| Topic Name: |
What Would You Do? |
| Message Name: |
Sue |
| Date Posted: |
12/18/2001 |
| 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: |
You could have your friends sue for sexual harassment, but you meantion they work for attourneys so they'd probably have a stone or two to throw back. At least that threat may make your boss take notice. Write an official complaint. Your boss can't officially tell them to quit if they complain through legal channels on the grounds of sexual harassment.
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