Ashley Furniture Murder (San Antonio, Anton: transfer to, store, rated)

[andrwcx]

So this 27 year old woman was shot there almost 2 weeks ago.

She was a manager there. She was shot by another manager there.

She reported harassment to upper management long before he killed her.

It is documented, and they did nothing for her.

There was no video footage, as there are no cameras in the store. No kidding.

He shot her with a gun borrowed from another Ashley employee.

After talking with some employees, it turns out that the place has a reputation for the wild stuff that goes on inside, to include hard core partying even sexual in nature. Wide spread, and well known.

I'm angry at these people at Ashley, and their futile attempt at damage control, by having reps hold a "candlelight vigil" for the victim, as well as having representation at the viewing and funeral.

I know business is business, and morality isn't always a priority. I can accept that.

But I'm losing sleep at the loss of a special person and the shameful behavior of a seemingly reputable company.

Why does it seem like I'm the only one who knows anything about this?

[andrwcx]

Deadly timeline emerges - San Antonio Express-News

[Hedgehog_Mom]

I'm sorry that you lost a friend.

It sounds like you're lashing out at Ashley Furniture because you're angry about your loss. I don't know what they could have done to prevent it, a business is not the parent of its employees and really can't control who they date.

I heard about the murder from a vendor who services that store, the day it happened, and he said that everyone was talking about how some guy came in and shot his girlfriend...from what he heard from the store employees it didn't sound like an employee being harassed by a coworker, the alleged murder and the victim had more of a personal relationship going on than that.

[Mom2Feebs]

Procedure aside, where is the personal responsibility here? Why is this Ashley Furniture's fault? Do we have the whole story? Nope.

[L210]

We don't have the full story, but I will say in any situation, the employer has an obligation to deal with harassment complaints. An employer should not tolerate an employee (especially a manager) harassing any other employee. If the allegations are true, he should have been fired. If the victim really felt like she was in danger, she could have tried to get a restraining order and escalated her complaint to human resource at the corporate level.

Where I work, when an employee complains about an estranged spouse or significant other that doesn't even work for the company, that person is banned from the property.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

Originally Posted by L210

Where I work, when an employee complains about an estranged spouse or significant other that doesn't even work for the company, that person is banned from the property.

These were both employees at that location though.

[L210]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom

These were both employees at that location though.

I know which makes it even more of a reason for the company to do something about it. If companies won't tolerate possible harassment from people who may not even come onto the property, they definitely shouldn't tolerate harassment from employees who will be on the property.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

But if two coworkers are dating and then break up, should the company have to get involved?

I've known women who considered the fact that their ex-boyfriends were still breathing harassment. If both of these people were managers at the store, why should one have to find a different job or transfer to another store just because they broke up?

If he was threatening her or being violent, then yes, the store should have taken steps to keep him away from her...but I haven't read anything indicating something like that. There was a restraining order against him that was filed by a different woman several years ago, but I don't know how the employer or even the current ex-girlfriend would have known about that.

[mco65]

Originally Posted by andrwcx

So this 27 year old woman was shot there almost 2 weeks ago.

She was a manager there. She was shot by another manager there.

She reported harassment to upper management long before he killed her.

It is documented, and they did nothing for her.

There was no video footage, as there are no cameras in the store. No kidding.

He shot her with a gun borrowed from another Ashley employee.

After talking with some employees, it turns out that the place has a reputation for the wild stuff that goes on inside, to include hard core partying even sexual in nature. Wide spread, and well known.

I'm angry at these people at Ashley, and their futile attempt at damage control, by having reps hold a "candlelight vigil" for the victim, as well as having representation at the viewing and funeral.

I know business is business, and morality isn't always a priority. I can accept that.

But I'm losing sleep at the loss of a special person and the shameful behavior of a seemingly reputable company.

Why does it seem like I'm the only one who knows anything about this?

Sorry for your loss but you seem to be more angry at the company than you are the person who actually pulled the trigger!?

[L210]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom

But if two coworkers are dating and then break up, should the company have to get involved?

I've known women who considered the fact that their ex-boyfriends were still breathing harassment. If both of these people were managers at the store, why should one have to find a different job or transfer to another store just because they broke up?

If he was threatening her or being violent, then yes, the store should have taken steps to keep him away from her...but I haven't read anything indicating something like that. There was a restraining order against him that was filed by a different woman several years ago, but I don't know how the employer or even the current ex-girlfriend would have known about that.

If she is complaining about harassment at work, then yes. Regardless of past relationships, no employees should be harassing each other at work. If he was harassing her or anyone else at work, he should have been reprimanded and then fired if the behavior didn't stop. It has nothing to do with who used to date who. Harassment at work should not be tolerated, period. If he wasn't harassing her, then he wouldn't have to be transferred. If she did complain about harassment, I doubt she did it just because he was breathing considering that he ended up murdering her and he had a restraining order filed against him in the past. All harassment complaints should be taken seriously or you could end up with situations like this where the woman was murdered at work.