My daughter's formal complaint to her job's executives
By Wendy
@jerzgirl (9384)
United States
July 27, 2017 2:20pm CST
My daughter didn't get home from work until around 11:30 last night. I'll admit I was worried since she works in a business park and would be in the warehouse alone.
It turns out she was writing a lengthy letter to the company executives about the warehouse manager and his outrageous, discriminatory, sexist and possibly criminal behaviors. She said she didn't tell everything, yet it took 20+ minutes to read.
Some of the things he was doing included mocking people of different ethnicities, telling people from other countries to "speak English, you're in America", stealing produce from the warehouse by declaring it to be damaged, commenting on women's bodies, calling a female USDA inspector the C word to her face and refusing to comply with their requests, blaming everyone but himself for warehouse problems, refusing to implement changes to procedure that had proven to be effective, and saying that his bosses were performing sex acts on one another instead of giving him the raise he demanded. That's just what I remember reading. There was more.
She went to work early today because she felt that being the one who complained, she should be available when they were there. She was sure he would retaliate as he had with others who complained, several having quit because of him.
It turns out he was suspended pending an investigation and when he demanded to know who complained, they refused to tell him. She texted me so I could know how it went. She is relieved they didn't tell him, but still awaits their findings. She assured them that the people in the warehouse would confirm her statements if they were assured their jobs were protected from him. Several offered to send emails themselves to back her up.
I'm looking forward to hearing everything when she gets home tonight. Hopefully a lot sooner than she got home last night.
My daughter is basically their backup warehouse manager as well as being in charge of their database software, so unless they close this location, she's in a good position. You have to be both strong-willed and brave to do what she did.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
27 Jul 17
That was very brave of your daughter, and clearly this man is totally out of order.
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
The General Manager emailed her and told her that it took a lot of courage to send that email. He's on vacation. The big wigs in Argentina called the guy and told him he's on suspension while they investigate as advised by their attorneys. It really hit the fan!!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
28 Jul 17
@jerzgirl She is excellent at writing and conveying the situation then. More power to her.
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView She amazes me frequently with her ability to express herself.
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@xstitcher (39050)
• Petaluma, California
27 Jul 17
Phew. Thankfully I have never worked under someone like that. 

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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
@xstitcher I had one woman supervisor who mocked me regularly by talking about me to others within earshot, but never mentioning my name. She just made sure she'd raise her voice so I'd hear her. She also said she didn't want to hire women because she didn't like working with women. She was angry that HER boss hired me over her objections.
@xstitcher (39050)
• Petaluma, California
28 Jul 17
@jerzgirl I've worked under "difficult" ones (all of those women) but no one that ever put me down or any thing (unless I just don't remember 'cause it was so long ago).
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
2 Aug 17
The others were grateful she did because they were all (rightfully) afraid the company would punish THEM and ignore his actions. But, they didn't, which is a HUGE deal!! She is so much more relaxed than she has been for quite a while even having a greater work load.
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
Me, too. The last place she reported criminal behavior at was shut down permanently by their Dutch owners. The General Manager had been wining and dining his mistress and billing the company as a business expense. She's worried history will repeat itself.
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
So am I - she was genuinely afraid of what would happen. The guy came totally unglued making accusations of each and every person in the warehouse before storming out saying he'd never come back. I suspect that at least one person actually followed through with an email backing her up.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
28 Jul 17
Your daughter did absolutely the right thing. Someone has to have the courage to report such horrible behavior at the workplace.
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@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
28 Jul 17
She got an email from the General Manager who was on vacation telling her she was very courageous to send the email. That both surprised her and pleased her. She asked if they ever decide to tell this brute who reported him, to please let her know because she doesn't trust him and actually believes he'd come after her.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul 17
You can definitely be proud of your daughter. Smart woman. Sure hope they give that guy the boot. While reading this I wanted to strangle the man or at least kick him where it hurts the most. 

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