@@blackbearstores2340 Not exactly. But I do have a video on what to expect in a discrimination lawsuit. It might provide you with some information that is useful. th-cam.com/video/DqBCn2rSN5w/w-d-xo.html
I got a lead position at a new employer , where it has brought me nothing but negative unprofessional behavior coming from personal emotions. Such as , not giving eye contact when speaking , physical behavior where if I enter a room with staff in the room they will immediately leave the room or if seated in the same room , they will purposely give me their back or look in the other direction to not face me. Also, speaking negatively on their previous lead when I’m around and I question why they consistently bring up someone who doesn’t work there anymore.
Giant red flag: nepotism arrangements. When the boss' wife/husband works in the office. Especially if they're not qualified for the role. Run far, far away and don't ever accept the job. Nothing good ever comes out of that. Or any form of nepotism really (friends, family members, etc). You, as the employee, will always be "wrong". Not to mention, if you have a legitimate complaint about a spouse, you can't exactly bring that up to the boss. Nepotism harms morale in the office and is a sure sign of a toxic place to work.
I've just escaped this, one of the worst experiences. Don't believe the website and promises, I can 100% attest to this arrangements to be avoided at all cost! In my case they didn't even mention it at no stage during the interview or hiring process. Once I was in, I found out through the person helping me settle in.
@@newtonmoon and you can't really ask in the interview process because it would likely be an inappropriate question. For example, "Any spouse or family members that work in the office and if so, what is their role in the office and what is their background?". I bet interviewer would get mad at a question like that.
I’ve worked in NUMEROUS hostile work environments. I always end up leaving, then hoping somehow I can manage to get a good reference from someone at the work place. I got so sick and tired of it I changed careers all together and I’m now self employed. No price can be paid for my sanity and well being. I don’t love money enough.
I worked in a few toxic work environments to...from poultry plants to restaurants environments that were prejudiced racist so what I did I just stopped running to different places..I've got my experience now taking whole new different path.
My Manager Blyth bragged and threatened me that she was going to terminate me if I didn't resign. She bragged to co-workers her discrimination prejudice intent - subordination." My coworkers disapproval cause them to warn me. " What ever Blyth tell you to do, DO IT; because she plans to get rid of you on the ground od insubordination."
One of the biggest mistakes in my life was sticking with a clearly toxic employer before they fired me. I felt quitting made me look weak and it means they get the last laugh. This is simply not true; if anything the opposite is true. When you quit a toxic job you are telling them that you do not need them and will not tolerate their abuse. By sticking around and letting them fire you, you are fueling their delusional belief that they can treat you like a pile of trash they can toss out when they feel like it.
@ah5721 If you can prove it was necessary due to hostile environment etc you can collect. The problem is that you have to get am adjudicator that understands the nuances of certain hostile environments like microaggressions etc. I'm currently appealing- I can't believe unemployment accepted "it was unsafe and hostile but you continued to work there" as a response. It's not a chemical plant it's a nonprofit that provides mental health services (the irony).
I’m in Texas. I had to quit my public school teaching job last May because of a hostile and abusive environment created by another teacher in my department. The principal sent her to “workplace communication” workshops for 8 weeks after I complain several times, BUT as soon as she finished them, she started right back up again, bullying me. More than half a year later and I’m still traumatized, burnt out, and unemployed.
I had a boss that made me want to cry daily. He got transferred to another store. At a company networking event I saw him drinking like a fish and I was appaled at his behavior. He got caught cooking the books on his hours worked and was fired.
So it’s ok to treat your employees like trash as long as they don’t fall under some protected category or protected activity.? No wonder there’s workplace violence. No human being should be expected to cope and deal with abuse no matter what.
Everybody falls under a protected category. The categories are race, gender, disability, age, etc. People mistakenly believe that means that you're only protected if you are a member of a minority group (e.g., a woman or a person of color). Not true. If somebody discriminates against you for being male or white, then that is also covered under discrimination law because that's discrimination based on the protected categories of gender or race. But I do agree with you that it's appalling that workplace bullying isn't illegal in the United States, like it is in so many other countries. It's really important for people to lobby the government to make this illegal. There are organizations is trying to do this, but they need support.
You are the only lawyer I see tackling these issues correctly... I am in the EEOC phase with counsel, and your videos have helped me tremendously.... much success to you Branigan
The biggest problem is that employee rights should be based upon you as an individual. Not your group identity. Employers can abuse and harass you for any reason they want, but unless you are a part of "protected classes", it's totally legal. That's why they get away with it.
When the employee turnover rate is higher than the unhygienic teens that "dont care" about food safety. Quit and don't look back. Even worse when managers refuse to discipline them 😤. Never demean your worth ✨
Why do corporate bosses think they can have a say in what you do outside of the office and can actually tell you to stop doing it ? I taught an evening exercise class once a week and I know that the bosses thought badly of it. One boss would always try to keep me from leaving the office at 5pm on the day that I taught. I would have thought it would have been highly regarded. It meant that I was health and exercise oriented and that I excelled at something enough to teach it. One of my senior bosses had an interest in engineering and would write occasional articles about it for magazines ( for no money). Nothing to do with our professional work and no conflict of interest. Our managing director found out and told him to stop doing that. So why is teaching an evening exercise class or writing a few articles at home something that a corporate boss feels he has the right to control ??
My past workplace is so toxic that it's almost unimaginable to believe. Me as an ex supervisor showed countless videos I've recorded on my company phone and showed my manager these videos during work hours what goes on, she just laughed at the videos with no explanation about it. No write ups, no detention, no meetings just get my numbers I need by the end of the shift.
I’ve worked in blue collar and white collar toxic environment. It’s really sad. I keep my head and myself in my job and stay away from the jerks at work.
I complained to Superintendent about politics in the public school and for poor hiring practices. No wonder they denied my accommodations for my medical conditions. I was granted FMLA + 4 additional weeks medical leave but when i firmly stood my ground requesting accommodations. They started the termination process. Blocked UC which I’m appealing to the too. This is from my not being physically or mentally able to wear a face covering. 2020-2021 SY I was placed in Cyber working from home by Compliance officer for a year.
Worked for a small company my boss had his kids working there. My bosses kids all in their 13, 18, 20 year olds they never worked, slept at the jobsite, would come and go as they wished. He had work insurance them but none oc tne employees. My boss would give them bonuses , but wouldn't give his employees a dime. One day his daughter called me a stupid as and I wanted to knock the hell out of her but had to refrain because I would be the one to get fired. I went to lunch and never came back .. Last I heard his kids Took over his business and it went bankrupt.
