Hi!
So I am a Sr. Lab Technician in my department. The department has 17 people plus myself and plus 1 other Sr. Tech who was just promoted 2 months ago from a Lab Tech II position. I myself was promoted from Lab Tech II in September, with this being my first leadership position. Meaning...I am still figuring out how to lead confidently and without offending anyone. Apparently, I've been failing because there have been 2 incidents where people have gone to my supervisor to say my tone of voice made them uncomfortable. This is really surprising to hear, because all I was doing was putting my foot down when people were arguing with me and I'm not even sure when/what the 2nd incident was.
Now, we have a girl in the lab who is very socially awkward and is quite possibly on the spectrum. I have noticed lots of rude out loud comments from coworkers while this girl is in the lab and also when she isn't. One day last week, her and I were the first ones back in the lab after a company lunch, and I asked her "have you noticed these rude comments? Because i have and if it makes me uncomfortable, i can only imagine it does to you too?" and she said she sometimes notices them and started asking who and what they said. I only said who I noticed it from but didn't say what I heard. This girl has gone to our supervisor in the past about these types of comments but apparently didn't help much.
This girl texted me a long winded text yesterday about how she appreciates me talking to her, she thought she was overreacting about the comments but mow she knows others have noticed too, and that she wants to go to the supervisor again about it. I said no problem, I just don't want anyone being mean to anyone else thats not cool. That was that.
She just texted me again that she met with supervisor today (I was off today) and let her know everything. Apparently supervisor thinks I handled this "extremely poorly" and now wants to meet with me tomorrow AM (and the other Sr Tech). Supervisor thinks I should have addressed the comments right then instead of going to the coworker directly. Apparently I "caused more tension" by speaking with coworker directly.
I didn't address the comments right then and there because of the fact that I have been told on in the past for what I consider minor things that I've addressed, and I also have social anxiety so that's something I struggle with and am working on (have made great personal strides in that but still struggle). So I wasn't sure how to address such comments without hurting someone's feelings.
The person who made the audible comments last week, she acts very friendly but I know she has ran and told the supervisor other things as well, such as talking and music on Saturdays (I'm the only lead on Sat), despite the fact that she talks a lot to her neighbor as well and she even played music on her computer the Saturday before. This person who this paragraph is about has also been getting quite bossy about some things, but I can't say anything to her for fear of getting told on. She is buddy buddy with pretty much everyone in the lab (they go to each other's houses and parties together and whatnot) and I am not. I am friendly with everyone and have done after work drinks 2 or 3 times, but nothing like that. Furthermore, this person is gay, black and female so several "protected classes" right there, compared to me a straight white male.
So....any advice on how to deal with this meeting tomorrow and with other things going forward? I have no college degree btw so this job is about as good as it gets for me (made $59k last year). Been with the company for nearly 2 years and all problems started with the promotion.
Last thing: last week I did have an attitude via email with my supervisor after she emailed me - I interpreted that email as saying I am not productive and wasting time on spreadsheets when I should be answering questions and taking care of certain tasks. I responded somewhat angrily and brought up all the stuff I do every day. She got upset with me after that and said how I responded concerned her due to the people telling on me in the past. Supervisor and I met about it the following morning and talked it out, where I apologized for my attitude and she reminded me who was boss. Seemed normal after that. Her and I have always had a good working relationship, she was promoted from Sr. Tech to supervisor in Nov 2017 but she sat right next to be for 6 months, her as a Sr. Tech and me as newly hired Tech II.
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