Today, I tried to call my company's HR to report my boss for sexually inappropriate comments towards me. Turns out, the only person I can complain to is the franchise owner, who has been good friends with my boss for over a decade. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after having finally summoned the nerve to report a guy at my workplace who has been sexually harassing me for months, I got a phone call from my boss. He said that there was nothing he could do about it, because the guy "wouldn't confess." FML
Today, my coworker touched me inappropriately. I reported it to HR, and all they said was, "Do you want to talk to a therapist?" FML
Today, I went to my company's HR manager to ask what the procedure was to file a sexual harassment complaint since my boss exposed himself to me. His response was that the procedure is to "get over it." And he went back to reading. FML
Today, I found out that I made inappropriate sexual comments to my boss while I was drunk on Saturday night. She won't tell me what I said. She just laughs when she sees me. FML
Today, my boss fired me for "disrespecting" him after I told him to fuck off. This would be understandable, if I hadn't said it when he was at my house for dinner, harassing my wife with suggestive poses, heavily implied comments, and trying to put his hand on her crotch. FML
Today, HR informed me that they would not be investigating my formal complaint against my boss. This after four months of relentless bullying, including calling me while I was on vacation to tell me to do work, and eliminating my position when she found out I had gone to HR. FML
Today, my boss sent me to a meeting with a client I've never met to do some damage control and renegotiate his contract. For two hours, he alternated between threatening to sue us, and making vulgar comments about raping me in his office. FML
Today, my boss asked to use my phone since the company pays for it. A few hours later the same boss called me into his office to fire me. Apparently the company checks the phone records and found a call made on my cell to a sex line. My boss made that call and just fired me. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML
Today, my bitchy co-worker decided that being given a compliment on her shoes is sexual harassment, and worthy of reporting me to our boss over. FML
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Suaria 38
I would document his comments and go to the police or a lawyer with the evidence.
adjwejaelwkdc 21
Go ahead and report it to franchise manager anyway. If the company does nothing about it, then go to your local labor board (assuming you're in the US). The labor board will not want to talk to you at all if you have not attempted to resolve the issue with the company before you turn to them, so it is extremely important that you give them at least one chance before you go to any external agency. Also, if anyone retaliates for your report (treats you differently, changes your schedule or workload, suspends you or fires you, insults you, etc.), document everything and, again, go to your local labor board.
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hbtownsend 3
What’d he say
Suaria 38
I would document his comments and go to the police or a lawyer with the evidence.
RichardPencil 32
HR is not your friend. They are there to protect the owners from lawsuits. Their friend of the worker face is completely phony.
adjwejaelwkdc 21
Go ahead and report it to franchise manager anyway. If the company does nothing about it, then go to your local labor board (assuming you're in the US). The labor board will not want to talk to you at all if you have not attempted to resolve the issue with the company before you turn to them, so it is extremely important that you give them at least one chance before you go to any external agency. Also, if anyone retaliates for your report (treats you differently, changes your schedule or workload, suspends you or fires you, insults you, etc.), document everything and, again, go to your local labor board.
LostSoul 20
They need to document the harassment before they even go to HR.
LostSoul 20
Start documenting everything! Dates, times, exactly what was said. Keep a record over several weeks. Take copies to HR. If nothing is done, or they retaliate, you file a complaint with the state. You must have documentation of everything! Any proof you can get at all. Keep it quiet until you get it.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Well, now you have another option of who you can talk to - a lawyer. You shouldn't be harassed at work at all, and the franchise owner's personal relationship with your boss should not be a factor. So definitely get someone even higher up involved.
measleweasel 6
Report it to the franchise owner and if the appropriate measures arwnt take, go to an ombudsman.
0neiros 14
Bullshit, it's a franchise, you complain to the parent corporation, no satisfaction there got to the state labor board, or yell "I QUIT" and kick the ****** in the balls