Branigan Robertson, lucky me, I found you on TH-cam! Your video's are educational and informative. I introduced them to my husband. My husband's been with the same company for the last 10 years. About 7 months ago, he was introduced to the new regional, who would be overlooking the property, the VP, new manager and assistant. Right away, not just my husband, but a co-worker as well, were treated so wrong. It was a complete take over and Not in a good way. My husband has endured abuse everyday by the managers her assistant, the regional himself. You see, they all know each other from other places of employment. The regional brought them to the property and from that day on, they totally dismantled everything, my husband needed and used to do his job. In other wards, they were sabotaging the way he performed his job duties. Wouldn't even allow him to make use the copy machine. They would always say, they are following the regionals orders. To make a long story short, while these people lie, are conniving and planning together, he and his co- worker get written up and suspended. Then they are invited back to work, only to suspend them again, over the same stuff. My husband went to HR, are you ever right, when you mentioned, HR will cheat you. HR decided to call herself and the regional "HR business partners" they do the investigation's. Being the fact the regional is friends with these other people, of course they never find any wrong in them. I wrote a letter to the HR persons boss, telling her how concerned, I am for my husband. I was able to sit in a meeting with my husband and the Chief of HR...her title. I told her, my husband is a changed man, I worry about his health, the abuse he takes on and so forth. She told my husband at the beginning, she would support him, that's not true. As you stated in this video, HR will change and defend ( side) with the perpetrators than the victim. This is exactly what happened today. Today, he was written up and given a final warning. All based on lies. He just returned from work, on Wednesday after his last suspension. The people who should be written up, are not. His co- worker upon return from his suspension, was written up 3 times, by the manager and HR agreed with it, all based on the managers lies. I saw on the BBB's website, they have no affiliation with the company and rate them an F+. The way the company treats my husband, effects him tremendously. At one point, my husband had to take a medical leave, the stress became too much, intolerable. As his wife, it pains me inside to watch him go to work and come home after being grilled all day, the look on his face, the stress is written on his face. He feels weak, sick to his stomach, we spend hours and hours without sleep. Meanwhile, the Chief officer of HR said in her investigation, she didn't find any harassment. Unbelievable! She has no clue, she is not my husband, she has not walked in his shoes. Sorry, this is so long.
Someone leaked my pay to coworkers. Once they found out my pay rate, I began to suffer micro aggressions. I complained to my nurse manager. One coworker was carrying my photo on the back of the phone without my permission. I have been a nurse for 35 years and never dealt with mess like this.
Your definition defines EVERY work environment as hostile: employee choice, forced arbitration to accept job, low wages not equivalent to actual value of work performed, protected classes, fake hr “open door policy” etc etc etc
You are right about that--maybe NOT! Most lawyers will say fi d another job. Lawyers including you are interested in prevention they are interested in how much money they can get depending on the case. So forget it. You have to do what is best fir you because the law is NOT on your side!!
Brannigan I have watched so many of your videos religiously I am addicted to your content! Thank you for your vast education on employee behavior and human resources! I am so glad your channel exists!
Thank you for this! Going through this situation now - I’m 55, and it has become unbelievably worse since I took documentation to HR 5 months ago. They’ve done nothing. I’ve met with an attorney recently and he also strongly advised me not to quit. Tough not to but focusing on doing my job as well as I always have until I see how this plays out. Look forward to your videos!!
Thanks for the comment. Based on your comment, if you haven't already, I recommend that you watch my other two videos on HR. Why Human Resources Sucks - th-cam.com/video/W3876L596Os/w-d-xo.html Complain to HR Correctly - th-cam.com/video/EmTAEU6mR90/w-d-xo.html
I actually watched your videos about HR prior to filing the formal complaint with them. The “investigator” has commented multiple times how I did a “great job” documenting instances, but they’ve done a lousy job handling it. As expected!
Branigan, from my experience, if your employment becomes so uncomfortable (and due to the complexity of the law), your best option is to find another job. My experience: This happened at a very large company in Southern California where the environment became so toxic MANAGERS DIED. I was standing right next to the first victim (manager), just inches from the 9mm bullet that penatrated the managers posterior chest. The impact caused his body to explode, and I was covered in his blood and bodily fluid! HR has to be the most useless organization on the planet. A skin tag contributes more to our existence in this world than human resources! HR will do absolutely nothing! Look for another job. It's NOT worth IT!
Thank you for posting this your advice is so good and I will be saving notes of strange and unethical incidences going on at my workplace it looks like these cases can go on for a long time before any action is taken if any
I once asked my current supervisor for paperwork on the timekeeping policy because when the computer wouldn't let me clock-in, she would put me as starting 5 minutes later than I would tell her. She threw a fit and said I didn't trust her and forced a meeting with the directors of our department as well as her and my team lead. The meeting was her trying to throw me under the bus and the director basically acting like it was a waste of time and telling me where to find policy links. My supervisor then had a 1+ hour long meeting with me saying my communication is borderline insubordination (I have never been a bad employee, in fact I go above an beyond). Since then, she seems to have sabotaged my employee review which affected my merit increase and I am not the only employee she bothers. I know its not illegal, but I have never had a manager "hover" like she does with micromanaging, and throwing fits if we don't type out "good morning" and "good night" at the start/finish of shifts. Just last month she was streaming her screen and started typing to a coworker that he needs to "talk less during meetings", when I reached out to him to offer support for being embarrassed in front of our entire team he thanked me and said the funny thing was she never actually sent the message...just kept re-wording it in front of us.
I worked as a supervisor at a Hospital in Massachusetts where I had to work 11 days in a row and 12 days on another occasion, and nobody offered to replace me. I suffered constant yelling from the employees and the managers told me I had to accept it because of the union. The yelling and working so many days in a row affected me emotionally. I wasn't trained properly so I made mistakes that were used to fire me. I tried to sue the Hospital but several lawyers in Massachusetts told me there was nothing to do because of the at-will nature of the job. I complained to HR, and they didn't do anything. I am a straightforward person (it is a cultural thing), and several employees used this as an excuse that I was offending them. My manager didn't understand this and mentioned it as an excuse to fire me. The poor training and my lack of experience (which they knew) affected my professional career.
Thanks man - as one of the "bad guys" on the other side of HR, I love videos like these because they help us understand what our employees will be going through when things get bad, all the way through potential adjudication. As you know, most people like me get into the industry to help others, and genuinely care for our team - often also our friends. We try to stop bad things to keep our team strong and together, and when things go past our control, your videos are helpful to train us on what may come next.
I am a part-time worker. I have a manager who verbally threatens associates' job security if they don't work hard. Additionally, they assign unnecessary tasks such as moving a heavy box from one place to another and then putting it back where it was before. This kind of work doesn't produce any productive results; instead, associates are forced to engage in meaningless and wasteful labor activities. Do I have the right to refuse to work on such orders?
I absolutely LOVED my job. LOVED the actual job, loved what we offered the world. The people... horrible. I was the only female, only one of my race and only Veteran on the ENTIRE shift in a multi billion dollar manufacturing company. Everyone was either related somehow, had been there 20 years or was buddy buddy with the supervisors. We had no HR on our shift barley HR anyway the few HR we did have were buddies with the Supervisors. I followed procedure like a soldier should, never lost product, was a perfectionist. My dads health decline- I asked for leave since I was ineligible at the moment for FMLA. Everyone knew my father was dying and I was his sole caretaker. I had a matter of 2 weeks before FMLA kicked in. Blah blah corporation merger blah blah attendance point system got revamped after doing the math I was dangerously close to being topped out in points- dad goes down.. I called in late .10 days ( 4 days before FMLA kicked in ) I was fired for attendance
@@braniganrobertsonlaw not that this matters of course; My company was established and currently based out of California. Unfortunately, I am in SC. I assume I have to plead my case on this side of the pond. Thank you for responding!
My manager doesn't like me and the feeling is more than mutual. She gets mad when she can't trip me up and make me flustered. She says many unprofessional and negative things that have nothing to do with the job during the morning meetings and if she happens to peek in on me working. If I'm doing something and I'm almost done with it she pulls me away to do something I already did or on my list next. Can I legally begin audio recording these encounters?
