My GF has been sexually harassed at her company what I can do to help her.
My GF is in marketing dept. Its a medical health care company. I don't know what advice to give her, any suggestions on how to deal with this? At dinner one of the companies client was misbehaving with her and her boss didn't help her out in anyway. This feels like a huge red herring for me about the culture of the company. If they are ok with such things. I need advice on what are the next steps
Beat the shit out of that guy. Go with mask, take your friends and beat him black and blue.
Can you be a little bit more specific without revealing too much? Any type of sexual harassment or reference is never good. If that's what the top guy at the company stands for, then she should leave even if the TC is great. It's about self respect
Talk to HR and document, document, document. If HR isn’t acting on it, call local EEOC office and give them the evidence. They will offer free consultation and help her get compensation.
Based on Cali law, employers need to protect employees from clients and customers harassment, too.
Can you point me to the law which says that ?
Is it red flag or red herring ? Two different things
Seriously, let her have it escalated to HR. Include your manager and skip manager in email.
My suggestion to her would be to send an email to her boss and CC the HR department to document the incident. Use the SBI feedback model, don't hold the boss accountable and don't ask for anything beyond reporting the incident. This will make sure future incidents are appropriately handled.
Besides all the advice above, try to be supportive and don’t push her beyond what she’s comfortable with. It’s easy to feel frustrated when victims don’t act immediately but it’s about her comfort level right now. Be a great bf as much as you can, have patience
Here are few ideas: Ask her to - write down her story. From start to end of the day - define sexual harassment. Did the person (scum) verbally harassed her or physically - bring the entire case to a lawyer. Ask for advice - list everyone who attended the dinner - have a 1:1 with everyone who attended the dinner. “What was their observation around the situation?” 1) she may need evidence. 2) Are they willing to go to HR on her behalf? - meet with HR and ask for advice - document every single communication! - communicate to her boss, on why s/he ignore tolerated (pimped) her out? Both In written and in person communication
Complaining will only hurt her career than help her. She should find better job and leave the company as soon as possible. Company's HR wont help with harassment. If anything, she will be viewed as trouble maker. That is the harsh reality. She can inform HR on her way out but not before that. This is on top of my mind these days. Within few months of joining, imagine the person realizes the top exec in the new company is a creep. Can't even imagine how vulnerable it makes the new employee. Leaving a company within months or searching for a job without a job are so difficult and challenging. Recruiters will treat the person almost as if they are not employable. The person cant even be honest about why they left the job in first place. All the doors to opportunities get closed one by one. That is why the companies should do everything possible to create a professional , safe and secure environment to employees. Abusers should be the ones with no future opportunities but the history has shown it is the victim that has no future opportunities.
Bruh. Worst comes to worst. Ready to lawyer up and spend upto 50K?