Surviving Hostility: My Experience in DLA Energy-America East

Over the years, from November 2013 to 2016, I worked as Quality Management/Program Analyst for DLA ENERGY-AMERICA EAST (collectively, DOD). Continued and repeated I have being subject to function in a hostile work environment and constantly harassed at work by management such as Colonel Ronald Ross, LTC Chris Oldani, and etc.

a. They have created an intimidating, hostile, and offensive work environment and one occasion, alleged Colonel Ross, assaulted me by coming up behind my back and aggressively touching my shoulder repeatedly and blocking me in a corner. When I turned around, he was within inches away from my face like a drill sergeant in a very hostile manner accusing me of deliberately refusing to open the door to let them in a security

Now day after day they are taking away my job duties and responsibilities (reassigned to another person) or added other duties without a job description, step increase, incentive of promotion. LTC Oldani (RMO), (retired) assigned me to perform GS-7 administrative duties and responsibilities of a commander’s secretary in addition to my duties and responsibilities as a GS-11 Quality Analyst without consideration of promotion potential, although the additional duties entailed added to my job qualification points. I was called into a meeting with Jason Exum, LTC Oldani and Mike Van Dongen to inform me of my enhanced responsibilities, but the meeting was prefaced by entertaining first the issues of EEO complaints I had addressing false allegations of DeAndrea Nguyen and Colonel Ross’s unfair labor practices of taking my duties and assigning to Pete Martinez to enhance or justify his promotion potential. I refused to discuss the EEO issues with ought representation.

Jason Exum informed me that I would report directly to him instead of Mike Van Dongen and would assume additional duties and responsibilities of a Commander’s secretary.

On December 2, 2013 fleet manager were reassigned: Pete Martinez was assigned to take over the fleet management duties as dispatcher for the GOV vehicle. where he and I worked. I questioned the change once I was notified along with office staff via an office email form Mr. Martinez. Mr. Martinez explained to me that he was only doing as he was told and if she had any questions that she could speak with Colonel