Hostile Work Environment
yappytrap
3 Posts
I work for a very high energy company. We are an organization with higher turnover than most here in Indiana. We recently hired an employee who likes to make racial slurs and remarks in front of his new coworkers. I am not sure why he does this but being a person of "color" I was offended by these remarks. I advised my manager that I felt attacked and was offended. I went home that evening and the issue continued to bother me. I do not feel like my issues are ever taken seriously. My manager never turned in my report of a hostile work environment furthermore discouraged me to go to HR. What recourse do I have? What can I do? Should I seek counsel?
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What's a "high energy company"? Just wondering. I assume you are not in HR from what you say. Inappropriate remark(s) were made, you were offended, you spoke with your manager about it, you were subsequently basically ignored with an admonition to go no further with it. That's crap (pardon me). You should proceed immediately to HR and make your report there. If 'he likes to make racial slurs and remarks in front of coworkers', then you will certainly have others come forward in the investigation who confirm your report and surely action will be taken. If your HR person does not ask you who are others who you think have heard similar remarks, then you should volunteer that information. If the perpetrator is a new employee, then he apparently doesn't have other incidents in his file. Nevertheless, I personally think that if there are others who collaborate your report and he has persisted in making racial remarks, and it was not a one time off the cuff remark that did cease, he is history. A company should neither WANT him employed nor can it afford to KEEP him employed. If the company keeps him, the company should have enough sense to figure out that 'this' is just the tip of the iceberg he will become for the company.
Good Luck!
If you feel your concerns are not being addressed properly, then you can certainly pursue a Human Affairs/EEOC complaint.
I am going to HR but HR tends to slack in that department in my company. I have a background in HR but I wanted to make sure the consencus was there. I did talk to the said employee and he never once apologized but on another recent occassion asked me more detailed questions about hte race of another person. I almost think that this guys has no clue that what he says is wrong, especially in the work place. I am bothered by this and would like for the issue to be address but I am not sure what the outcome will be. The good news is that my current employer nor can that employee retaliate, correct?
I am not a person looking to sue anyone but I also do not want race to be an issue in my job. This person had no idea I was a person of color (Which I guess is to my favor)until I told them what they said was wrong. I would hope that color would not be the issue at hand. He down right offended me, period!
High energy company you ask...just a term for a very open organization, casual, ecclectic, but fun! We get the job done.
I really appreciate your answers and please offer more information if you can. I am willing to read any ones thoughts on the isse.
Thanks!!!