]

Depends if you said it, I guess.

 

[Giraffe]

Just deny it, unless it's something you are known for doing you'll be fine.

 

[Goring Gull]

Thing is can't remember if i said it or not. It would be out of character though even when lashed up.

 

[sam86]

Well, how do you truthfully feel about the personnel in question?

 

[Bob!]

I wouldn't talk about it on an internet forum.

You didn't say anything

 

[xenophon]

Don't go on work nights out, ever

 

[Goring Gull]

Well, how do you truthfully feel about the personnel in question?

They do quite a good job

 

[Tooting Gull]

You need to be a bit more careful. Everyone says the kind of stuff you have, everyone. Just maybe not pissed and to people you can't trust. Harsh lesson.

If these people are your staff, ie you have some responsibility for them and influence on their progression (or not), then they may have grounds for complaint. If not, it all sounds a bit petty.

 

[Goring Gull]

You need to be a bit more careful. Everyone says the kind of stuff you have, everyone. Just maybe not pissed and to people you can't trust. Harsh lesson.

If these people are your staff, ie you have some responsibility for them and influence on their progression (or not), then they may have grounds for complaint. If not, it all sounds a bit petty.

Not anymore - i've moved too a different department a while back.

 

[magoo]

You must know the disciplinerary procedure if you're a manager?

Anyway, shirley a complaint cant be raised about you outside of the workplace?

 

[Goring Gull]

Don't go on work nights out, ever

That's the worst bit i wasn't going to go until the last minute when i thought why not!

 

[severnside gull]

dont ever say you cant remember - not under ANY circumstances

say you didnt say it and stick to that

suggest under pressure if you must that maybe the other person misheard or misunderstood something - after all THEY had been drinking

 

[Northstander]

Be the bigger person if you said it, apologise face to face to those involved saying it was the beer and obviously is something you wouldnt say and or do not believe, take a bollocking and move on....simples!



ps: Avoid work nights out (FACT)

 

[Goring Gull]

You must know the disciplinerary procedure if you're a manager?

Anyway, shirley a complaint cant be raised about you outside of the workplace?

I know how it works, it's just dependant on wether a complaint is raised now bearing in mind it;s nearly two weeks ago i may be in the clear - it's the not knowing that's doing me in.

 

[prawnsarnies]

Your word against the other persons and any decent manager wouldn't take any notice of something said on a boozy night out.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Let's rewind. Goring Gull is likely to have a disciplinary hearing and he wonders whether he's in the shit.

Shortly to be followed by him pissing himself and then wondering why he's git a warm damp patch down his trousers.

 

[vulture]

goring gull I hate to say you should be worried mate.After 12 years at BP a similar thing happened to me and I lost my job but it was over turned at a employment tribunal.If they do written statements and make a formal complaint then you have a headache.By the way what shits that have grassed you up

 

[Big G]

You have no idea what they are on about. Despite having a few drinks you have a clear recollection of that night. You can recall some conversations that night with other members of staff but at no time did you say anything inappropriate or anything to bring you into disrepute as you are fully aware of your actions/behaviour as a supervisor, even out of work. All members of staff you spoke to were under the influence of alcohol/some very drunk and do not agree with any evidence offered by them regarding your comments/behaviour that night. Ask them to supply any evidence they have of the incident to you in writing in order you may seek legal representation. If they don't, they have nothing and its just a word/nothing formal but still deny it. If they have got somthing from the grasses in writing say nothing and seek legal help and go down the lines of they were drunk so therefore have no credibility as witnesses..