Though I was a volunteer, I have been reaching out for help regarding a dispute since June 2010. I didn't know what was going on in my office for almost four years. After six years, I began to see what was going on in my office. I also began to see what my supervisor was doing while she was working at my office. Each time I reached out for help, I was dismissed or shut down. I was also told to move on, to let it go, by a volunteer coordinator who had the authority to put a stop to my supervisor's conduct. When I thought I was moving on, that same volunteer coordinator would approach me, she would tell me what my supervisor was doing in the office. Then she would tell me that I had to move on. This is abuse. Based on what I know and what I learned over the years, I don't think I'm the only victim here. There are others. In early 2022, my father told me that there will be dire consequences for you if you try to resolve this dispute. Based on all this, I'm convinced that I have no friends; I have no family; and I have no allies. I was also told that, "As a volunteer, you have no rights. You have no legal recourse. You haven't been financially hurt by this dispute." No one advised me in my dispute. No one informed me of my rights. I have been physically sick over this dispute since June 2010. Each time I'm force to revisit this, I'm made to be the bad guy, each time, when I didn't bring it up. I'm an EMT. I became an EMT at my organization's request. I don't need this abuse.
Great video! It was easy to follow explained logically and precisely. Though these aren’t the topics or situations we want to voluntarily talk about or face, we all need to be aware of what a company is allowed or not allowed to do so we know how to handle their abuse if it ever happens. Thank you for the effort. Btw, these basics apply not only to other states but other G7 countries with similar systems with minor law differences. Great information. Thank you.
They yelled at me for years and they know I have a learning disability.Made me quit.Owner did it and Im tired of being abused financially,verbally,for years,kept me in debt to them.
Human Resources rarely helps workers. They treat the employee as the problem. The lower your ranking in the employ hierarchy the worse they treat the employee.
I can meet at least three of those requirements. I live and work in Virginia. The person was my supervisor, it happened after I reported something about what she was doing to hr (via email though I can't remember if I saved those emails as pdfs), and it was pretty severe. she only recently got terminated. My hr jacket is still hella padded. Like one more writeup and I'm gone. I'm also currently 42. This happened after I turned 40. I'm Andrew. I think a while back you were featured in a video or two on the A Life After Layoff channel. I like how you make everything easier to understand in this realm. Also hr backed my supervisor. Though in fair ness ... I did deserve about a handful of those writeups.
Physician Assistant here. I got written up for a simple misunderstanding between nursing and I which we resolved. The medical director decided that it was an 'exercise in poor judgment". The issue that he chose to write me up for was he me asking a pharmacist a drug question was me asking nursing for medical advice (i asked them to contact pharmacy about a drug). My boss (clinic director) was in the meeting. At our clinic, I have repeatedly asked for double books to be vetted through me (double books are not in our contract) and yet scheduling always adds double books without asking permission. Then in meetings our boss asks us to be leaders while not allowing us any autonomy. Another example is me asking to switch patients with other providers if I am seeing their patient and they are seeing my patient. My boss pulled me aside and told me to stop doing this. It is beyond ridiculous. The medical director has made disturbing jokes about firing a provider (PA like me or NP) right before and after he fired another PA. This was also after my write-up. Feels like a toxic environment. I'm in a governanment contract and not fulfilling it would mean owing tens of thousands of dollars.
My husband is employed by a for-profit vocational college, small campus, who have many Title IX violations. 2 girls have already filed oral complaints against a male student. An investigation has not been conducted, and the male student is still attending, though he has been somewhat segregated from the other female students. When my husband pointed out to his immediate supervisor that there is no title IX support on campus and this is a violation, he was told that this is administrations problem not teachers, meaning mind your own business. Yet my husband fears for the safety for his students but doesn't want to risk getting fired. How does he handle this?
9:50 And so dies the “equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall… …deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The majority of our taxes are going towards all forms of AI and technology, and finance sectors, which is not just taking money away from the needs of people, but its taking people away from people, in NHS, in transportation, in our local food produce, in our family homes, community care and services. People survived before we became a financial sector and technological sector, which is having a huge negative impact on the world at large. Human beings aren't anything like a machine, we need the physical attention of those around us, engaging and interacting with, not through businesses, economics and technology. Unfortunately that the basis of politics, its no longer based on the needs of humans, but on economics, damaging the joyful life we were created on this planet to have.
Employers offer EAP programs to their employees. Can these be used against the employee? Why do employers use them? What do the employers get put of them?
@5:30 "never complained about the hostile, abusive, torturous, discriminating behavior, false accusations" because the employer/supervisor/supervisor's group, blackmailed the targeted employee that we have implanted you with thoughts monitoring device called Remote Neural Monitoring and surveillance at home like Truman show movie even in the bathroom so if you talk about us to HR or anyone you and your daughter will be in great danger. You are at our mercy now. What if this had had happened and targeted employee is a single mother with no other adult at home or have a big network? And finally after 2 years when targeted employee did talk to HR they forced her to resign and stay quiet otherwise targeted employee can never get her privacy back? I wonder what would be the state of that single mother targeted employee at different stage of her targeting in the beginning, after a year, after 2 years and finally forced-resignation and after being blacklisted from future employment with :false charges" on her employment record which even she was not aware of for sometime. What if still she has no job, no money and still not free from Truman show type surveillance. Is that called abetment to suicide or mental breakdown? All done at one of the big hi-tech company in Silicon Valley, California that no one dares to confront. Everyone suggest to forget everything and move far away from here as a only solution.
My head supervisor is a narcissist and she knows how to word things so it doesn’t come back on her. She slipped up and discussed a co-workers info when that person wasn’t present for the conversation. I sent an email to HR. I knew they wouldn’t do anything, but I at least have it documented.
What if you work for a company with 10 employees and your boss is the owner and his wife is HR? How can I complain? Especially when both of them are ignoring me and treating me with passive aggressive behavior. Been getting quiet fired for 3 years now. Most of the laws that protect me are for companies with 20 or more employees.
You could really make changes if you practiced law in Harrisonburg VA, there's nobody to hold these businesses accountable for the way they treat workers and they network with each other to the point that they already know everything about you before your application is even considered! They've created a very unlawful way to get away with everything!
So my job is managed by one manager (no leads or higher ups) and whatever she has going on at home is affecting everyone at work. Her daughters don’t like her and so at work she tries to take control of us and we’re all girls. My coworker got hit by a car while riding her bike home from work and she went to work the next day bcz she felt bad about being short staffed and all the manager said was “I know you’re hurting but move faster.” She gaslights everyone and it’s really taking a toll on me since I also am caring for my mom who has cancerous tumors. Hoping there’s a way to file a lawsuit
I Filed a EEOC complaint against a nursing home I worked at I was the only male and the only one there with a certain set of political beleifs these beleifs were found out and that’s when the bullying started. I eventually uncovered a plot by a group of CNA’s there to accuse me of sexual harassment one kind person tipped me off to this and had text messages to prove it… this is what made my case viable if I didn’t have those texts messages if the girls plotting to do this I would have possibly had my nursing license taken away
Did it help when you filed the EEOC complaint? I am considering doing this with my company. HR department won't answer me back and just ignores the issue. Now I've been asked twice to consider a more physically intense and less desirable position in the company, but for the same pay and hours.
How do i go after a company for reporting my managers for not training me and then retaliating against me by bullying, yelling and manipulating me even telling me i would be fired for being instructed to go home by tech for a remote position? Yeah im confused too. Then i report all this to HR they offer me another department, then fire me. 😢😢 I almost lost my mind trying to figure out what i did or what i was supposed to do because i was foing TRAINING for 3 weeks BY MYSELF virtually then rejected for reporting that.
I worked for Urban Decay cosmetics in the 90s it was so toxic to the point where the owner of the company stuck a maxi pad on the bathroom wall and in red lipstick wrote do not use the fn last pad. She was a bully and horrible. She also told me to move a heavy desk and chairs upstairs or she was going to fire me. She was purely evil.
