"I won't make fun of you...."

[George K]

@aqua-letifer said in "I won't make fun of you....":

Lawsuit?

That's what I recommended.

[Mik]

A good tongue lashing should suffice to put said boss in their place. Stupid remarks should not be the stuff of lawsuits.

[George K]

@mik apparently, he has a history of being such a douchebag. This is just one of many examples of his behavior.

ETA: He's the type that'll fire you for a tongue lashing.

[Axtremus]

As insensitive as it reads without further context, I can imagine that being a friendly quip, a sort of inside joke, between two long-time friends after one of them gets cancer sever enough to warrant chemotherapy.

[George K]

@axtremus said in "I won't make fun of you....":

can imagine that being a friendly quip, a sort of inside joke, between two long-time friends

They are not.

They are employer and employee. They have no social relationship.

[Doctor Phibes]

Lawsuit. Get the asshole fired.

People like this ruin the workplace, in my experience.

[Doctor Phibes]

I worked somewhere, and a woman took an extended time off for skin cancer treatment. When she returned, still showing pretty nasty looking scars my boss said 'You were off for so long, I didn't think you were coming back!'.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes what was the fallout from that?

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in "I won't make fun of you....":

@doctor-phibes what was the fallout from that?

Nothing, other than a very upset employee. The guy was a real shithead. Incidentally, he made my work life a living hell for about 5 years. In retrospect I realise I ended up suffering from depression because of him, and he made numerous people's lives an absolute misery - some people left, one guy had to take time off for clinical depression.

He'd worked there for decades, and was pretty much untouchable. The worst combination of arrogance and incompetence I've ever come across.

Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a rant.

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

If this is a big company, then they should be able to report him.

Of course, their career's likely over if they do that.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in "I won't make fun of you....":

If this is a big company, then they should be able to report him.

Of course, their career's likely over if they do that.

It's not. Small, small company. Perhaps 10 employees?

[Doctor Phibes]

It's hard to know what to do. If she complains and he isn't fired, it will likely just make her life worse.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in "I won't make fun of you....":

he isn't fired,

He won't be.

His mother owns the company, and he runs it. As I said, small, small outfit.

[Axtremus]

Ditch this “family run” business and go work for a big corporation with a proper HR department.

[mark]

@axtremus said in "I won't make fun of you....":

Ditch this “family run” business and go work for a big corporation with a proper HR department.

Yes, but file a lawsuit.

[Axtremus]

@mark said in "I won't make fun of you....":

@axtremus said in "I won't make fun of you....":

Ditch this “family run” business and go work for a big corporation with a proper HR department.

Yes, but file a lawsuit.

You can do that, but in many states “small businesses” are exempt from some labor rules so it may be harder to sue successfully.

[Jolly]

If I was a lawyer, I wouldn't hang my hat on this one. Can be interpreted more than one way and demonstrable harm would be hard to prove.

[Catseye3]

@mik said in "I won't make fun of you....":

Stupid remarks should not be the stuff of lawsuits.

I'm with Mik and also Ax on this. We really can't go crying to the system every time our feelings get hurt.

It's actually kind of snowflakey.

[Loki]

@jolly said in "I won't make fun of you....":

If I was a lawyer, I wouldn't hang my hat on this one. Can be interpreted more than one way and demonstrable harm would be hard to prove.

I believe a pattern of behavior needs to be shown in many types of cases.