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In reply to the discussion: As an aside I have three female employees who not only voted for Trump [View all]Kaleva
(36,489 posts)269. Sure it affects them.
Last edited Tue Oct 31, 2017, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)
Note how they interact at the workplace. OP talks to the others in a hushed voice. His relationship with the three is in his own words, caustic and OP in return has no respect for them as shown clearly by how he talks about them in private.
I wish I could say more but it may be construed ad an attack on a fellow member but I think he could benefit from management leadership training.
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As an aside I have three female employees who not only voted for Trump [View all]
PCIntern
Oct 2017
OP
Don't worry, I'm sure they are not bright enough to know their classical music. Even one that famous
kerry-is-my-prez
Oct 2017
#35
Its not nice to do that but I don't think she took advantage of "superior" position.
LiberalLovinLug
Oct 2017
#283
There's a certain expectation in a work environment and being taunted for political opinion is wrong
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#4
He is clear on his political stance. He understand theirs. He called them out and taunted.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#14
It is inappropriate for a work environment. That simple. I don't understand why you do not get that
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#20
Just like sexually harassing employee is wrong. Taunting employees making environment uncomfortable
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#55
I figured you'd go there. OP didn't sexually harass them. He whistled a song.
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#85
What employer is going to allow this environment and call himself professional?
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#90
I might agree with you, but I find your claim that this is equivalent to sexual harassment
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#94
I didn't say it was equivalent. You did. Like harassment of any kind, it is wrong.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#97
It is not equating it the same level, but equating harassment as wrong. We get sexual harassment is
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#107
I have zero tolerance for false equivalencies, especially when the end result is trivializing sexual
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#112
I have zero tolerance for people with an agenda only hearing what they want to hear,
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#118
Harassing sexually, bad. Harassing in other manners, good. Ok. I was taught differently.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#133
I didn't not say sexual harassment was equal to this type harassment either. Doesn't seem to matter
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#170
A little taste of your own medicine, perhaps? Hyperbole is apparently fine when yr using it against
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#261
So now you're insinuating I'm in favor of threatening and abusive work environments?
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#268
No. I am stating my position as an employer. Do keep playing the game. I see you doing it thru out
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#274
I had a genuinely abusive boss. Poster claiming whistling a song is the same as sexual harassment
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#264
I am so sorry you had to go through that. That you were subjected to that makes us all here angry.
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#267
Got caught up in his own OTT hyperbolic nonsense, now he's trapped in it and is super defensive
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#153
I just knew someone would be upset about this...they are lucky he didn't fire them for being so
adigal
Oct 2017
#167
So, you would fire someone with differing political views, or because you told them not to discuss
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#174
I'm being somewhat snarky, but really, I wouldn't want such stupid women who can't think critically
adigal
Oct 2017
#177
As an owner, I feel that tone I set is about creating a positive environment that will serve
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#183
Personally I made it a policy for myself to never discuss religion, politics or any hot button issue
Kaleva
Oct 2017
#25
When living in a fucking red state, it is a matter of eating or not. Wow.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#74
Right. It makes work really lousy, right? As Democrats, we expect and work hard for more.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#176
I do not believe any employee should have to live that way. I have worked in red most all my life
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#190
He took advantage of power and position to taunt employees. I am astounded.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#76
I can't believe you're being so rigid about this, when it's clear he was being *chipper*
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2017
#157
He knew what he was doing. They knew what he was doing. I have never gotten this pretending stuff.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#194
I think you do get the "pretending stuff." I think you get it very, very well indeed.
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#240
Being professional and a comfortable environment for all employees is being a snowflake?
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#93
Then as an employER it is his responsibility to address the employees not being professional
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#100
I agree. He didn't even mention politics. Just asked them if they were okay. This is flat out loony.
octoberlib
Oct 2017
#152
Ask yourself why you think anyone would even recognize the whistled Chopin? I sure wouldn't. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#149
And how would you expect them to prove his intent? All they would even know is that
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#154
On a message board they almost certainly don't read, using a screen name they won't recognize. nt
pnwmom
Oct 2017
#166
I was taught how to be a manager, that served me well as an owner, from an excellent mentor.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#193
Exactly. This is what being a manager is. I would handle it exactly the same way.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#198
You behave inappropriately and people didn't pat you on the back for it. Then you cuss them out.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#22
Employers have a responsibility. If this happened to a Dem, from a Repub
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#57
Doesn't make him right. What would happen if friends gently told him, wrong.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#78
I have worked in workplaces where people got away with nasty political comments.
cwydro
Oct 2017
#291
I think if it wasn't ok to do then you wouldn't of done it. I like how everybody
Kirk Lover
Oct 2017
#30
Managers are the responsible party. Tis their job and an hostile environment falls on owner or
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#309
As a former employer, you are right. If they speak out and continue to do so, If they were to be
Jim Beard
Oct 2017
#36
To all the naysayers, from me: Jebus, people, lighten up. You act like you never met PCIntern before
Hekate
Oct 2017
#28
Sounds like the few employees themselves created an "uncomfortable" atmosphere for everyone else
Hekate
Oct 2017
#65
Reading down the thread, are you as amazed as I am with the complicity? We wonder how Republicans
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#80
I have not met him, but I do know when a boss taunted me day after election, it made me physically
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#72
Go back and read the OP. You are spewing nonsense based on your personal trigger.
Hekate
Oct 2017
#163
I disagree with you. I think the OP makes his intent clear addressing the employees and what
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#165
There has been a large portion of women who voted against themselves in my town
Jim Beard
Oct 2017
#45
PCIntern says he's been taunted and lectured by the three for close to a year now
Kaleva
Oct 2017
#50
No. What do you do as an employer? Sit there ass down and tell them no politics,
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#87
He bragged about making the environment uncomfortable for his employees.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#111
This was harassment in a work environment. If embellished, then we were all played.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#123
A friend of mine was actually forced out of her job due to political differences.
Lisa0825
Oct 2017
#132
I didn't talk politics or religion or discuss hot button issues at work or with my family.
Kaleva
Oct 2017
#119
I equally cannot believe a single Dem would encourage an hostile work environment for employees.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#104
Someone I went to grade school with just posted this from Trey Gowdy's Facebook.
greatauntoftriplets
Oct 2017
#99
Republicans do that. We all need to stick together whether counter to our core beliefs. Like a safe
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#136
I would not treat my employees this way. I feel a greater responsibility to them. That simple.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#146
I am ashamed of every single one of you who breathlessly stepped up to condemn this man.
mreilly
Oct 2017
#156
I love this! I can see being shocked, but it seems they knew in their hearts that he was guilty...
C Moon
Oct 2017
#188
Sex was the other one. I was thinking earlier today, and had religion and politics.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
#201
I think you should let events take their course. A time will come when most people who voted Trump
Doodley
Oct 2017
#228
Now that you mention it, some of the trumpets at work were unusually manic....
lindysalsagal
Oct 2017
#231
You can always reassure them it's really not so bad. All his friends will be in prison, too.
Vinca
Oct 2017
#237
Very unprofessional behavior. HR should whack your hand, at the very least. n/t
MrModerate
Oct 2017
#244
I retired recently from a hospital that has a religious affiliation. During the Obama years,
japple
Oct 2017
#293
You know, I'd like to take this opportunity to respectfully remind everyone,
PatrickforO
Oct 2017
#302