On episode 58 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee come together to discuss what happens when HR pros get harassed in the workplace. JLee shares her story of being harassed at work as an HR pro, the process that followed and then discusses the situation and process with KD and Tim.
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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
1:30 - Tim got his first COVID vaccine. He’s the first of the crew to get it! He got it at an old Sear’s!
5:00 - First topic of the day: JLee shares her story about being sexually harassed at work.
12:30 - Tim asks JLee what percentage of women have experienced harassment in the workplace. She says well over 50%.
15:00 - KD asks JLee what happened after she reported the harassment. JLee asked HR not to do anything about it and she confronted the harasser herself.
19:40 - JLee says that she felt like she needed to handle it herself because she was a strong female leader. She also notes that she didn’t have confidence in the HR employees to handle it effectively.
21:50 - Tim asks JLee if she thinks what this person did was a fireable offense. She says that from her HR perspective, it seems like this employee shouldn’t be working there because of the repeated offenses.
23:00 - KD says that he misses employee investigations. JLee doesn’t miss them and Tim doesn't miss the lose-lose investigations.
26:30 - JLee says that her boss at the time was very protective of her and she worried that the boss was going to do something if she didn’t handle it herself.
30:20 - KD asks JLee if she thinks other global cultures have caught up with workplace behavior and treatment. She thinks that some pockets of the world are more progressive than others but overall, they have not caught up.
33:00 - Tim mentions how as a society, we’ve started the practice of guilty companies into doing the right thing. He mentions the example of disparities in the NCAA March Madness tournament with the men’s teams and women’s teams.
40:00 - JLee remembers that she has all of the email correspondences of her dealings with her sexual harrassment. . She’s an A+ HR employee!
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74 - LinkedIn's Return to Work Plans, Employee Monitoring
73 - TIkTok Resumes and Funky Hiring Promotions
72 - The Gang Reviews Their Work Habits via Microsoft MyAnalytics Reports
71 - Companies Diss Colorado When it Comes to Remote Jobs
70 - Entire Orgs Shutting Down for "Collective" PTO + Guilty Olympic Pleasures
69 - Shopify's CEO Lays Smackdown of Workplace Politics + The Age of the "Quick Quit"
68 - Apple's Return to Work Plans, Companies Hunt Cheaper Talent
67 - Naomi Osaka and Mental Health in the Workplace
66 - Geriatric Millennials and HR Influencer Lists
65 - When Execs Share Leadership Clickbait With The Team
64 - Apple Fires New HIre Based on Employee Petition, Cursing in the Workplace
63 - Motherhood On The Resume (MOTR)
62 - Should We Expect Employee Loyalty?
61 - Should We Force Vaccinations in the Workplace?
60 - Unspoken Career Rules
59 - Amazon's PIP Plan is Branded! Meet Focus and Pivot
57 - Amazon Employee Monitoring + That Unemployment Rate Feels High
56 - Zoom Free Fridays, White House Staffers Fired for Pot Smoking
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