The issue is, managers have a distinctly unfair advantage over employees. A manager can take a dislike to an employee for any number of reasons, even reasons not associated with work. That manager can then make up anything they like and/or create situations which unfairly reflects on an employee without immediate accountability. I have been through this. I had a manager who happen to see my "toy" car on a weekend as I was filing up with fuel. Jealousy caused her to start a barrage of harassment. I can say harassment because I won the case against her and successfully sued due to witnesses. However, that success took many years and a nervous breakdown to get through.
The issue is, managers have a distinctly unfair advantage over employees. A manager can take a dislike to an employee for any number of reasons, even reasons not associated with work. That manager can then make up anything they like and/or create situations which unfairly reflects on an employee without immediate accountability. I have been through this. I had a manager who happen to see my "toy" car on a weekend as I was filing up with fuel. Jealousy caused her to start a barrage of harassment. I can say harassment because I won the case against her and successfully sued due to witnesses. However, that success took many years and a nervous breakdown to get through.
I feel exposed