I was at a party with coworkers. One of my managers (the only manager there, also the host) is always trying to put me down and starting stuff.
One time early on, when I didn’t know he was such a hotheaded and crazy person, we wrestled but it wasn’t serious, at least not on my end. He took it more seriously than I did and also has wrestling experience so he won, and I realized that night that he took it seriously and it was actually a serious fight to him in a sense.
He is always bringing this up and it has made me not like him. I’ve told him to stop bringing it up but he keeps bringing it up.
Yesterday we were at a party and I got into an argument with a coworker. I think my coworkers respect my manager more than me. The coworker was trying to get me to apologize for something and I didn’t because it was ridiculous.
Then my manager wanted me to leave, but I needed to get something of mine before going. My manager was yelling and telling me to leave and I said “I will once I get my shirt”.
He ended up grabbing me by the neck and forcing me out. I was pretty drunk so I don’t remember but I think the other coworker joined in a bit in carrying me out.
What should I do? If I report this to HR, what will happen? This manager is not the main manager, but everyone respects him and I feel like all the coworkers will side with him and I’ll just get fired. I don’t want to lose this job but I also don’t know if I can continue working with this guy. And no matter what, he will definitely talk bad about me behind my back to other coworkers. What can I do? I’ve only been here about 6 months. Location: Florida
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You can file a police report if that’s what you want to do. HR probably isn’t going to care about an after hours pool party, but if they do, they might terminate you to avoid a risk in the future.