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In reply to the discussion: AN UPDATE: Regarding the thread this morning about the use of the word "Negro" at work [View all]3Hotdogs
(15,802 posts)71. We re in agreement with this.
In this case, however, "No further action" is being carried over for a month or two. I don't care who the employee is. Now s/he has 45 days of anxiety. Probably not much anxiety, but still.
I'm 83 years old, so I ain't working nowhere for nobody. But I wish I was H.R. at that company. I would not reward somebody's stupidity with a cookie and "That's alright dear, we'll take care of it. We'll speak to ... and make sure this doesn't happen again"
AND, I wouldn't waste a vp's time on bullshit.
Of course, I wouldn't be H.R. for very long but I would go home with a smile on my face.
P.S., I was safety manager at the company I worked for. I do know about documenting stuff.
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AN UPDATE: Regarding the thread this morning about the use of the word "Negro" at work [View all]
tcfrogs
Oct 2025
OP
Some people are just too senitive... especially in a rock solid case like this.
WarGamer
Oct 2025
#1
Sara and the VP need to take a field trip to Walmart and see if they can get a discount on the purchase of
3Hotdogs
Oct 2025
#33
I disagree. When something that assholic is the subject of a complaint, the official
3Hotdogs
Oct 2025
#59
Some white people can use the word "negro" innocently, while others can say it with a tone of voice
FakeNoose
Oct 2025
#46
Actually I think the N-word is a racist variation of the word 'negro'...
Jack Valentino
Oct 2025
#61
The fact that the complainant threatened further action, after the context was explained, suggests
Bev54
Oct 2025
#79
I would be unsurpised if it were a white person who'd been reprimanded in the past
AZJonnie
Oct 2025
#40
CYA means HR is covering their company's butt legally by "holding on to" the paperwork
ms liberty
Oct 2025
#58
This awful situation reminds me of an episode of "Blackish" nearly a decade ago. . .
kevinbgoode1
Oct 2025
#57
Sorry this person got offended, and made a complaint about to HR about you, who
electric_blue68
Oct 2025
#66
i was at dept of navy specing sonar transducers from a company called "massa teledyne"
rampartd
Oct 2025
#76
Yeah I read a few years ago about someone who used the word 'niggling' in conversation
PatrickforB
Oct 2025
#86