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> Separately, Jong has also alleged that Apple subjected her to a hostile work environment after a senior member of her team, Blaine Weilert, sexually harassed
by usernamed7 2y ago
> Separately, Jong has also alleged that Apple subjected her to a hostile work environment after a senior member of her team, Blaine Weilert, sexually harassed her. After she complained, Apple investigated and Weilert reportedly admitted to touching her "in a sexually suggestive manner without her consent," the complaint said. Apple then disciplined Weilert but ultimately would not allow Jong to escape the hostile work environment, requiring that she work with Weilert on different projects. Apple later promoted Weilert.
> As a result of Weilert's promotion, the complaint said that Apple placed Weilert in a desk "sitting adjacent" to Jong's in Apple’s offices. Following a request to move her desk, a manager allegedly "questioned" Jong's "willingness to perform her job and collaborate" with Weilert, advising that she be “professional, respectful, and collaborative,” rather than honoring her request for a non-hostile workplace.
This is disgusting. She was sexually assaulted and rightly wanted to get away from her abuser, and a manager pulls the "team player" card. I "question" this manager's ability to think, because that is super fucking dumb.
No wonder she got PTSD, she was put in an impossible situation by toxic leadership that looked out for her abuser and not her.
- Llamamoe 2y agoIt always baffles me how widespread behavior like this is. Is this shitty men covering for each other, trying to ensure the behaviour they want to be able to engage with remains acceptable? Or what? Because it costs almost nothing to do the right thing in a situation like this, and just be a decent human being and yet we're seeing the pattern over and over and over.