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Goku01

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Hi I live in Texas and I am extremely frustrated with my workplace and supervisor. I reported to my supervisor that a fellow coworker had used profanity towards me infront of other workers. My supervisor informed me that it would not happen again and had a talk with him. Well this happened two other times after that first incident with the same coworker. Today it happened again with a different coworker. She referred to me in a profane word as I was leaving the office building. When I asked her if she just called me a ...(vulgar word), she told me to just leave. I had an incident with her prior to todays, where she didn't use any profanity but made a snide remark about me. I let my superviser know about that incident as well. Today he said, "Didn't she make a remark towards you before?", I said yes and he said that he would speak to her and that what he will do is confidential and couldn't tell me how he was going to handle it. I feel that I am being harassed and my supervisor is not doing anything to help. What can I do to keep this from becoming an even bigger problem. I am getting really stressed from the whole situation. I always handle myself in a professional manner but it is becoming a little difficult when this kind of conduct is not being dealt with. Can you please help me. I don't know what to do.
 


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robin64

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As we say in State government: "If it's not in writing, it didn't happen".
The key is, if this continues to be a pervasive disruption to your work environment:
A DIARY (note dates, times if necessary, when this was reported, and to whom). Then report and document any continued incidents (repercussions) - control yourself & don't respond to the person. If the supervisor's actions were sufficient, the remarks should stop.
If the situation doesn't improve, you have to make a decision whether or not the job is worth fighting for (if you can, request a transfer). You might even want to get signed-up for all the company-paid training you can so that your resume will be all the more attractive to another employer. A few words of advice: "Choose your battles carefully".
(Not a lawyer, just someone who had experienced several years of harassment & several waiting for the EEOC wheels of justice to churn.)
 
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Goku01

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Thank you

Thanks for the advice. That's a great idea. I'll go ahead and make documentations. Thanks once again.
 

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