Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator Can Endanger Your Career

Re:Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator Can Endanger Your Career by lozenge on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:13AM (#18540792)

I do not have much sympathy - how did he finds the person who filed the complaint? Why did he tell her it was bad for the feminist movement? Why reveal her to the media? Why should he not apologise unreservedly? It doesn't take much imagination to realise that she would get some hate mail as a result of this story.

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Re:Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator Can Endanger Your Career by Arnt on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:23AM (#18540833)

That your answer to the question "should he be censured?" but what's your answer to "what censude is appropriate?"

Where I live, censure can range from a stern telling-off by one's manager or HR up to being fired, or being fired with no notice, or in some rare cases it's even possible to be fired and lose accrued pension benefits. I don't know what's legally possible in that jurisdiction, but perhaps you could assume that it's similar and describe where on that scale you think his censure ought to be, and why?

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Re:Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator Can Endanger Your Career by SamReidHughes on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:39AM (#18543806)

> Why should he not apologise unreservedly?

Because he has nothing to apologize for.

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