Ask HN: Two women I referred to a company were bullied out

Posted by anonlizzrd on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:27PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hello,

I referred two highly qualified women to work at a major company known worldwide who are attempting to IPO. They were subjected to direct and indirect harassment and bullying despite performing extremely well.

One of them finally quit and emailed the ceo of this company and cleared spelled out why she leaving due to bullying and requested an investigation.

They didn’t seem to do anything about it. I had to watch this and keep my mouth shut because I needed a job. I am still deeply angry at how they were treated and how the new ceo is talking about this on twitter.

The executive who did it is still at this company and now they are on twitter talking about how great at D&I they are.

I have the email she sent to the ceo. Should I share this email with the media?

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Re:Ask HN: Two women I referred to a company were bullied out by bluehorseray on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:29PM (#33338136)

Leak it

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Re:Ask HN: Two women I referred to a company were bullied out by radiojasper on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:45PM (#33338262)

Show it!

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Re:Ask HN: Two women I referred to a company were bullied out by antonyt on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:52PM (#33338325)

That seems like her call to make, unless she explicitly gave you permission to share it.

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Re:Ask HN: Two women I referred to a company were bullied out by curiousllama on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:58PM (#33338374)

As much as I want to see this email, you should talk to her about it. Your job is to go to bat for the person who was harassed, not get revenge yourself.

Be aware, these execs may very well be egotistical, narcissistic pricks. If they're talking about it on Twitter, they may view the email as a personal attack, an challenge to their credibility, and an existential threat to the company they've built (who wants to end up like Travis Kalanick?). Do you want to fight a PR team?

Alternatively, you may post it and nobody will care. It becomes an example of your impotence, and a potential red flag for her future employers. Do you want to try to explain why nobody gives a sh*t?

Her name is attached to that email, no matter how you leak it. It's her call.

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