Impossible tasks to force senior out of job?
I'm over 50 and have been working for the same company for 15 years. My work responsibilities have always been reasonable, even if some are outside skills set (IT degree and MBA) and I've received good performance appraisals over the years. Now I've been placed into a urgent project which is in total chaos, no one wants to be on it, one person went on stress leave after a few months. Every morning my manager and director yell at me for detailed plans and deliverables from the team members. It's been 3 weeks now, the participants are all frustrated, I'm pointed to documents dated 2016, no one will give me consistent info and people smile knowingly when they hear I was delegated at the tail end to "fix things up". Wondering if this is a company ploy to suddenly point out my weaknesses (I admitted that I don't have the specialist skills for this) so they don't have to give me a bonus, retirement benefits and trying to force me out because of my age.
Anyone encounter this? What I hate most is that I get told to hide facts, not attend meetings but not tell the chair, and my manager points his hand at my face like 1.5 feet away in front of everyone in our meetings. I worked late and all last weekend to finish a document, and got shouted out again on Monday and the rest of the week. So much so, that I haven't logged into work this weekend at all because I expect demanding emails which are really stressing me out. I've made initial contact with one employment lawyer and have another's number in my cell.
Has anyone encountered this before, and anyone give me some advice? Don't want them to beat me out of retirement benefits that I've been accumulating for so long.
Anyone encounter this? What I hate most is that I get told to hide facts, not attend meetings but not tell the chair, and my manager points his hand at my face like 1.5 feet away in front of everyone in our meetings. I worked late and all last weekend to finish a document, and got shouted out again on Monday and the rest of the week. So much so, that I haven't logged into work this weekend at all because I expect demanding emails which are really stressing me out. I've made initial contact with one employment lawyer and have another's number in my cell.
Has anyone encountered this before, and anyone give me some advice? Don't want them to beat me out of retirement benefits that I've been accumulating for so long.