Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by jjones2 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:53PM
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Fired for laughing? You didn't work at the funeral home or anything... Geez. Glad I never subscribed to PC culture!
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Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by zentiggr on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:08PM
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Unless that comment was followed by a chorus of every other voice in the room calling the one out for an obviously completely inappropriate statement, yes, everyone who didn't push back is gone.
A comment like that isn't remotely appropriate. If that's what you're willing to say off the cuff, how am I going to expect you to treat the women around you day to day? I don't want that future lawsuit, or at a minimum another complaint to HR to have to navigate.
Bye. The door is likely to hit your sexist ass on the way out.
Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by sokoloff on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:21PM
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Even notoriously quiet Charlene who is 4 months pregnant and working here on an H1-B visa while supporting her ailing mother at home? Or Bob who was wearing headphones and on a video-call at the time?
Things are not always as clear-cut in real-life as they are when contemplating a scenario on the Internet.
Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @04:20PM
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No problem! This was a group of good ol boys who'd hired each other and no women. Been going on for years apparently. So Charlene was not an issue.
Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by jjones2 on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:23PM
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Years ago I applied for a major American company. When I went to the interview it was two guys asking me the questions. They made a sexist joke and were losing it with laughter, and I felt obligated to join in. And because I did, I got the job. So it has only opened doors and opportunities for me.
Re:Surveillance company harassed female employees using its ...
by Fnoord on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:16PM
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The fact someone supposedly laughs at a sexist joke or does not oppose a sexist joke doesn't mean they're sexist. Drawing such conclusion and firing those alleged laughers is like shooting with a cannon on a mosquito.
The discussion isn't about firing someone who made an inappropriate joke. Why is that not enough example already?