I agree with Cat Jones. If your boss is in the habit of making offensive remarks, I’d get a bunch of your coworkers together, document the daylights out of it and go to HR as a group. They may be able to dismiss one person as a case of “he said; she said” or say she’s making a mountain out of a molehill. If you can show he makes a habit of being rude and offensive, you should all have a lot more credibility. It’s been my experience that, when it comes to people like this, there are often a lot of people who’d like to see something done about him or her. All they’re waiting for is someone to do something. Isn’t it about time it got started?
This actually happened last year - me and two other girls complained because of various discriminatory/sexual comments he had made, and a couple profs complained to his supervisor as well b/c every time they called him with questions he would hide behind his voicemail and either never return their calls, or make me relay messages to them. Again he was able to use his gift of gab to slither out of shit creek. He didn’t get off scot-free, but he got a little slap on the wrist and I hear his yearly review wasn’t so fantastic. I’m hoping one of these days he’ll get caught doing something really bad so they can fire his ass on the spot.
I love it that you’re going to get to go to the conference with your group. You should get someone to videotape it for you, and when you see him next offer him the tape.
::SCL is a bitch::
Document. Have witness document. Talk amongst yourselves, and everytime you hear this jerkoff say something offensive, be it to you or another worker, document it. Get a mountain of material and go to HR. If they refuse to act, go to the press.
184.2 (1) A person may intercept, by means of any electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device, a private communication where either the originator of the private communication or the person intended by the originator to receive it has consented to the interception and an authorization has been obtained pursuant to subsection (3).
Actually, according to the statute, not only is a judge’s authorization required, but the application for that authorization must come from a peace officer.
So, the OP would have to go to the cops, explain her situation, and then the cops would have to swear out an affidavit and present it to the judge before an interception could be authorized.
You suggest that this “should not be a problem.” I’d be interested to know upon what you base this assumption. An unsubstantiated allegation from a single member of the public seems pretty shaky grounds for such an interception, i would think.
I’m not trying to minimize the OP’s plight, or to excuse the conduct of her boss. I’m just saying that, based on the wording of the statues, i would be rather surprised if authorizations to intercept communications were so easy to come by.
Yikes. Looks like I’m going to have to do some serious work to get him found out.
If HR was only dependable this wouldn’t be a worry…one of my co-workers went to them awhile ago because her boss was referring to her and her other female co-workers as “Bitches and Ho’s”…to their FACES! :eek: and, stealing store product on top of that! My co-worker presented proof to HR and everything…and it was the same deal as with my boss. Slap on the wrist, “Now don’t you do that again.”…Unbelieveable. :mad:
Sometimes I wonder if they just don’t fire them b/c of the hassle of having to train somebody new.
You and your co-workers need to lean harder on HR.
If your boss is creating an environment that is making you uncomfortable while you do your job, that’s harrassment. A “slap on the wrist” isn’t enough. There must be a Canadian equivalent of the ACLU. See if you can get them to help you. This asshole shouldn’t go unpunished.
You and your fellow employees need to make a concerted effort to make this guy’s work environment a living hell. See if you can make him quit. Take it on as sort of a project; whoever’s working when he finally storms out gets taken out for dinner by the rest of the employees. It’s a contest! GAME ON!
“Sorry, paleface. Mighty Eagle needs me.”
Regarding the legality of you recording stuff, the previously linked page also has this to say:
Is it reasonable for him to expect that no one will hear what he says to you in the office? No idea. This is probably one of those things they teach you in law school.
This idea has promise. But some people are surprisingly tenacious. Annoying little fuckwits like this never quit. They know their chances of getting away with the same behavior somewhere new is slim. I would guess he will stick it out there until he gets a job offer he cannot afford to pass up or until he’s fired.
I cannot believe how terribly your HR department is handling all of this. Have you all considered going to HR en masse and telling them if he isn’t fired you will all quit? Or do you not all have problems with him?
Definitely document the things that he does. I cannot stress that point enough. It will help if you have records of dates, times and things he’s done/said.
Not everyone has a problem with him. I wasn’t kidding when I said he has a real gift for talking his way out of things. He can also talk his way into things. He could charm the birds from the trees if he wished. There’s a lot of people whose eyes he’s got the wool completely pulled over.
You’d think though, that they’d suspect that there’s something wrong with a 27 year old guy who makes 50k a year, has his own flashy car and designer clothes, but STILL lives with mommy and daddy. One of my co-workers is friends with a girl who used to shudder date him, and I’ve had some stories passed on to me from that. Mommy still buys his groceries and cooks for him, and he doesn’t even pay rent! And the porn collection I mentioned? You know those big CD binders you can get that hold a few hundred CDs each? Apparently he has three of those…full. So you’ve got: Guy with full-time job making plenty of money, still nursed by parents, huge porn collection. HIGH creep factor.
That aside, I have started putting down in writing every incident that happens, even if it’s small. At least that way if something really bad happens I’ll at least have some convincing documentation, if not proof.
