Thanks, everyone, for taking the time to read through this and for your replies.



Laundryhater, if you'll go back and read more closely you'll see that I said that I had never before and have never since looked into my personnel file without permission.  You'll also see that I was doing my job - filing being part of my job - at the time.  Strictly speaking, I was not out of line being in that filing cabinet though just as strictly speaking, I certainly should have asked permission to see my file.  And why didn't I?  Because I believed - and to this day continue to believe - that Boss would've denied me permission until she had an opportunity to remove any write-ups or anything else remotely disciplinary.  As I said, she loved the ambush style of job review.  Also, I had heard her - on several occasions - blatantly lie to other employees and had no reason to assume she wouldn't do the same to me.  Still, if the same sort of situation were to occur again, I would certainly handle it differently, starting with asking to see my file.  And I definitely agree with you that it's not worth it staying at a job where you can't respect your boss.  Chalk up another lesson learned!



Which does bring up another topic of discussion - what would any you do if you asked to see your file and upon reviewing it suspected that items - such as write-up slips - had been pulled from it before it was given to you?  What if such items came back to bite you in the butt at a review?  (This is theoretical, here - not asking for advice, just some discussion!)  For example - I'm sorry, I don't remember who said she found write-ups with her forged signature in her file - but what would you have done if they hadn't been there at the time yet at your review they were shown to you as reasoning for a poor review and clearly predated when you looked into your file?  Just curious.



Thanks again, everyone.



Colleen