What if you are on a FMLA disability that manager agreed to and wrote you up on a PIP with false acusations that you clearly proved wrong after only returning 4 weeks. A letter was written to HR. The event caused a relapse that hospitalized me. Would prefer just getting transferred to another department.
What if boss used narcissistic characteristics such as, making fun of activities you enjoy, isolated you from group of workers by making fun of you continually, and then gas lighted you, leading to PTSD symptoms. Can you still take legal action if you resigned because of that, and would it be worth pursuing if you previously agreed to binding arbitration?
HR works for the company not for you always take your own evidence. I had a supervisor once that was extremely unstable would go into the layup room and scream at all the girls for no good reason. So I confronted him and it went to HR I told HR he was a loose cannon. He never recorded anything because he hired him. About a year later he threatened to go to his truck and get his pistol come back and shoot an inspection guy. At that time the police were called and he was escorted out of the building and they had to get armed security.
Zenith Global was probably the worst it got, the one in Newton, NC that has since been taken over by Bassett Furniture or so someone told me not that long ago; the minute I arrived at Zenith it was bad. It stayed that way because you can't change it--I doubt Bassett has changed it, either, although Bassett did take all of Zenith's benefits away. That was a change that served them right; I was long gone by that time.
And then there is the corporate activity that attempts to reduce employees by combining jobs with other jobs reducing the processing cycles of work. Example, a group of employees have had assistants or secretaries as part of their job for several decades. Then, the company eliminates those assistant jobs and puts those responsibilities onto those employees who had them. The work loads increased, productivity decreased and the incoming work loads remained the same. After time, the job was very difficult to complete as usual but then the company used the poor work results to cut pay increases/bonuses etc. At some point, many of those in that job group left the company which made it even worse for those who stayed. Then, were those who quit replaced? Not one for one which made the volume of work even worse and then we can talk about those out sick and on vacation and how production cycles got damaged. These managers and corporate greed infested VP's simply have no ethics nor do they give a hoot about their clients/customers as this activity progresses. There's more, at bonus time, the managers got larger payouts regardless of how poor the workforce was getting. I'd call that Toxic going to hostile in just a few weeks.
THANK YOU so much for taking the time to make this video, I wish I saw this before I took action. I have a question about EEOC - what if 90 days expired, can I still sue for IIED, NIED, and /or wrongful termination since my complaint to EEOC did not mention these? thank you again
My supervisor back in the old school butcher says held down a guy with some others to cut off what was described as a rat tail hairdo. Sounds like a Three Stooges moment something you wouldn’t be able to get away with today
My co worker files a sexual harassment against me but we went to mediation because he had no proof only words and no documents about how I am sexually harassing him instead I have proof that he and his friends (2 other females) plan this to get me scare and work in a hostile environment. He withdraw his sexual harrassment and I was not doing anything wrong. His word against mine. We both good workers. The other 2 friends are not my friends for the record.
If an employee is of a protected class, and their mistakes are judged more harshly and severely than that is a sign of discrimination. I.e. a black new employee is not properly trained or mentored. They make mistakes and they're deem to be "incompetent" and fired. Yet, when a white person makes same mistakes it's labeled as a "learning curve" or "We're only human. We all make mistakes". White employee gets support and mentorship that black employee never got. Also, failure to promote an employee of a protected class but employer treats other employees differently. I.e. if everyone higher-up in leadership roles in the company is of same race, gender than that is a huge red flag that there is discrimination.
Is the.silent treatment by one co worker considered harassment. My boss hasn't done much if anything about this woman she ignores me when I ask her things about my job, and work with her. She's also screamed at me a couple of times and is a bossy domineering person
What about personal security issues? Let's say you work in an IT department and they want a computer to be started under your user profile and left on under your profile 24/7. With that computer running under your user profile, any person can walk up to that computer and simply start any browser which automatically logs right into the company's HR site with your personal information that is meant for you only as it's also the way you can change your personal information. It will show how much you make per hour, where you live, your bank account, your list of contacts in case of emergency, phone number, etc. Someone could even change the bank account to where your check should be deposited too, your home address, phone number, make an HR complaint under your name. Like I said, all they have to do is open any browser on the computer to get your personal information or do nefarious actions. You have told the company that you don't want to do this unless they disable all browsers, they say that can't be done because they do not have the elevated privileges locally to make changes like that. You say have the Corporate IT log into the computer and make the changes and actually admitted they should not be running the computer this way and can not make that request. Then you say make an anonymous profile, but they say anonymous profiles can not be used on a computer per Corporate SOP. This is a very large company, actually the largest in the USA in this industry. How would one go about getting this personal security issue addressed without losing your job? Asking for a friend.
So who do you go to when your harrasser and abuser is hr and the head boss themselves??? This is also a state job where the individual started being singled out after a workplace injury
I Currently Work in hostile Job I've been Harrassed and discrimination I've Had several Meetings which I've Documented With Manager Nothing Is Being Done I'm The Only Woman In The Department Why Can I Do?
@braniganrobertsonlaw Would retaliation for not showing favoritism to requested employees qualify? I was under the impression that that could be seen as discrimination to the other employees who did not receive the favoritism.
What if your boss likes to yell peoples names out in hopes of getting a reaction out of them like Ohhh Artie Ohh Milkey Or just yells out Jayyyyyyy for the whole store to hear them be obnoxious every once in awhile?
That's crazy. Sorry to hear that. I can't answer that without a lot more info which would be inappropriate to gather on TH-cam. Generally, I don't recommend people quit unless they have a new job lined up or if the harassment is so severe it is harming the persons health. I recommend you watch my video on Constructive Termination, that will provide more general knowledge on whether or not you should quit. th-cam.com/video/BmODx2LBV1M/w-d-xo.html
Please tell me about your toxic work environment! I try to respond to as many comments as I can.
Hi Atty Branigan, do you have a video on how to prepare & what to expect in an employment Discrimination hearing?
@@blackbearstores2340 Not exactly. But I do have a video on what to expect in a discrimination lawsuit. It might provide you with some information that is useful. th-cam.com/video/DqBCn2rSN5w/w-d-xo.html
If you ever get a license in TN let me know
I got a lead position at a new employer , where it has brought me nothing but negative unprofessional behavior coming from personal emotions. Such as , not giving eye contact when speaking , physical behavior where if I enter a room with staff in the room they will immediately leave the room or if seated in the same room , they will purposely give me their back or look in the other direction to not face me. Also, speaking negatively on their previous lead when I’m around and I question why they consistently bring up someone who doesn’t work there anymore.
Just had to quit my job after six months. Was laid off in January of this year. I'm gonna call and see if I have a case.
Giant red flag: nepotism arrangements. When the boss' wife/husband works in the office. Especially if they're not qualified for the role. Run far, far away and don't ever accept the job. Nothing good ever comes out of that. Or any form of nepotism really (friends, family members, etc). You, as the employee, will always be "wrong". Not to mention, if you have a legitimate complaint about a spouse, you can't exactly bring that up to the boss. Nepotism harms morale in the office and is a sure sign of a toxic place to work.
I could not agree more.
At my job nepotism is a violation of company policy.
I've just escaped this, one of the worst experiences. Don't believe the website and promises, I can 100% attest to this arrangements to be avoided at all cost! In my case they didn't even mention it at no stage during the interview or hiring process. Once I was in, I found out through the person helping me settle in.
@@newtonmoon yeah HR tends to leave stuff like that out that's why I I read the handbook so I can know what the policy says versus what they tell me.
@@newtonmoon and you can't really ask in the interview process because it would likely be an inappropriate question. For example, "Any spouse or family members that work in the office and if so, what is their role in the office and what is their background?". I bet interviewer would get mad at a question like that.
