The really nice guy. This is just a great guy. In his 30s, really friendly, does really nice things for people. And he's funny, too! Away from his supervisors, he's cracking all kind of HILARIOUS jokes about the secretaries! This guy is crazy! Ha ha ha! So when one of the lower level women complains, you don't take it too seriously. But when she won't shut up about it, then you have a problem that you have to get rid of. And you have to get HR involved to make it look legit. These make great retaliation cases against the harasser's boss. Well after the complaints are made, the harasser will be fired for (a) sexual harassment, (b) stealing from the company, or (c) being insubordinate to the same exact guy who had previously protected him.
The guy who hates women. He's a gruff, older man, probably white, who's the boss. He makes a lot of money and is extremely important. He brings in a lot of money to the company and has more clout than his supervisor. He makes comments like, "she's a stupid woman," or "Do your boobs make you stupider?", generally demeaning comments about male and female body parts. It's about women, not about sex, so be on the lookout for a pregnancy or gender case with this one.
The guy who falls in love. These guys are married, in their 40s, and work as mid-level executives who get performance evaluations. They travel in packs. They spend a lot of time at the office but also like to have a drink or two after work, or on business trips, where you can go to strip clubs. The wives stay home and take care of the kids. That's their job. These guys have CRAZY holiday parties, but even wilder conventions and retreats. These guys work with women about their ages, sometimes significantly younger, and they respect these women as their equals. That's because these women are really, really good at their jobs. This turns these guys ON. One will ultimately go too far, she will complain, and the company will mess the whole thing up, either by giving the woman a bad performance evaluation or picking on her for bullshit. HR is the bad guy in this case, not the harasser. The harasser turns into the idiot who got the company into this mess in the first place. He will be given some kind of warning or penalty, but will never be fired.
The disgusting moron. This guy is not well educated and makes absolutely disgusting comments to all the women he sees, knowing that it upsets them. These kinds of harassers generally work in packs, so if you see one, there are probably a bunch more around. One of them was probably promoted to supervisor. The anti-discrimination policy isn't worth the paper its written on. The women don't complain because the company visibly permits this to happen. Complaining would just lead to retaliation, and they need their jobs.
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Servicey! You bucking for adjunct?
So would the last one be an example of constructive discharge, professor?
Nope. Constructive discharge is a post for another day.
Color me excited, she retorted drily. (And drolly!)
I enjoyed this post alot.
Thanks, Corey. I liked writing this one.
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