All Forums >> Love Corner >> Relationship Issues

[UPDATE] My [23F] coworker [early 30’s M] is making me uncomfortable but I’m not sure if it’s a big (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
21-Jun-18 9:00 pm
[UPDATE] My [23F] coworker [early 30’s M] is making me uncomfortable but I’m not sure if it’s a big deal?

Original post here
So my first post really didn’t get much attention but after posting here and talking to my family and 2 trusted coworkers (Supervisor and Male Coworker) I decided to report the Creepy Coworker to HR.
I started by emailing my Supervisor since she’d pulled me aside that one time to assure me that I can talk to her if something was bothering me. I outlined everything I’d said in my last post (the soup incident and the skinny dipping incident were emphasized) and basically ended it by saying “I just want this documented in case the new (female) interns are also uncomfortable this summer while I’m goneâ€. She called me when she read the email since she was out in the field and wanted to make sure I was okay and wanted to pursue this.
She forwarded that email to the on-site HR lady and Creepy Coworker’s manager. I sent that email on a Friday and on Tuesday, CC’s (male) manager pulled me aside to apologize for CC’s behavior and to say that I shouldn’t have to deal with something like that in the workplace, which I really appreciated.
HR lady called me into her office on Wednesday, to file an official report. She Skyped with the HR lady at our headquarters since on-site HR lady has only been with the company for a month so I knew it was important if she was getting HQ staff involved. Supervisor and Male Coworker also shared their 2 cents with HR lady about Creepy Coworker’s behavior with me since an investigation officially opened up after my report. I also heard through the grapevine that it had made its way up the totem pole to the new CEO, who was not happy with Creepy Coworker at all.
Male Coworker called me last week to say Creepy Coworker ended up getting fired last Monday and while me reporting him was the final nail in the coffin, he’d had scuffles with other coworkers in the past and the only person protecting him had been the old CEO who just stepped down this year.
Apparently Creepy Coworker had tried to spin his own version of events as to why HR was investigating him. He told a few people that he’d offered to take all the interns out for lunch and I’d declined (referencing the lunch incident back in September when I was the only intern working there...) and that I’d blown it out of proportion. The people he told talked to Male Coworker and said that didn’t make much sense and didn’t sound like me. After he was fired, the CEO made everyone take a sexual harassment class that we were apparently lacking, so that’s pretty cool too.
I’m honestly grateful that I got to keep my job, my reputation wasn’t ruined at work since it pretty much stayed within the top level execs, and how quickly and seriously it was taken when I wasn’t even sure if it was a reportable offense.
tldr; Creepy Coworker got fired, woo!
Edit: oh my god this completely blew up! Thank you to everyone who said I did the right thing or were just encouraging in general :) I hope this inspired some people to come forward about their own weird coworkers as well.


Source.

 

 

 
 
Quick reply:

[Smilies]

RULES:
  • Be respectful at all times.
  • Be mature and act like an adult.
  • Respect different points of view.
  • Discuss ideas, not specific users.
  • Don't get personal.
  • No profanity.
  • No drama.
  • No thread hijacking.
  • No trolling.
  • No spamming.
  • No soliciting.
  • No duplicate posting.
  • No posting in the wrong section.
  • No posting of contact information.
  • Be welcoming to new users.
Repeated violations of the above will result in increasing temporary bans from the forum and an eventual permanent ban from the site. Basically, just be friendly and neighborly and all will be well.
Similar threads:
Top
Home
Give us feedback!

Login:

* Username:

* Password:

 Remember me


Forgot?