I’ve worked in NUMEROUS hostile work environments. I always end up leaving, then hoping somehow I can manage to get a good reference from someone at the work place. I got so sick and tired of it I changed careers all together and I’m now self employed. No price can be paid for my sanity and well being. I don’t love money enough.
I understand completely, May I please work for you?
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@@brentsmith5797 well sure if you don’t mind going to massage therapy school.
I worked in a few toxic work environments to...from poultry plants to restaurants environments that were prejudiced racist so what I did I just stopped running to different places..I've got my experience now taking whole new different path.
My Manager Blyth bragged and threatened me that she was going to terminate me if I didn't resign. She bragged to co-workers her discrimination prejudice intent - subordination." My coworkers disapproval cause them to warn me. " What ever Blyth tell you to do, DO IT; because she plans to get rid of you on the ground od insubordination."
One of the biggest mistakes in my life was sticking with a clearly toxic employer before they fired me. I felt quitting made me look weak and it means they get the last laugh. This is simply not true; if anything the opposite is true.
When you quit a toxic job you are telling them that you do not need them and will not tolerate their abuse. By sticking around and letting them fire you, you are fueling their delusional belief that they can treat you like a pile of trash they can toss out when they feel like it.
But if they fire you can't you get unemployment?
@@ah5721 A lot of the times, nope. Plus it's all about principle. Never tolerate disrespect.
I worked in a toxic workplace. I resigned before they fired me. 😅
This 💯💯💯
@ah5721 If you can prove it was necessary due to hostile environment etc you can collect. The problem is that you have to get am adjudicator that understands the nuances of certain hostile environments like microaggressions etc. I'm currently appealing- I can't believe unemployment accepted "it was unsafe and hostile but you continued to work there" as a response. It's not a chemical plant it's a nonprofit that provides mental health services (the irony).
I’m in Texas. I had to quit my public school teaching job last May because of a hostile and abusive environment created by another teacher in my department. The principal sent her to “workplace communication” workshops for 8 weeks after I complain several times, BUT as soon as she finished them, she started right back up again, bullying me. More than half a year later and I’m still traumatized, burnt out, and unemployed.
Same. Texas!
I had a boss that made me want to cry daily. He got transferred to another store. At a company networking event I saw him drinking like a fish and I was appaled at his behavior. He got caught cooking the books on his hours worked and was fired.
So it’s ok to treat your employees like trash as long as they don’t fall under some protected category or protected activity.? No wonder there’s workplace violence. No human being should be expected to cope and deal with abuse no matter what.
Everybody falls under a protected category. The categories are race, gender, disability, age, etc. People mistakenly believe that means that you're only protected if you are a member of a minority group (e.g., a woman or a person of color). Not true. If somebody discriminates against you for being male or white, then that is also covered under discrimination law because that's discrimination based on the protected categories of gender or race. But I do agree with you that it's appalling that workplace bullying isn't illegal in the United States, like it is in so many other countries. It's really important for people to lobby the government to make this illegal. There are organizations is trying to do this, but they need support.
Ironically the people who fall under those protected categories suffet the most
Nah, even if you fall under a protected category they'll still treat you like trash. I always assume its to force you out if you don't toe the line.
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You are the only lawyer I see tackling these issues correctly... I am in the EEOC phase with counsel, and your videos have helped me tremendously.... much success to you Branigan
The biggest problem is that employee rights should be based upon you as an individual. Not your group identity. Employers can abuse and harass you for any reason they want, but unless you are a part of "protected classes", it's totally legal. That's why they get away with it.
so true! These laws are ridiculous!
No. Actually the people who fall under those protections most
@nellatl you're not an American if you think rights come in groups
When the employee turnover rate is higher than the unhygienic teens that "dont care" about food safety. Quit and don't look back.
Even worse when managers refuse to discipline them 😤.
Never demean your worth ✨
I understand, but one needs another source of income...before jumping ship. It's not easy.
Why do corporate bosses think they can have a say in what you do outside of the office and can actually tell you to stop doing it ? I taught an evening exercise class once a week and I know that the bosses thought badly of it. One boss would always try to keep me from leaving the office at 5pm on the day that I taught. I would have thought it would have been highly regarded. It meant that I was health and exercise oriented and that I excelled at something enough to teach it. One of my senior bosses had an interest in engineering and would write occasional articles about it for magazines ( for no money). Nothing to do with our professional work and no conflict of interest. Our managing director found out and told him to stop doing that. So why is teaching an evening exercise class or writing a few articles at home something that a corporate boss feels he has the right to control ??
They're INSECURE. PERIOD.
Those bosses have zero control of what you do on your time off unless it violates a company policy in some way.
My past workplace is so toxic that it's almost unimaginable to believe. Me as an ex supervisor showed countless videos I've recorded on my company phone and showed my manager these videos during work hours what goes on, she just laughed at the videos with no explanation about it. No write ups, no detention, no meetings just get my numbers I need by the end of the shift.
This is so prevalent!! No accountability!!
Branigan Robertson is the most lawyer name to every lawyer, but homeboy has some excellent advice.
I’ve worked in blue collar and white collar toxic environment. It’s really sad. I keep my head and myself in my job and stay away from the jerks at work.
Big red flag I should have seen… NO HR DEPARTMENT and no management structure
I complained to Superintendent about politics in the public school and for poor hiring practices. No wonder they denied my accommodations for my medical conditions. I was granted FMLA + 4 additional weeks medical leave but when i firmly stood my ground requesting accommodations. They started the termination process. Blocked UC which I’m appealing to the too. This is from my not being physically or mentally able to wear a face covering. 2020-2021 SY I was placed in Cyber working from home by Compliance officer for a year.
Worked for a small company my boss had his kids working there. My bosses kids all in their 13, 18, 20 year olds they never worked, slept at the jobsite, would come and go as they wished. He had work insurance them but none oc tne employees. My boss would give them bonuses , but wouldn't give his employees a dime. One day his daughter called me a stupid as and I wanted to knock the hell out of her but had to refrain because I would be the one to get fired. I went to lunch and never came back .. Last I heard his kids Took over his business and it went bankrupt.
Branigan Robertson, lucky me, I found you on TH-cam! Your video's are educational and informative. I introduced them to my husband. My husband's been with the same company for the last 10 years. About 7 months ago, he was introduced to the new regional, who would be overlooking the property, the VP, new manager and assistant. Right away, not just my husband, but a co-worker as well, were treated so wrong. It was a complete take over and Not in a good way. My husband has endured abuse everyday by the managers her assistant, the regional himself. You see, they all know each other from other places of employment. The regional brought them to the property and from that day on, they totally dismantled everything, my husband needed and used to do his job. In other wards, they were sabotaging the way he performed his job duties. Wouldn't even allow him to make use the copy machine. They would always say, they are following the regionals orders. To make a long story short, while these people lie, are conniving and planning together, he and his co- worker get written up and suspended. Then they are invited back to work, only to suspend them again, over the same stuff. My husband went to HR, are you ever right, when you mentioned, HR will cheat you. HR decided to call herself and the regional "HR business partners" they do the investigation's. Being the fact the regional is friends with these other people, of course they never find any wrong in them. I wrote a letter to the HR persons boss, telling her how concerned, I am for my husband. I was able to sit in a meeting with my husband and the Chief of HR...her title. I told her, my husband is a changed man, I worry about his health, the abuse he takes on and so forth. She told my husband at the beginning, she would support him, that's not true. As you stated in this video, HR will change and defend ( side) with the perpetrators than the victim. This is exactly what happened today. Today, he was written up and given a final warning. All based on lies. He just returned from work, on Wednesday after his last suspension. The people who should be written up, are not. His co- worker upon return from his suspension, was written up 3 times, by the manager and HR agreed with it, all based on the managers lies. I saw on the BBB's website, they have no affiliation with the company and rate them an F+. The way the company treats my husband, effects him tremendously. At one point, my husband had to take a medical leave, the stress became too much, intolerable. As his wife, it pains me inside to watch him go to work and come home after being grilled all day, the look on his face, the stress is written on his face. He feels weak, sick to his stomach, we spend hours and hours without sleep. Meanwhile, the Chief officer of HR said in her investigation, she didn't find any harassment. Unbelievable! She has no clue, she is not my husband, she has not walked in his shoes. Sorry, this is so long.
