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Harassment/hostile work environment
- Thread Starter daftone
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cbg
Super Moderator
No.
A "hostile work environment" does not mean that your boss is mean, aggressive or rude. It means that you are being subjected to unwelcome conduct that is based in a characteristic protected by law. It means the REASON you are being treated badly is due to your race, religion, national origin etc. What you have described isn't even close.
A "hostile work environment" does not mean that your boss is mean, aggressive or rude. It means that you are being subjected to unwelcome conduct that is based in a characteristic protected by law. It means the REASON you are being treated badly is due to your race, religion, national origin etc. What you have described isn't even close.
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army judge
Super Moderator
An email is the representation of words and/or phrases.
An email isn't alive, or even animated.
An email is a collection of thoughts, ideas, dos, don'ts.
You may dislike the phrases and/or words used, others may not notice, or even care.
If you're a snowflake, a tender seedling, or a fluffy little duckling; you can resign and find more suitable employment.
Strangers unfamiliar with your employer, workplace, etc... don't have the ability to judge you or your superior.
There are always options and choices that only YOU can choose.
Think it all over, then choose wisely.
May you live long and prosper, citizen.
adjusterjack
Super Moderator
Seriously? Both my children grew up hearing the words "This will not be tolerated" on a fairly regular basis...never did they consider it "hostile".
army judge
Super Moderator
Those exact words were regularly used by my parents.
Years later, my wife and I uttered the same phrase when correcting our children.
Our children revealed reluctantly that the same phrase was invoked as a corrective measure on our grandchildren.
Funny how the tried and true is deployed decade after decade.
If it works, and it does, use it.
zddoodah
Well-Known Member
Your allegation that the "email was aggressive" is a conclusory allegation that is meaningless without factual context. As far as the use of "this will not be tolerated," supervisors say things like that to their underlings all the time. Absent any real context, whether you or I or anyone else would consider the email to be "hostile" is irrelevant to anything.
But I don't want to resign. I work for the government and your taxes pay for me to do nothing all day.
army judge
Super Moderator
I spent 35 years as a soldier in the US Army.
You are free to do whatever you decide.
You would be very wise to take advice only from people you know and trust.
Well, apparently your lazy attitude will not be tolerated so our tax dollars won't be paying you for much longer.
It sounds to me like your boss is building a case against you to terminate you for cause. It can be done for government employees, though it takes time and a decent amount of documentation such as the email you received.
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