Q: “One of my employees, ‘Katrina,’ has some performance issues which I am trying to resolve. However, some of her co-workers have apparently decided to collect their own ‘evidence’ against her. They record Katrina’s arrival and departure times, track how often she leaves her desk, and scrutinize her emails for grammatical errors. My boss and I want to stop this harassment, but our human resources manager supports the perpetrators and says they are being helpful. What should we do?” Powerless Supervisor
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