u/Fancy_Aside1216

I’ve been working as a Math & Statistics tutor at a public community college in the Chicago suburbs for 7 years. For most of that time the tutoring center was a normal, decent place to work.

Everything changed after a new manager took over. Since then it’s been going downhill fast.

Last September I was suddenly called into a meeting with two supervisors. They told me a student had complained that he “felt uncomfortable” during a tutoring session with me. They gave me a verbal warning. The problem? They refused to tell me:

• Who the student was
• What exactly I supposedly said or did
• When this allegedly happened
• Any evidence or notes whatsoever

I was never given any chance to defend myself or even understand what the accusation was about.

Then in March this year they called me in again. This time they said another student had complained back in January about feeling uncomfortable during a session with me in October last year. Again, zero details. No name, no date, no specific words or actions, no evidence.

Now HR is involved and they are treating these as part of “progressive discipline,” threatening me with termination, even though neither complaint has ever been proven or properly documented.

What makes this even more insane is that my own supervisor admitted in writing that the first complaint was only verbal and that they have no written record or documentation at all about it.

They keep hiding behind FERPA, saying they can’t tell me the student’s name. I’m not even asking for the name. I just want to know what I’m actually being accused of so I can defend myself. They refuse to give me even that basic information.

This feels like a straight-up witch hunt. I’m being punished for things that may not have even happened, with zero evidence and zero opportunity to respond. It honestly reminds me of those dystopian stories where people are accused but never told what the charges are, like living in North Korea or Stalin’s Russia. At least the victims back then were told what they were supposedly guilty of.

Has anyone else experienced something like this at a community college or public institution?

I am ready to talk to anyone over phone or email.

I’ve been working as a Math & Statistics tutor at a public community college in the Chicago suburbs for 7 years. For most of that time the tutoring center was a normal, decent place to work.

Everything changed after a new manager took over. Since then it’s been going downhill fast.

Last September I was suddenly called into a meeting with two supervisors. They told me a student had complained that he “felt uncomfortable” during a tutoring session with me. They gave me a verbal warning. The problem? They refused to tell me:

• Who the student was
• What exactly I supposedly said or did
• When this allegedly happened
• Any evidence or notes whatsoever

I was never given any chance to defend myself or even understand what the accusation was about.

Then in March this year they called me in again. This time they said another student had complained back in January about feeling uncomfortable during a session with me in October last year. Again, zero details. No name, no date, no specific words or actions, no evidence.

Now HR is involved and they are treating these as part of “progressive discipline,” threatening me with termination, even though neither complaint has ever been proven or properly documented.

What makes this even more insane is that my own supervisor admitted in writing that the first complaint was only verbal and that they have no written record or documentation at all about it.

They keep hiding behind FERPA, saying they can’t tell me the student’s name. I’m not even asking for the name. I just want to know what I’m actually being accused of so I can defend myself. They refuse to give me even that basic information.

This feels like a straight-up witch hunt. I’m being punished for things that may not have even happened, with zero evidence and zero opportunity to respond. It honestly reminds me of those dystopian stories where people are accused but never told what the charges are, like living in North Korea or Stalin’s Russia. At least the victims back then were told what they were supposedly guilty of.

Has anyone else experienced something like this at a community college or public institution?

I am ready to talk to anyone over phone or email.

I’ve been working as a Math & Statistics tutor at a public community college in the Chicago suburbs for 7 years. For most of that time the tutoring center was a normal, decent place to work.

Everything changed after a new manager took over. Since then it’s been going downhill fast.

Last September I was suddenly called into a meeting with two supervisors. They told me a student had complained that he “felt uncomfortable” during a tutoring session with me. They gave me a verbal warning. The problem? They refused to tell me:

• Who the student was
• What exactly I supposedly said or did
• When this allegedly happened
• Any evidence or notes whatsoever

I was never given any chance to defend myself or even understand what the accusation was about.

Then in March this year they called me in again. This time they said another student had complained back in January about feeling uncomfortable during a session with me in October last year. Again, zero details. No name, no date, no specific words or actions, no evidence.

Now HR is involved and they are treating these as part of “progressive discipline,” threatening me with termination, even though neither complaint has ever been proven or properly documented.

What makes this even more insane is that my own supervisor admitted in writing that the first complaint was only verbal and that they have no written record or documentation at all about it.

They keep hiding behind FERPA, saying they can’t tell me the student’s name. I’m not even asking for the name. I just want to know what I’m actually being accused of so I can defend myself. They refuse to give me even that basic information.

This feels like a straight-up witch hunt. I’m being punished for things that may not have even happened, with zero evidence and zero opportunity to respond. It honestly reminds me of those dystopian stories where people are accused but never told what the charges are, like living in North Korea or Stalin’s Russia. At least the victims back then were told what they were supposedly guilty of.

Has anyone else experienced something like this at a community college or public institution?

I am ready to talk to anyone over phone or email.