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I worked for a healthcare company 10 years; I won awards, high achievement and acknowledgements. Months ago, the CEO and the new RDO (regional dir. of operations also my direct supervisor ) pressured me to take on a new development through statements of support, increase of salary by 25k and promise of the next new property to be located close to my personal home.

The new RDO, who is half my age, soon began making comments regarding my age in front of my staff i.e. referred to me as "old bag." She set up a hostile environment among my new staff at the new site and, within 6 months, she fired me with two lines: "You are done." and "You need to go find yourself." During this time, I was told by corporate representative that I needed to "lose weight, see a makeup consultant and improve my wardrobe."

This same RDO change in support happened when, weeks earlier in the first facility, she had instructed one of my staff members to fraudulently create a certificate of attendance for a class for another staff member. This was to prevent a deficiency from the health inspecting team. I objected and refused to cooperate or fake certificate of CEU. This RDO then began her attacks on me. She pushed to transfer me then set up an environment for me to work in a state of fear. The verbal and underhanded attacks were paralyzing.