Constant stress in the workplace caused by manager who won't manage
I work for a large University in Michigan as a non-union, at will employee. Very long story short, my immediate supervisor is a manager who doesn't usually manage. He appears to put a desire to be liked and avoid conflict before everything else, and it causes me constant stress with the employees I supervise. He also has a bad habit of mocking and ridiculing employees and has done so with me in front of my subordinates and guests in our workplace numerous times. In my case it was usually related to what I was wearing, and, after repeatedly asking him to stop, I finally felt compelled to out myself as gay to him and my coworkers (comments were usually related to my style of dress being deemed more appropriate for another gender). When I came out I explicitly stated that I did so wanting him to know that every one of those comments had been a jab against my sexual orientation in a time where I was really struggling. Since that time, the mockery has largely stopped, but I have been subject to having nearly all my supervisor responsibilities stripped from me, my first ever poor review based on vague assertions (people say I'm hard to talk to?) that I was not allowed to discuss, and a warning from HR for possible sexual harrassment because I supposedly mentioned my rape in an off hand comment to a co-worker. (p.s. - that was a horrible day. Being told that that was in any way conceived of as sexual made my stomach hurt). Bottom line - I can document years of this behavior and failure of his boss or hr to do anything about it. I am physically ill some mornings just thinking about having to go back there, but I'm "stuck" unless I can find another job locally with similar pay and benefits. Yes, I'm at will, but I love the work we do and don't want to leave. Do I have any other options if his boss and HR won't act?
p.s. a lot of the failures to act center on a coworker who is verbally abusive to me and others and has frequent absenteeism issues that never result in corrective action.
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