After 38 yrs at Glendale Az, Honeywell terminated me Nov 4 because they not like what I had to say. I got a written-up warning for the Labor Reporting Training meeting in July because of my strong comments (no 4 letter words used ) telling the speaker how inefficient their new badge-in time request procedure is. She considered my laboring on that point as disrupting the meeting. There are witnesses who told me it was not that bad that a written warning was required.
Then in the company management re-org 2 months later my manager was let-go. He was my friend. The temporary manager thought it was funny in his introduction meeting (Skype from him in Clearwater Fla to just the 4 of us here in Glendale) to say, " you (engineers) are only here to create revenue and if you not think so then go to monster.com to look for a job cuz you aint working here." Well, I took issue with that by stating the evil in corp greed of stock buy backs, and unwritten mandate that we put in 15% free over-time just to bolster revenue to feed their greed with no benefit for the workers. My co-worker spoke to the guy after that meeting saying I have a lot of hot air, and was assured he will not hold anything on me. We had a follow-on meeting and there were no issues. He moved-on in a few weeks, and our group has a new manager.
Nov 4, I was called down to HR office . Shown into a closet sized office that wouldn't fit 4 people. HR manager was there with plant manager. She said I was warned about disrupting meetings and now this incident as reported by the temp manager is cause to terminate me. I told her this was just a small meeting among us, what he said provoked me into discussion, but she not care. They did not allow me to get my property from my office cubical, and when I called my wife on cell phone in the HR office they protested saying "no, she does not work here". Just as my wife on phone was upset I panic for the door to leave (I wanted air), then plant manager tried to keep me inside by slamming the door just as I reached it. I felt a sense of imprisonment. I forced it open to run out and there the security guard manhandled me from going forward, so I went into defense posture with my fist but did not hit him, he while on me slammed me to the carpet floor, the skin on my arm got carpet burn so it bled. I also suffered two burned knees, bruised left elbow and right leg.
I asked the HR if someone can just go with me to get my things and she said no. She said if I step back on any Honeywell property I will be arrested for trespassing. That under any way, shape, or form I am not allowed back to any Honeywell facility. I asked what if I went subcontract and she said no to that also.
My wife overheard as my phone line was open the security guard bragging, " you messed with the wrong guy, I am a former police officer. "
The Glendale police escorted me to my car and off the property.