boss has "special relationship" with my young coworker Written by lvsunshine on 08/28/2011My married 40 year old soccer mom with 2 young kids female boss seems to have has a special relationship with my male 21 year old gang banger Mexican co worker. And no I'm not sterotyping - I'm treated to the stories of his thug life but I'm kind lost if they really are that dumb. Sex with a subbordinate is against policy. Is it a joke or is it real? It upsets me either way.

He acts like he owns the place now. She pets his hair and grabs his waist at work!. He is never disciplined and he feels the rules don't apply to him.
She hired him. Then she hired his friend who has no qualifications for a mid manager job. The person how "oversees" his day to day work is is friend.

The whole thing makes me infuriated!

I need to leave. And leave these people to their own demise. Just need to build up my p.t.o and get my parachute together then I'm outta there.

Whold go to h.r. but they are in managements pocket. They are the devil and are counter productive.

Can I sue for sexual harassment if I am a victim of my bosses advances on my coworker?

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Posted by econobiker on 08/29/2011:
Could be a couple of things: She could be his special physical friend because she is feeling her 40ish "cougar" oats or he could be her supplier of special pharmaceuticals and she got him the job to help pay for those.

Posted by Spincter Detector on 08/29/2011:
I just finished a course on Respect in the Workplace, and it included a section especially about this type of harrassment, whereby you yourself are not being sexually harrassed but are uncomfortable by the sexual overtones, undertones or demonstrations of ofther coworkers or management. This also constitutes harrassment since sexual jokes, intimidation or other refereces are prohbited by company policy and federal HR mandates. So, if you think you need to quite because of all this 'overexposure', that is ripe for a lawsuite. Yes, it is prosecutable and if you walk into your HR departmenet and request to file a formal complaint, they will have no choice but to address it with the manger becuase the next step is federal and if you've filed a complaint internally, you are positoned for a lawsuite if your company does not address it or attempts to intimidate you or fire you for squeeling. You're covered every way. Do not put up with this nonsense, and fight for the rights that other people faught so hard for you to have!

Posted by lvsunshine on 08/31/2011:
Update: He didn't show up to work Monday (a no call no show). His "special friend" manager is on vacation with her family. The vice president got the calls about no one to man the outlet. 50.50 chance if he will be disciplined.

Posted by Auntie AB on 10/05/2011:
Yikes! This sounds like a TEXAS workplace!!! Eeeek! The ugly day hab I worked at until 2.5 years ago was rampant with this type of behavior. The boss (an in the closet Anglo lesbian) was having an open affair with a Hispanic female subordinate. We all saw it and had to work around it. Wouldn't have bothered me EXCEPT that the boss openly disdained and mistreated those of us who were non-Hispanic and over 40. Those workers who were Hispanic of ALL AGES? They were given SPECIAL treatments (2 hour lunches and no charge for vacations). The rest of us? We couldn't even take bathroom breaks, or get a bite to eat or even go to the water fountain for a drink. In the end? I went to EEOC here in San Antonio and was told I had "no case" because this is ALLOWED in an "at will employment" state (Texas/Alabama). Basically the boss/HR can do what they damn well please! GUARANTEED...the gangbanger will NOT be disciplined and the cougar and he will continue their "lovely" relationship again for ALL TO SEE!

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