Someone leaked my pay to coworkers. Once they found out my pay rate, I began to suffer micro aggressions. I complained to my nurse manager. One coworker was carrying my photo on the back of the phone without my permission. I have been a nurse for 35 years and never dealt with mess like this.
Your definition defines EVERY work environment as hostile: employee choice, forced arbitration to accept job, low wages not equivalent to actual value of work performed, protected classes, fake hr “open door policy” etc etc etc
You are right about that--maybe NOT! Most lawyers will say fi d another job. Lawyers including you are interested in prevention they are interested in how much money they can get depending on the case. So forget it. You have to do what is best fir you because the law is NOT on your side!!
Brannigan I have watched so many of your videos religiously I am addicted to your content! Thank you for your vast education on employee behavior and human resources! I am so glad your channel exists!
Thank you for this! Going through this situation now - I’m 55, and it has become unbelievably worse since I took documentation to HR 5 months ago. They’ve done nothing. I’ve met with an attorney recently and he also strongly advised me not to quit. Tough not to but focusing on doing my job as well as I always have until I see how this plays out. Look forward to your videos!!
Thanks for the comment. Based on your comment, if you haven't already, I recommend that you watch my other two videos on HR.
Why Human Resources Sucks - th-cam.com/video/W3876L596Os/w-d-xo.html
Complain to HR Correctly - th-cam.com/video/EmTAEU6mR90/w-d-xo.html
I actually watched your videos about HR prior to filing the formal complaint with them. The “investigator” has commented multiple times how I did a “great job” documenting instances, but they’ve done a lousy job handling it. As expected!
@@angiemi9986 Haha. Yep, as expected.
Toxic is under statement
Branigan, from my experience, if your employment becomes so uncomfortable (and due to the complexity of the law), your best option is to find another job.
My experience: This happened at a very large company in Southern California where the environment became so toxic MANAGERS DIED. I was standing right next to the first victim (manager), just inches from the 9mm bullet that penatrated the managers posterior chest. The impact caused his body to explode, and I was covered in his blood and bodily fluid!
HR has to be the most useless organization on the planet. A skin tag contributes more to our existence in this world than human resources! HR will do absolutely nothing!
Look for another job. It's NOT worth IT!
How awful. Hostile and worse...work environments...need to expire!!!
You’re not going to explain why a manager took a bullet to the chest?
@TennisHero Hey TennisHero, most likely the manager (like most managers) was a fucking asshole. Is that a good enough reason?
Oh my gosh that's awful
9mm is not enough to cause a body to explode. That story doesn't make any sense.
Thank you for posting this your advice is so good and I will be saving notes of strange and unethical incidences going on at my workplace it looks like these cases can go on for a long time before any action is taken if any
This video relaxes me and I got paid an out of court settlement
Same!
Can you tell me a little more about that? Because i’m about to go that route.
Well. I wish these unpleasantries would end. But sadly its everywhere.
I once asked my current supervisor for paperwork on the timekeeping policy because when the computer wouldn't let me clock-in, she would put me as starting 5 minutes later than I would tell her. She threw a fit and said I didn't trust her and forced a meeting with the directors of our department as well as her and my team lead. The meeting was her trying to throw me under the bus and the director basically acting like it was a waste of time and telling me where to find policy links. My supervisor then had a 1+ hour long meeting with me saying my communication is borderline insubordination (I have never been a bad employee, in fact I go above an beyond). Since then, she seems to have sabotaged my employee review which affected my merit increase and I am not the only employee she bothers. I know its not illegal, but I have never had a manager "hover" like she does with micromanaging, and throwing fits if we don't type out "good morning" and "good night" at the start/finish of shifts. Just last month she was streaming her screen and started typing to a coworker that he needs to "talk less during meetings", when I reached out to him to offer support for being embarrassed in front of our entire team he thanked me and said the funny thing was she never actually sent the message...just kept re-wording it in front of us.
I worked as a supervisor at a Hospital in Massachusetts where I had to work 11 days in a row and 12 days on another occasion, and nobody offered to replace me. I suffered constant yelling from the employees and the managers told me I had to accept it because of the union. The yelling and working so many days in a row affected me emotionally. I wasn't trained properly so I made mistakes that were used to fire me. I tried to sue the Hospital but several lawyers in Massachusetts told me there was nothing to do because of the at-will nature of the job. I complained to HR, and they didn't do anything.
I am a straightforward person (it is a cultural thing), and several employees used this as an excuse that I was offending them. My manager didn't understand this and mentioned it as an excuse to fire me. The poor training and my lack of experience (which they knew) affected my professional career.
Thanks man - as one of the "bad guys" on the other side of HR, I love videos like these because they help us understand what our employees will be going through when things get bad, all the way through potential adjudication. As you know, most people like me get into the industry to help others, and genuinely care for our team - often also our friends. We try to stop bad things to keep our team strong and together, and when things go past our control, your videos are helpful to train us on what may come next.
I am a part-time worker. I have a manager who verbally threatens associates' job security if they don't work hard. Additionally, they assign unnecessary tasks such as moving a heavy box from one place to another and then putting it back where it was before. This kind of work doesn't produce any productive results; instead, associates are forced to engage in meaningless and wasteful labor activities. Do I have the right to refuse to work on such orders?
I absolutely LOVED my job. LOVED the actual job, loved what we offered the world. The people... horrible. I was the only female, only one of my race and only Veteran on the ENTIRE shift in a multi billion dollar manufacturing company. Everyone was either related somehow, had been there 20 years or was buddy buddy with the supervisors. We had no HR on our shift barley HR anyway the few HR we did have were buddies with the Supervisors. I followed procedure like a soldier should, never lost product, was a perfectionist. My dads health decline- I asked for leave since I was ineligible at the moment for FMLA. Everyone knew my father was dying and I was his sole caretaker. I had a matter of 2 weeks before FMLA kicked in. Blah blah corporation merger blah blah attendance point system got revamped after doing the math I was dangerously close to being topped out in points- dad goes down.. I called in late .10 days ( 4 days before FMLA kicked in ) I was fired for attendance
I'm so sorry. That is heartbreaking.
@@braniganrobertsonlaw not that this matters of course; My company was established and currently based out of California. Unfortunately, I am in SC. I assume I have to plead my case on this side of the pond. Thank you for responding!
Brannigan is very well spoken and quite erudite! I truly appreciate these videos.
You are Brilliant ! Thank you !
My manager doesn't like me and the feeling is more than mutual. She gets mad when she can't trip me up and make me flustered. She says many unprofessional and negative things that have nothing to do with the job during the morning meetings and if she happens to peek in on me working. If I'm doing something and I'm almost done with it she pulls me away to do something I already did or on my list next. Can I legally begin audio recording these encounters?
