Constructive dismissal

To whom it may concern I was employed at Eastvaal motors as a Hyundai technician as told to me in the interview. I would only work on Hyundai vehicles. The first month of working at Eastvaal Motors I worked late almost every week (19:00pm) and on some occasions till 23:00pm without overtime pay. I also worked one Sunday without overtime pay and worked more than one Saturday every month without overtime pay. There is a finger print system at work to record working times when you enter work and leave work. I did not complain about working late ever until some very disturbing events transpired. I fix all makes of vehicles Peugeot,citroen, haval,gwm,Renault,mazda,kia,cherry,diahatsu,tata and Hyundai. I have only had formal technical training on Hyundai vehicles from previous companies not Eastvaal motors .Eastvaal motors have only sent me on product training for the new Hyundai Tuscon. I have never complained about working on other brands. I have worked on Mercedes, BMW, VW, Hyundai, Toyota ,Nissan and Audi. I worked on Volvo trucks as well. Foreman Roger verbally intimidated me by saying customer is twice my size and that I better get the car done otherwise there will be consequences. This man is not a foreman he doesn’t even help me with work on vehicles I do not understand properly, I ask the foreman Tommy to always assist me. I did a cambelt service on a Cherry Tiggo 2.0 and the valves bent both intake and exhaust. The vehicle was driven by customer from Eastvaal motors to middleburg shopping mall (30km away from Eastvaal motors) as told to me by service advisor Portia. In my defense if the vehicle had the incorrect timing it would have not driven that far without breaking down. I was told to pay for the damages by the foreman Roger. I refused to pay as they cannot prove it was my fault. So the foreman Roger said he would pay and I should pay him back. (R1022). So I asked him for the receipt and he kept on making excuses as I wanted to return the money to him seeing that he was trying to help me out and get the customers vehicle on the road again. But to me all this became lies when I asked for the receipt. Today 10/11/2018 I went to work to help finish the vehicle and the foreman Roger himself couldn’t determine the timing, he and the service manager Antoinette called Shaun from Tata to help with timing settings and torque settings. The timing of the vehicle requires a special tool to lock the camshafts which Eastvaal Motors does not have and I was told by foreman Roger it is not a special tool and that I should make one. So frustration built up and forman Roger said he had appointments to make and I also had a 14:00PM appointment so I asked to leave and he started screaming and shouting, that I don’t take my work seriously and I always have something more important than work and then he proceeded to say in front of two witnesses, Eastvaal motors security gaurds that I should leave and never come back to work. On 02/11/2018 service manager Antoinette verbally abused me in front of two staff members Gabriel and foreman Roger by saying ‘’ what the **** are you doing here,go finish the ****ing engine on the steed bakkie’’, I turned and walked away in embarrassment with my head down. Antoinette has sworn me on many occasions and other staff members, but people are scared to speak out because they feel they might lose their jobs.Foreman Roger has made countless racial remarks towards people of colour. I have tried talking to the dealer principle but he has ignored my request to speak to him more than once. I have a GWM steed engine that I must put into vehicle, I have a H100 engine that I must build and fit into vehicle, I have a Kia sorento engine that I must rebuild and fit into vehicle, I have a diahatsu terios that I must fit engine front cover. All engine work and overhaul work comes to me the work is not divided evenly amoungst technicians. More than once there have been complaints sarcastic remarks made to me because I don’t reach my monthly target hours. Reason being other technicians mostly do services and only work on specific brands and they reach their target. My lift that I worked on stopped working all of a sudden and I was working on the floor with a jack and stands. Foreman Roger threw my job card on the floor at me in front of other staff, witness is Chris. My tools were thrown and scattered all over the workshop. The working environment in Eastvaal motors is very unpleaseant . I see this company as very racsist or the people that work for the company and these individuals should be serverely dealt with. I recently had an anxiety attack at 3am in the morning and have records from Cosmos hospital. Antoinette has called black people *******pe and these black people are eastvaal customers. Antoinette and foreman Roger have called me a the word culi in front of staff members. I left my family in Kzn to come work for Eastvaal motors with the impression that this is a well renowned company and that I would be working here for the next few years. I uprooted my life and this is the way I get treated, I don’t think that Antoinette, Roger and Paul Griffin have the slightest idea of what I went through to relocate to witbank. I have been disrespected, undermined and verbally abused with racial comments. I could not carry on working at Eastvaal motors as the working environment was very unpleasant. I resigned on Monday 19 November 2018 due to constructive dismissal. Now im stranded without a Job, but i have app**** to other companies, please help the other people that have had similar experiences but are too scared to talk. There have been 6 people that have left before me that I have witnessed in the 3 months i was working at Eastvaal motors. Yuveshan Govender