| Topic Name: |
What Would You Do? |
| Message Name: |
Quit |
| Date Posted: |
08/26/2001 |
| In Reply To: |
I need advice.
Several of my coworkers are in abusive situations with their supervisors. I use the word abusive in part because I know no other way to describe it. Examples include: namecalling (stupid, dumbass, idiot), comments on their weight (if you lost weight you wouldn't have headaches all the time and you'd get some work done), sending them on personal errands (washing boss's car, picking up dry cleaning). In each circumstance, the supervisor is male and the employee is female, typically either with an associates degree, some college or a h.s. diploma. ALSO in each circumstance, the supervisor is either an attorney or a ph.d. To top off this situation, our executive director is aware of their behavior and ignores it OR blames the employees for staying in their jobs.
I am fortunate - kind of - in that although I disagree with my supervisor on occasion, and she is sometimes less than pleasant, I am not privy to this kind of treatment.
I cannot in good conscience, however, work for a boss who condones this kind of environment in the workplace, whether it happens to me or not. What can I do? |
| Message: |
There is not much else to do excpet for quit. A bad work environment is practically an insurmountable problem if you are not at the top of the food chain at your company.
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