Posted on 05/24/2023 7:46:17 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
I've worked for a large bank for 6 years. I have excellent performance reviews. The female co-worker lives/works in California. I do not work with her on any projects nor is she related to my team. Nor are we in the same office. She reached out looking to leave CA to NC. There was a position open on my team & sent her the application. She applied and wasn't granted an interview. She called me mad and frustrated. She filed a complaint two days ago against me with HR. We last texted 3 months ago; HR has this text string. I met with HR, and I'm being investigated. In one text, I said she was "pretty and young". She's accusing me of tracking her and asking verbally if she sold her home and if she wanted to move to NC. I won't have future contact with her. I presented to HR an e-mail chain of her telling me she doesn't like CA and that she wanted to move to NC. I used to consider her a friendly acquaintance. I'm told HR will make a "recommendation" to my manager in 3 days. I have a good relationship with my manager. In the complaint, I did NOT hear the words "sexual harassment" but only "uncomfortable" - I think she is retaliating against me.
I was a worker bee at a state university. Every time there was a big scandal the university would crank out an online course to address the misdeeds. When Jerry Sandusky got busted at Penn State a course was created to address sexual harassment and child abuse. According to course material it was OK for professors to hit on grad students, but not under grads. If my memory serves me correctly, the grad student was moved to a different professor if a romantic relationship formed. Both parties had a get out of jail free card for declining the first proposal, then it was sexual harassment for multiple attempts.
I am sure glad I am retired! Women are getting more and more whinny and mean. I bet you most of these complaints are against white men. When did women become so sensitive and fragile? And no, I am not a man. In my day, being a woman in the work place, you met all kinds of men AND women. You rolled with the punches and did your job. It’s time more women grew up and just live their lives and stop living day to day like they’re victims!
You're right. It's almost like we've turned into Puritans. It shouldn't be that way. And it wasn't always like that.
In the past, we lived in a patriarchy. Right now, we live in a matriachy. That's why you see this crap happening.
Back in the 90’s we had an older lady who worked with us, almost like a mom. She’d call us Honey or Sweetie & thought nothing of it. One day my super liberal female boss overheard her calling me Honey. When I refused to contact Hr, she threatened to do it on my behalf. Told her to go ahead but if HR called me I would tell them I didn’t feel harrassed. The original Karen.
That was risky on your part to have thwarted the plans of your lib boss to have the older lady fired.
I wouldn’t have aid anything, let her go to HR, let HR call you in, and then proceed to tell HR not only how not bothered you have been all these years by the “Honey” stuff and how much you like and respect the co-worker saying it but also told them about all the times your lib boss has overreacted to things and that they had better guard themselves against the trouble she is causing.
We maintained our professional distance during work hours. Looking back on it, as long as I did my job (and I did), I was untouchable. I was the CO’s fair haired boy, he was my battalion commander in Germany, and I was his S-4/Supply Officer.
I simply did not hire females as interns. I did not say that ut I just did it.
It’s never too late to go tranny. The guy would immediately ascend to the top of the Victim Protection Totem Pole and come out “on top” in any investigation.
Can’t a woman handle a text message without running to her boss.
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OK, let’s look at this.
‘text’ message.
The man is an idiot and can’t spell.
It was really a ‘sext’ message.
Hang him, after some surgical removal.
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For later
On the other hand, a lot of people meet their spouses at work.
Correct on both points. I met my current spouse of 23 years when we worked together many years ago before moving on to our respective current, separate careers. In today's environment, we probably would never have been able to develop a relationship.
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