Re: hostile environment, emotional distress, unethical, unre

More | Report Post

On 11/10/06, ken wrote:
> On 11/10/06, Terry wrote:
>> On 11/09/06, ken wrote:
>>> (this is about the retail industry)first, i was offered a
>>> full-time postion in 2nd interview then i called back to
>>> make sure i got the job. I then quit my other job
>>> immediately because of it. i am not full-time & will never
>>> be because of personal bias by management.
>>> second, hiring & promotion of negligence i have never
>>> missed a day worked when i was sick, but others who do not
>>> are offered & given full-time. also, those others have
>>> less experience in retail but they fraternize with the
>>> management.
>>> third, unrealistic expectations are asked that only a god
>>> or several people could do. i was told "you are not
>>> productive enough because 12 pallets should have been
>>> nothing for grocery to do"
>>> fourth, third shift workers are insulted and blamed for
>>> everything that goes wrong or that is not accomplished
>>> from sales to stock.
>>> fifth, being threatened by managemnet to work past my
>>> scheduled time or be coached then written up then fired.
>>> this i have heard has made workerd drop out of school go
>>> on academic probation or gpa suffered, etc.
>>> sixth, they claim to have an open door policy & a ethics
>>> policy. i have yet to see it work.
>>> hopefully someone can help do i have a legal recourse or
>>> should i just get another job (which i have been trying to
>>> do)
>>
>> Nothing in your post indicates that your employer has done
>> anything unlawful. What you describe does not even come
>> close to the legal definition of a hostile work
>> environment. If you're not happy where you are, then find
>> another job.
> so you are both saying fraud, emotional distress, threatening
> employees to wrok over schedule time, hiring/promotion of
> negligence is legal. however according to a website employee
> rights it is. of course this is unethical according to were
> ethics originates.

Yes, we are all saying your employer is not doing anything
illegal.

"however according to a website employee rights it is." No, any
policy statements your employer makes, even if they violate
them, doesn't make the employer's activities illegal.