A must-read for anyone who thinks workplace relationships aren't problematic. (family, American)
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It's very difficult for a plaintiff to win these cases. Proving discrimination is very hard to do. The EEOC won't take a case unless it's a slam dunk; then you're on your own and need to cough up a retainer fee to pay a lawyer. Something a lot of recently fired people can't afford to do. Even if they can afford it, it can be hard to win their case.
No. Proving discrimination is as easy as tying shoelaces nowadays. And the EEOC isn't so picky. It doesn't have to be. Not when so many knuckleheaded businesses & ignorant employers give them open-shut cases on silver platters & lined in red velvet rope.
Case in point > Mod cut.
Even if it were that's what private lawyers are for. All one needs to do is find an employment attorney.
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A woman at my last place of work slept with all the bosses we had. Me too be darned. Women f#k up the food chain today as they did before the age of feminism. And there are plenty of unscathed men to engage in sex for benefits transactions. The way she speaks about her kids I doubt that poor husband of hers sired any of them.
I know a pharmacist who wanted to date his pharm tech. so he laid her off. Once she was no longer working with him, he asked her out. They are still a happy couple.
The McDonald's CEO was fired for having a consensual relationship with a co-worker. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/b...ceo-fired.html
These kinds of workplace romances are becoming more unacceptable at many companies and not just with management. Every company I've worked for strongly discourages inter-office relationships of this kind.
This is a warning to be careful how you conduct yourself at work because what was once accepted or even encouraged could now get anyone in trouble or even terminated.
It is never a good idea to seek out co-workers for romantic relationships. You go to work to do the jobs you are assigned, not to fish in the company pond.
I've worked at my company for nearly 20 yrs, for a large corporation. I assure you, no one, here, cares if you date a co-worker. No one. We have NO policies on it. But then again...we're not hiring 16 yr olds. We're hiring adults.
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I know a pharmacist who wanted to date his pharm tech. so he laid her off. Once she was no longer working with him, he asked her out. They are still a happy couple.
This would highlight EXACTLY why there are different rules for superiors for dating coworkers.
No. Proving discrimination is as easy as tying shoelaces nowadays. And the EEOC isn't so picky. It doesn't have to be.
It's obvious you know nothing about the EEOC or federal discrimination lawsuits. I do have experience in this area so i know a lot about it. The EEOC does have to be picky about what cases they take, because they don't want to waste time, money and resources on cases that will likely fail. So they actually do have to be picky.
Proving discrimination is very difficult as it often requires proving "intent" which can be near impossible.
"The success rate for cases of discrimination filed is dismal; only two percent of plaintiffs win at trial. That is after 19 percent of the cases were dismissed. Half or 50 percent have early settlements, 18 percent of the cases are lost on summary judgment and 8 percent of the cases have a late settlement"
Hmmm...if proving discrimination was as easy as you claim it is, the success rates for those lawsuits wouldn't be "dismal".
Hearing in the media about a particular discrimination lawsuit that is won, doesn't mean all of the lawsuits are being won. Or that even a vast majority are won. As you can see, the vast majority are not won.
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I've worked at my company for nearly 20 yrs, for a large corporation. I assure you, no one, here, cares if you date a co-worker. No one. We have NO policies on it. But then again...we're not hiring 16 yr olds. We're hiring adults.
Well then your company is different than all the companies I worked for, and I'm 58 with a lot of experience in the corporate world.
I can assure you most large companies frown on this practice these days, even among co-workers dating each other. Not all of them outright forbid it but it's still looked down on by HR and management.
One of the reasons is to prevent so-called adults from behaving like hormone-crazed 16 year-olds.
Even at laissez-faire companies like yours it's still not a good idea to get too personal with your peers for lots of reasons. You go to work to be productive, not reproductive.
I've worked at my company for nearly 20 yrs, for a large corporation. I assure you, no one, here, cares if you date a co-worker. No one. .
They shouldn't care, because it's not their business anyway. In a lot of European countries it's very acceptable for co-workers to date each other. I don't know why American businesses try so hard to control what their workers do in their private lives.
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