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What do you do when a supervisor is continually harassing you in retaliation to you reporting them previously?
Asked by beabarney88
My supervisor was reported more then once for harassing me on the job. However, this supervisor layed low for a while and was nice for a minute. Which I did not fall for in the beginning. Now the pretend niceness has wore off and the supervisor is back to harassing me while trying to make the harassment look ligit. What should be done?
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Record everything, emails, talk etc. Write down a log and write what happened each time, immediately after it happened, so your memory is clear. Record the time and date as well. Set up a cam to record his/her actions without his/her knowing, if (s)he's coming into your cube/office and harassing you.
If it is as you say, then it shouldn't take long to pull together enough material to get him/her fired or to support a lawsuit.
Report his/her actions upwards and to HR regularly, so they know this isn't going away. Produce the log later if they aren't taking you seriously. If that gets you nowhere, talk to a lawyer.
I can't emphasize enough.. Keep records! A paper trail will be needed by any company to support an action. HR will understand well enough that complaining emails constitute a record that they were informed and they will be on the hook in court for doing nothing if it gets that far and they've done nothing.
Time spent as a manager in a large corporation, dealing with this sort of thing.
Answered by anotherbsdparent
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Get Human Resources involved, if there is one at that place of business. If not, go over the supervisor's head and have a short, specific talk with the person above them.
Answered by Elaine M
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Report them again. Get the big bosses involved!!! Call the corporate office.
Answered by Kmmv
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