Though I was a volunteer, I have been reaching out for help regarding a dispute since June 2010. I didn't know what was going on in my office for almost four years. After six years, I began to see what was going on in my office. I also began to see what my supervisor was doing while she was working at my office. Each time I reached out for help, I was dismissed or shut down. I was also told to move on, to let it go, by a volunteer coordinator who had the authority to put a stop to my supervisor's conduct. When I thought I was moving on, that same volunteer coordinator would approach me, she would tell me what my supervisor was doing in the office. Then she would tell me that I had to move on. This is abuse. Based on what I know and what I learned over the years, I don't think I'm the only victim here. There are others. In early 2022, my father told me that there will be dire consequences for you if you try to resolve this dispute. Based on all this, I'm convinced that I have no friends; I have no family; and I have no allies. I was also told that, "As a volunteer, you have no rights. You have no legal recourse. You haven't been financially hurt by this dispute." No one advised me in my dispute. No one informed me of my rights. I have been physically sick over this dispute since June 2010. Each time I'm force to revisit this, I'm made to be the bad guy, each time, when I didn't bring it up. I'm an EMT. I became an EMT at my organization's request. I don't need this abuse.
Great video! It was easy to follow explained logically and precisely. Though these aren’t the topics or situations we want to voluntarily talk about or face, we all need to be aware of what a company is allowed or not allowed to do so we know how to handle their abuse if it ever happens. Thank you for the effort.
Btw, these basics apply not only to other states but other G7 countries with similar systems with minor law differences. Great information. Thank you.
Watching these videos makes me so happy that I freelance.
They yelled at me for years and they know I have a learning disability.Made me quit.Owner did it and Im tired of being abused financially,verbally,for years,kept me in debt to them.
The battle continues. They gonna learn not to mess with me. Laugh now...cry later.
Human Resources rarely helps workers. They treat the employee as the problem. The lower your ranking in the employ hierarchy the worse they treat the employee.
I can meet at least three of those requirements. I live and work in Virginia. The person was my supervisor, it happened after I reported something about what she was doing to hr (via email though I can't remember if I saved those emails as pdfs), and it was pretty severe. she only recently got terminated. My hr jacket is still hella padded. Like one more writeup and I'm gone. I'm also currently 42. This happened after I turned 40. I'm Andrew. I think a while back you were featured in a video or two on the A Life After Layoff channel. I like how you make everything easier to understand in this realm. Also hr backed my supervisor. Though in fair ness ... I did deserve about a handful of those writeups.
The answer is no.. these businesses have better lawyers than we can afford
Physician Assistant here. I got written up for a simple misunderstanding between nursing and I which we resolved. The medical director decided that it was an 'exercise in poor judgment". The issue that he chose to write me up for was he me asking a pharmacist a drug question was me asking nursing for medical advice (i asked them to contact pharmacy about a drug).
My boss (clinic director) was in the meeting. At our clinic, I have repeatedly asked for double books to be vetted through me (double books are not in our contract) and yet scheduling always adds double books without asking permission. Then in meetings our boss asks us to be leaders while not allowing us any autonomy. Another example is me asking to switch patients with other providers if I am seeing their patient and they are seeing my patient. My boss pulled me aside and told me to stop doing this. It is beyond ridiculous. The medical director has made disturbing jokes about firing a provider (PA like me or NP) right before and after he fired another PA. This was also after my write-up. Feels like a toxic environment. I'm in a governanment contract and not fulfilling it would mean owing tens of thousands of dollars.
My husband is employed by a for-profit vocational college, small campus, who have many Title IX violations. 2 girls have already filed oral complaints against a male student. An investigation has not been conducted, and the male student is still attending, though he has been somewhat segregated from the other female students. When my husband pointed out to his immediate supervisor that there is no title IX support on campus and this is a violation, he was told that this is administrations problem not teachers, meaning mind your own business. Yet my husband fears for the safety for his students but doesn't want to risk getting fired. How does he handle this?
9:50 And so dies the “equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment:
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall… …deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Pretty much sums up my problem and don’t need or want money just respect
The majority of our taxes are going towards all forms of AI and technology, and finance sectors, which is not just taking money away from the needs of people, but its taking people away from people, in NHS, in transportation, in our local food produce, in our family homes, community care and services. People survived before we became a financial sector and technological sector, which is having a huge negative impact on the world at large. Human beings aren't anything like a machine, we need the physical attention of those around us, engaging and interacting with, not through businesses, economics and technology. Unfortunately that the basis of politics, its no longer based on the needs of humans, but on economics, damaging the joyful life we were created on this planet to have.
Employers offer EAP programs to their employees. Can these be used against the employee? Why do employers use them? What do the employers get put of them?
I look forward to all your videos; your delivery is the best.
Human Resources does not care about the employees that are being disrespected by co-workers and management.
Thank you so much for all info.
I really wish you were in Virginia. REALLY could use your help !!!!
@5:30 "never complained about the hostile, abusive, torturous, discriminating behavior, false accusations" because the employer/supervisor/supervisor's group, blackmailed the targeted employee that we have implanted you with thoughts monitoring device called Remote Neural Monitoring and surveillance at home like Truman show movie even in the bathroom so if you talk about us to HR or anyone you and your daughter will be in great danger. You are at our mercy now. What if this had had happened and targeted employee is a single mother with no other adult at home or have a big network? And finally after 2 years when targeted employee did talk to HR they forced her to resign and stay quiet otherwise targeted employee can never get her privacy back? I wonder what would be the state of that single mother targeted employee at different stage of her targeting in the beginning, after a year, after 2 years and finally forced-resignation and after being blacklisted from future employment with :false charges" on her employment record which even she was not aware of for sometime. What if still she has no job, no money and still not free from Truman show type surveillance. Is that called abetment to suicide or mental breakdown? All done at one of the big hi-tech company in Silicon Valley, California that no one dares to confront. Everyone suggest to forget everything and move far away from here as a only solution.
Don't work in the entertainment business. Toxic is the common denominator. 😂😂😂
Thank you for your amazing videos! You are so helpful, and explain so well while being entertaining at the same time.
Very professional and very useful. Thanks.
My head supervisor is a narcissist and she knows how to word things so it doesn’t come back on her. She slipped up and discussed a co-workers info when that person wasn’t present for the conversation. I sent an email to HR. I knew they wouldn’t do anything, but I at least have it documented.
The hostile work environment was severe, retaliated harassment, and persistent against me by Management and Corporate.
What if you work for a company with 10 employees and your boss is the owner and his wife is HR? How can I complain? Especially when both of them are ignoring me and treating me with passive aggressive behavior. Been getting quiet fired for 3 years now. Most of the laws that protect me are for companies with 20 or more employees.
You could really make changes if you practiced law in Harrisonburg VA, there's nobody to hold these businesses accountable for the way they treat workers and they network with each other to the point that they already know everything about you before your application is even considered!
They've created a very unlawful way to get away with everything!
So my job is managed by one manager (no leads or higher ups) and whatever she has going on at home is affecting everyone at work. Her daughters don’t like her and so at work she tries to take control of us and we’re all girls. My coworker got hit by a car while riding her bike home from work and she went to work the next day bcz she felt bad about being short staffed and all the manager said was “I know you’re hurting but move faster.” She gaslights everyone and it’s really taking a toll on me since I also am caring for my mom who has cancerous tumors. Hoping there’s a way to file a lawsuit
HR should be banned
I Filed a EEOC complaint against a nursing home I worked at I was the only male and the only one there with a certain set of political beleifs these beleifs were found out and that’s when the bullying started. I eventually uncovered a plot by a group of CNA’s there to accuse me of sexual harassment one kind person tipped me off to this and had text messages to prove it… this is what made my case viable if I didn’t have those texts messages if the girls plotting to do this I would have possibly had my nursing license taken away
Did it help when you filed the EEOC complaint? I am considering doing this with my company. HR department won't answer me back and just ignores the issue. Now I've been asked twice to consider a more physically intense and less desirable position in the company, but for the same pay and hours.
