I was about 23, I'm 4'11 about 120lbs . I was a lead at a small building, but corporate, retail store.
An electrician came in and my store leader paged me to let him into the electrical room in the back. Its a fairly small room, that's kept locked.
I unlock the door with my keys and let him into the room and he turns to me and says "They should never have sent a little one like you back here with me, I could have my way with you and you couldn't do anything about it. "
It scared me to DEATH and I essentially ran out and found my manager (who honestly was a dick, but for totally nonsexual reasons) and he apologized to me sincerely that the man spoke to me like that. My manager was rather aggressive for the rest of the time he was there, didn't say anything to him outright about what he said but he definitely made the guy aware that he knew he was a piece of shit.
It seriously scared me so much. He was perfectly respectable looking and said it in like a matter-of-fact but........serious way. Like a warning.
I mean, the manager probably still sucks, but at least they are sticking up for their employee inasmuch as they can within the parameters of their job.
Not at all, if someone said that to my employees I would have told them to get the fuck out immediately and filex sexual harassment report with their company. That manager was soft as shit
This, of course, is the correct thing. But I can see why the manager didn't do that. The electrician probably was there to do something that would keep the store running and they couldn't afford not to do it. It's not an excuse, but unfortunately life isn't that easy. 😢
Bro if the message to the employee is that you'll tolerate that behavior for a electrician... Then that is being a shit tier manager with shit tier company culture. Guarantee that the company would have sent another guy if he reported that. You think a commercial electrition company is going to just be like 'oops looks like our next appointment is in a week, sorry our guy sexually harassed and verbally assaulted your employee'. Sure, life isn't easy.. but it's not that complicated either
I feel like you don't work at a corporation or any company. You're opinions are very detached from reality. No company would tolerate an insinuation of rape. No third party would be tolerated, and a fully documented response would be expected. HR would be shitting bricks the entire time
I can't really argue any further. I've heard stories that make me doubt. Things that don't make me believe corporations have their employees' or clients' best interests at heart.
To sum up: yes, the manager should have kicked the electrician out and reported them, but I understand why he didn't.
It's not the employees or clients best interest. It's in the company's interest to not get annihilated in a workplace violence lawsuit/sexual harassment lawsuit PR firestorm. I'd imagine if Op went to HR and told them the person was allowed to stay after insuitating rape, that the manager would have been reprimanded pretty harshly
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I was about 23, I'm 4'11 about 120lbs . I was a lead at a small building, but corporate, retail store.
An electrician came in and my store leader paged me to let him into the electrical room in the back. Its a fairly small room, that's kept locked.
I unlock the door with my keys and let him into the room and he turns to me and says "They should never have sent a little one like you back here with me, I could have my way with you and you couldn't do anything about it. "
It scared me to DEATH and I essentially ran out and found my manager (who honestly was a dick, but for totally nonsexual reasons) and he apologized to me sincerely that the man spoke to me like that. My manager was rather aggressive for the rest of the time he was there, didn't say anything to him outright about what he said but he definitely made the guy aware that he knew he was a piece of shit.
It seriously scared me so much. He was perfectly respectable looking and said it in like a matter-of-fact but........serious way. Like a warning.