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> It's telling that the female HR person felt that she was overreacting. At no point in the article does she mention the manager touching her inappropriately, o
by thedz 11y ago
> It's telling that the female HR person felt that she was overreacting. At no point in the article does she mention the manager touching her inappropriately, or saying anything to imply that her job or compensation depended on her accepting his advances.
It was a female colleague, not HR. According to the article, HR was fully behind her, as they should be.
> This honestly sounds like he was a guy who got attracted to a colleague, made steadily increasing verbal advances (which were not rebuffed), and then got blindsided by HR.
Not just a colleague, a report. This is what's important. HR would have frowned on a manager making advances on his reports, if nothing else. Especially advances on a new report during her first week.
- spoiler 11y agoMy friend was in the same position about a year ago, and she told her boss (directly, and in private conversation) that she's not interested, after he didn't interpret a few other subtle hints. She still works there. Furthermore, she the boss and some other colleagues were cracking jokes about it during a team building event that I was invited to. Edit: I realise this is anecdotal, but it feels to me like the author of the blog post immediately assumed she's a victim and panicked. Maybe the manager should've been more observant, but pointing fingers is useless without knowing what really happened. We only have her account of the story, which is probably distorted by the discomfort she experienced. This is not to say her discomfort shouldn't be taken into account, and yes I agree that HR should've sided with her, but I don't believe he should've been seriously sanctioned either.
- thedz 11y agoIt doesn't sound like he was -- he apologized, and they moved her to a different group