Re: Are we just secretaries?

[Annamaria Profit <inteltek -at- erols -dot- com>]

Dick,

Actually, again, it depends on the state you work in.  Harassment laws
in some states include verbal abuse, if it is documented, and occurs
more than five times.  So just being a nasty manager and routinely
screaming at employees is prosecutable.  However, in Delaware for
example, the definitions are not so inclusive.


> --- Dick Margulis <dmargulis -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> > You can't be serious. Im not a woman (last time I
> > checked), and I've worked for bosses who yelled
> > virtually the same sentences at me. It's a sign of
> > an
> > insecure, underqualified manager. It has nothing to
> > do
> > with discrimination based on sex, sexual harassment,
> > or anything else that is illegal. It's just bad
> > behavior, plain and simple.
>
-- 

Annamaria Profit
E-mail: inteltek -at- erols -dot- com
URL: http://www.erols.com/inteltek

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