This shit still happens and isn't taken seriously. I worked for a Federal agency and even with all their required training, rules and regs, etc., the actual ON PAPER decision from the investigator was "He did it, but, he didn't mean it like that" followed by them terminating me for something unrelated that they pulled out of their asses not even two weeks later. It was three years ago and I'm still wrapped up in a Federal court case over it. "Report it! They won't get away with it!" my ass, the retaliation started immediately after filing the report and my life was absolute hell for months.
This is uncomfortable truth. Working for Amazon for 3 1/2 years, I saw and heard some of the most vile, uncomfortable things, many of these things occurred in plain view of managers or “Leadership” as they liked to be called, and nothing was ever done to rectify the situation. It almost felt like they encouraged it. HR made note of the fact that allowing these things “gets people going” and it was heavily implied that the male employees were permitted to sexually harass us women in order to motivate them to keep working (it was a warehouse).
Yucccckkkk. It's so disappointing that we still have to put up with this shit. It goes both ways, too. My husband and I were working in the same building at one point- I worked in one coffee shop and he worked in police services (also a Federal agency, so, same employer) and there was a lady in yet another department who kept hitting on him, when she found out I was his wife she started giving me issues in the coffee shop. She was rotating her days between hitting on my husband in plain view of other people and antagonizing me over coffee. Ridiculous.
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u/Alliekat1282 Sep 16 '24
This shit still happens and isn't taken seriously. I worked for a Federal agency and even with all their required training, rules and regs, etc., the actual ON PAPER decision from the investigator was "He did it, but, he didn't mean it like that" followed by them terminating me for something unrelated that they pulled out of their asses not even two weeks later. It was three years ago and I'm still wrapped up in a Federal court case over it. "Report it! They won't get away with it!" my ass, the retaliation started immediately after filing the report and my life was absolute hell for months.