Why are companies allowed to treat people like such  crap?

Monday morning, I received an email from this asshole on main campus (let’s call him A. Shole).  He’s the dept chair for the Business Department.

I have received a considerable about of feedback regarding the currently running BUS101. We will need to discuss this matter as soon as possible. Please note that professors are not permitted to change documented course requirements. This is particularly troublesome after the course expectations are communicated to the classes.  Please call my office at your earliest convenience.

A. Shole


This jerk has been after me for years and he’s a very nasty man by reputation, out for his own good, holds others to higher standards, etc.  Also, the same person who cut all of my teaching courses.  His department has been horrible to all of us, harassing us, calling us incompetent, blah blah blah.

So, I went into my classroom and posted the following message:

Apparently, several students were enjoying the case studies and did not want to shift gears to do the Management Project.  Since no one has posted anything yet and there were complaints, I will be reverting to the original syllabus requirements.  Therefore, you will need to do the self-assessments and case studies as indicated.  Please note that you will be responsible for doing the case studies for EACH CHAPTER BEING READ during week six.  Since I told everyone that they did not have to do week 4 or 5 case studies, you are exempt from those two weeks.  However, in order to keep everyone happy and to meet the department’s requirements, I have been told that you must do the case studies for each chapter.  I had previously said you only needed to do one chapter but, after the department chair was notified, he informed me that the students must do the case studies for each chapter.

I’m glad that I’m able to correct this and keep the students happy with the case studies!

Unbeknownst to me, he had enrolled himself in  my class and was lurking so he, too, received the message. He flipped out, which doesn’t make sense to me. I did exactly what he told me to do: revert back to the original course syllabus despite trying to adjust the course to accommodate their poor learning skills and ability to adapt to the online environment.  He called me, told me that this was the last business class that I would teach at the college to which I said a terse “Fine” and hung up.  He called the VP of Academic Affairs, telling him that I hung up on him in the middle of a phone conversation.  In the meantime, I was furious and I quit.  It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.  I later found out that he REMOVED ME FROM MY CLASS!

To make a long story short, the dean did not want to accept my resignation and I’m back here.  I am contacting a lawyer about this situation, on my boss’ advice.  The bottom line is that I discovered that his department is not properly preparing these students.  By exposing him, he was covering his ass.  So, that’s the story.