Black Tuesday

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Black Tuesday

I began to bring in all the associates that were labeled as witnesses to the sexual harassment incident one by one. I asked each person if they felt comfortable with our environment, comfortable with me and then asked if they had ever seen or been the subject of any type of behavior that would make them feel uncomfortable or threatened.

Much of there feedback was over whelming the same. They had not seen any harassment that was sexual in nature but had seen some management abuse their power or play favorites. I asked for specific names, and they then verified it was HR

Rep by rep, by rep, (including HR’s nearest and dearest) many had an issue with the way she acted. With such unilateral agreement from the reps, I asked how these things could occur without my knowledge. All they said was that when I wasn’t around, things were different.

But how different could they be???

After talking to several reps, I finally started to receive the specific information I was seeking with names, dates, and details.

After each interview, my office door would swing open to a call floor focused on our exit. They would look at me, and look at the person who was just interviewed. Their stares reminded me of crazed Paparazzi starved for information, and looking for a new juicy piece of gossip. Like the Paparazzi, as soon as the interviewee was no longer under the protection of management, they would pounce on the victim and determine what secrets if any were revealed.

During this process, we still had a business to run and HR was apart of that business. She made no mention of the interviews, and expressed no interest in knowing what was being uncovered and completed all that was expected of her.

She didn’t need to ask me… She would go strait to the source, or the Paparazzi.