I, Levon Carter began working at United Homeowners Association of Fairfield in June of 2000. From 2000-2008 I held position as a Maintenance Technician, and from 2008 to now I was promoted to Maintenance Supervisor. Since working with the United Homeowners Association I’ve had two previous managers and maintained my commitment and integrity to this organization for over 16 years. I have always enjoyed being a part of the Dover and Country Club Estates community, as well as serving the hundreds to thousands of tenets over the years as a Maintenance Technician/Supervisor.
My career here has enabled me to place my two sons in college. One that recently just began school to become a medical doctor at UCLA. While my second son is in his final …show more content…
I explained to Diana the process of draining and refilling the pools. Thus, I expressed that due to the poor water quality it was not safe to open the pool, given that swimmer could contract serious illnesses. Diana retorted that in her previous experiences she’s never had to drain a pool. However, with distain she pressed me to treat the pool so that it could be clean to swim in. Thus, I collected several water samples and proceed to Leslies Pool Supplies for testing. Their results shown that the Cyanuric acid levels were elevated above recommend levels, and the pool was unsafe for swimmers. Subsequently, the Leslie Pool Supplies’ technician recommended that we use cyanuric acid reducer to completely evaporate choline out of the pool and bring the levels down to 0, which is normal or safe. However, the complete duration of the treatment would take one to two weeks. Once we waited for the chlorine level to evaporate completely the pool still needed additional treatment and was not safe to swim in.
Without my consent, Diana still proceeded to open the pool on May 1, 2016. That same day Diana called me into her office and warned me that I should’ve had the pool ready to swim in, despite my previous explanation of the proper procedure and timeline. She disdainfully urged me to evacuate the pool area, and without specific instructions ordered me …show more content…
Overstepping my question, she asked me about a rumor – presumably about how the maintenance crew and I were not getting any work done, and we were attempting to get her fired. Shocked by the rumor, I replied that such a rumor was absolutely false, and we are getting our work done, as requested and documented. I proceed to asked her what task was not getting done? In response, she simply said nothing. I reminded her of my daily habit of checking in every morning to see if there are any changes in our work schedule. Without acknowledgment, she proceeded to continue to discuss another rumor – presumably about how we weren’t getting any work done until Suzie, the old bookkeeper, returns to work. Once again, in complete disarray, I replied that this was not true. I then urged her to look at the maintenance log to see what work we have completed, such as fixing sprinkler, gas leaks, water leaks, and emergency calls to fix an electrical problem within the parks, just to name a few. As I concluded I reassured her that the rumors are not true, and she knows that we have paperwork and results of all we have been doing. From that time on the amount of suspicion and hostility from Diana towards me increased drastically, while her communication