I'm a Whistleblower for years I have been a victim of sexual harassment, discrimination, and wage theft.

18 Comments

1. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistDecember 22,2023 at 2:22AM UTC

   I'm really sorry to hear what you went through. No one should be treated that way.

   Congratulations on standing up for yourself! I'm sure it was a painful experience to go through but maybe you made it better for those still at your old company.

   And double congratulations for landing your new position where it sounds like they value their employees!

2. AnonymousDecember 22,2023 at 4:25AM UTC

   I’m fairly sure if your boss was a women there would be a challenge to his job. My advice, go for his job. Present your self as an alternative. At the worst you’ll be respected for taking your work seriously

3. AnonymousDecember 22,2023 at 1:59PM UTC

   Time and time again I’ve been a whistleblower and got terminated each time. I can’t afford an employment lawyer for the current situation and job.

4. AnonymousDecember 22,2023 at 2:59PM UTC

   Thank you for having the courage to stand up for your rights and fight to the successful conclusion you did. Nobody should have to endure this type of treatment for this long. I'm so sorry it took so long to reach the final disposition, and congratulations on moving on successfully.

5. AnonymousDecember 24,2023 at 2:00PM UTC

   I filed an EEOC Complaint for Discrimination Retaliation and Harassment and Bullying on my job. They haven’t fired me but reduced my part time hours of 20 per week to 10 for past 10 months immediately after filling EEOC Complaint. This week my hours reduced to 6 hours and next week 4 hours. I am waiting on my Letter from EEOC to find out whether or not I need an Attorney to sue this Big Corporation. I refuse to quit.

6. AnonymousDecember 24,2023 at 9:15PM UTC

   Keep fighting!!! Don't let your employer get away with it.

7. Janelle PruittDecember 25,2023 at 8:08PM UTC

   Thank you for the encouragement because it has been really rough! I know I will win!!

8. BarbaraDecember 27,2023 at 2:43PM UTC

   You could quit and file for unemployment. Your employer may deny you but you appeal it and show you quit for cause you will win

   plus,

   an investigation will be triggered along with the complaint with the EEOC. However, you really should talk to an attorney and not

   carey this weight on your own.

9. Janelle PruittDecember 27,2023 at 7:14PM UTC

   I didn’t know about quitting and filing unemployment! The EEOC has been investigating 8 months and the Senior Investigator has offered me remedies mid November and one of the remedies was for me to quit and get back pay with interest. I told her no because the GM and Servers continue to bully intimidate and harass me for me to continue documenting for my case! I haven’t gotten an Attorney selected yet because I want to see what EEOC determination letter says. I will NOT meet with Company lawyers and EEOC without an Attorney present.

10. StephanieDecember 27,2023 at 1:31PM UTC

    Quit, it’s a waste of the time you could be spending at another company.

11. AnonymousDecember 27,2023 at 1:35PM UTC

    That right there sounds like retaliation. You should be able to find a lawyer who can help you and you only pay a percentage of your settlement to them.

12. AnonymousDecember 25,2023 at 4:24PM UTC

    You are so courageous!

    Personally I just can’t afford it. I have been in rooms were men in executive roles just say the most horrendous things about how to handle a situation and I thought this was the norm for when you get at that level. But when I was direct and assertive about how to handle a situation I was regarded as a bitch and unkind.

    I have had my boss laugh to my face when I say something is wrong. So at this point I just gave up. The world will always be unfair to us because of our gender, so just take care of you first.

13. AnonymousDecember 26,2023 at 3:15PM UTC

    Hi! I am currently going through something similar. I was being harassed & bullied at my job to the point of my hair falling out, waking up in sweats / panic attacks and overall fearful about my job. Not sure how to proceed. But I want to fight back.

14. AnonymousDecember 26,2023 at 3:25PM UTC

    Start looking for something right away!
    The longer you stay the more they will mistreat you. Jobs like that want their employees to think that there are no other jobs out there that are better. There are many jobs but you will not find out unless you start looking.
    I know because I looked and found several! Know your worth! Sometimes it takes a while to figure out, especially in addition to being somewhat complacent, which can come from many different things. Step out on faith!

15. AnonymousDecember 27,2023 at 1:44PM UTC

    I was filmed without my permission. I am a teacher and my co-teacher set up a camera in the back of my room to film me. How long he was doing it or why is beyond me. I certainly wasn't doing anything wrong. A student tipped me off. My boss didn't think it was a big deal! I told my co-worker that if I ever saw that camera anywhere in the room I would smash it. He tried to pass it off as a "joke" but this guy was a creep. And that incident is only the tip of the iceberg. I should have gotten a lawyer but I was a single mom who desperately neeced the job.

16. Kristie WhiteDecember 27,2023 at 7:34PM UTC

    I worked for a VP of HR who was probably the worst manager I have ever encountered. You think that people in HR are supposed to know better and be trained to manage. But when a co-worker began harassing and bullying me because I whistleblew on her staff member for sabotaging my team, I got no respect, no support, and nothing but retaliation from my VP. I talked to EAP, my "friends", a personal therapist - all told me to leave. EAP knew she paid their bills and controlled their contract, so they never admitted to me that it wasn't my fault. Bad behavior can exist in all areas of an organization. I was also a single parent who struggled with what to do. I was a star performer the first year; the second when the bullying started - I was in tears every day, my office door was closed, and I couldn't remember anything and was missing meetings right and left. I left without a job and tried contract work for a while before I landed in a new job. I am so sorry for anyone that experiences this traumatic treatment at work. I am now a BIG advocate of management training and 360 feedback to keep managers accountable.

17. AnonymousDecember 28,2023 at 12:29AM UTC

    I had a predator of a boss who hired and preyed on women in their early twenties with little to no career experience (he was in his mid forties at the time. Married. With four kids). He was also part of the leadership team with four other men, who loved puffing their chest and making ridiculous misogynistic comments. Despite all the warning signs, I brushed a LOT of things off. One day, one of my reports confessed what my boss had done to her. It took a lot of courage for her to say something to me because she thought I would side with my boss. I didn't. Instead, I realized I couldn't ignore the blatant sexism and racism behaviors. The company didn't (and still doesn't) have an HR department. So, I reported the incident to the owners and I was terrified of getting fired. All they did was hire a lawyer to get my boss to sign some BS letter of acknowledgement. My boss didn't get fired. Everything remained the same. I left shortly after the fiasco and learned there were a lot of other young women that experienced similar things with my boss. The company practiced a lot other of toxic behaviors. I still have workplace trauma and struggle with trust. I'm working through it.

18. Janelle PruittDecember 29,2023 at 7:19PM UTC

    AMEN!! Thank you!!