What exactly is a Bus Down?

What exactly is a Bus Down?

While no information confirmed the validity of the allegation, many did discuss the "habits" of HR. It was described that when ever a new training class is hired, she picks out a favorite. Once this “boy toy” is identified, she then asks the young man to go on smoke breaks with her, and eventually leads to an invitation to come over to her place to play video games, and have a little dinner.

During this process, her objectives become clearer, and the line between management and associate is crossed. Many reps appeared to play many games, but it appeared that a few did resist. Each interview took me in a different direction, and brought up another name or two that needed to be interviewed.

It was like an intricate spider web that connected numerous people, places, and events with HR residing as the master weaver.

One specific rep had “played some games”, and came to work openly discussing his involvement with her. He apparently came into work asking if HR was a bus down and then made a comment that she had "bused him down". HR was walking by, heard him, and then sent him home. Here is the catch. She can’t send anyone home without talking to me first, so what she did was structure a BS story, feed it to me, and then got my authorization to send him home.

Not only was she abusing her power, she had manipulated me in the process.

Druing an inteview, I was given the name of another associate who had been tempted with fine dining and video games, but had refused. His refusals reportedly only encouraged more solicitation from HR.

This guy, I had to talk to next…