If ppl really went through my stuff first y? 2nd listen I'm human. Sorry I'm gay somexs. Sorry sorry I didn't mean it like that
How do i go after a company for reporting my managers for not training me and then retaliating against me by bullying, yelling and manipulating me even telling me i would be fired for being instructed to go home by tech for a remote position? Yeah im confused too. Then i report all this to HR they offer me another department, then fire me. 😢😢 I almost lost my mind trying to figure out what i did or what i was supposed to do because i was foing TRAINING for 3 weeks BY MYSELF virtually then rejected for reporting that.
I worked for Urban Decay cosmetics in the 90s it was so toxic to the point where the owner of the company stuck a maxi pad on the bathroom wall and in red lipstick wrote do not use the fn last pad. She was a bully and horrible. She also told me to move a heavy desk and chairs upstairs or she was going to fire me. She was purely evil.
This one was extra confusing .
What if you are on a FMLA disability that manager agreed to and wrote you up on a PIP with false acusations that you clearly proved wrong after only returning 4 weeks. A letter was written to HR. The event caused a relapse that hospitalized me. Would prefer just getting transferred to another department.
Is it legal to wear a hidden body cam to to verify these incidents at work? I work in Chicago?
What if boss used narcissistic characteristics such as, making fun of activities you enjoy, isolated you from group of workers by making fun of you continually, and then gas lighted you, leading to PTSD symptoms. Can you still take legal action if you resigned because of that, and would it be worth pursuing if you previously agreed to binding arbitration?
Omg… I’m literally WOWed right now!
Thank you , again 🇺🇸
HR works for the company not for you always take your own evidence. I had a supervisor once that was extremely unstable would go into the layup room and scream at all the girls for no good reason. So I confronted him and it went to HR I told HR he was a loose cannon. He never recorded anything because he hired him. About a year later he threatened to go to his truck and get his pistol come back and shoot an inspection guy. At that time the police were called and he was escorted out of the building and they had to get armed security.
Thank you.
I need a lawyer like you in Dallas
Zenith Global was probably the worst it got, the one in Newton, NC that has since been taken over by Bassett Furniture or so someone told me not that long ago; the minute I arrived at Zenith it was bad. It stayed that way because you can't change it--I doubt Bassett has changed it, either, although Bassett did take all of Zenith's benefits away. That was a change that served them right; I was long gone by that time.
And then there is the corporate activity that attempts to reduce employees by combining jobs with other jobs reducing the processing cycles of work. Example, a group of employees have had assistants or secretaries as part of their job for several decades. Then, the company eliminates those assistant jobs and puts those responsibilities onto those employees who had them. The work loads increased, productivity decreased and the incoming work loads remained the same. After time, the job was very difficult to complete as usual but then the company used the poor work results to cut pay increases/bonuses etc. At some point, many of those in that job group left the company which made it even worse for those who stayed. Then, were those who quit replaced? Not one for one which made the volume of work even worse and then we can talk about those out sick and on vacation and how production cycles got damaged. These managers and corporate greed infested VP's simply have no ethics nor do they give a hoot about their clients/customers as this activity progresses. There's more, at bonus time, the managers got larger payouts regardless of how poor the workforce was getting. I'd call that Toxic going to hostile in just a few weeks.
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THANK YOU so much for taking the time to make this video, I wish I saw this before I took action. I have a question about EEOC - what if 90 days expired, can I still sue for IIED, NIED, and /or wrongful termination since my complaint to EEOC did not mention these? thank you again
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My supervisor back in the old school butcher says held down a guy with some others to cut off what was described as a rat tail hairdo. Sounds like a Three Stooges moment something you wouldn’t be able to get away with today
2:28 severe pervasive
Is it normal that if you don't get fired, they will force you to quit?
Who does an HR person complain to if the owner of the company and her boss is the harasser?
Iam hooked on this videos
What if the business doesn’t have an HR?
My co worker files a sexual harassment against me but we went to mediation because he had no proof only words and no documents about how I am sexually harassing him instead I have proof that he and his friends (2 other females) plan this to get me scare and work in a hostile environment. He withdraw his sexual harrassment and I was not doing anything wrong. His word against mine. We both good workers. The other 2 friends are not my friends for the record.
If an employee is of a protected class, and their mistakes are judged more harshly and severely than that is a sign of discrimination. I.e. a black new employee is not properly trained or mentored. They make mistakes and they're deem to be "incompetent" and fired. Yet, when a white person makes same mistakes it's labeled as a "learning curve" or "We're only human. We all make mistakes". White employee gets support and mentorship that black employee never got.
Also, failure to promote an employee of a protected class but employer treats other employees differently. I.e. if everyone higher-up in leadership roles in the company is of same race, gender than that is a huge red flag that there is discrimination.
Stop being a victim.
Great video. I very very Respectfully ask if more content can be created on this subject please?
Is the.silent treatment by one co worker considered harassment. My boss hasn't done much if anything about this woman she ignores me when I ask her things about my job, and work with her. She's also screamed at me a couple of times and is a bossy domineering person
I was poisoned in a smoothie 3 times
What about personal security issues? Let's say you work in an IT department and they want a computer to be started under your user profile and left on under your profile 24/7. With that computer running under your user profile, any person can walk up to that computer and simply start any browser which automatically logs right into the company's HR site with your personal information that is meant for you only as it's also the way you can change your personal information. It will show how much you make per hour, where you live, your bank account, your list of contacts in case of emergency, phone number, etc. Someone could even change the bank account to where your check should be deposited too, your home address, phone number, make an HR complaint under your name. Like I said, all they have to do is open any browser on the computer to get your personal information or do nefarious actions. You have told the company that you don't want to do this unless they disable all browsers, they say that can't be done because they do not have the elevated privileges locally to make changes like that. You say have the Corporate IT log into the computer and make the changes and actually admitted they should not be running the computer this way and can not make that request. Then you say make an anonymous profile, but they say anonymous profiles can not be used on a computer per Corporate SOP. This is a very large company, actually the largest in the USA in this industry. How would one go about getting this personal security issue addressed without losing your job? Asking for a friend.
So who do you go to when your harrasser and abuser is hr and the head boss themselves???
This is also a state job where the individual started being singled out after a workplace injury
I Currently Work in hostile Job I've been Harrassed and discrimination I've Had several Meetings which I've Documented With Manager Nothing Is Being Done I'm The Only Woman In The Department Why Can I Do?
Eeh-motional damage...
@braniganrobertsonlaw Would retaliation for not showing favoritism to requested employees qualify? I was under the impression that that could be seen as discrimination to the other employees who did not receive the favoritism.
What if your boss likes to yell peoples names out in hopes of getting a reaction out of them like
Ohhh Artie
Ohh Milkey
Or just yells out Jayyyyyyy for the whole store to hear them be obnoxious every once in awhile?
Do you recommend quitting if your job stop paying you for 5 weeks on top of the harassment
That's crazy. Sorry to hear that. I can't answer that without a lot more info which would be inappropriate to gather on TH-cam. Generally, I don't recommend people quit unless they have a new job lined up or if the harassment is so severe it is harming the persons health. I recommend you watch my video on Constructive Termination, that will provide more general knowledge on whether or not you should quit. th-cam.com/video/BmODx2LBV1M/w-d-xo.html