Making Plans

[soc_puppet]

Someone at Shakesville suggested Captain Awkward as a possible resource for dealing with my problems with my boss. I found out that the site isn't accepting letters or questions at this time, but through the "work" tag I found the following post:

Confronting Offensive Bosses and Coworkers.

It outlines exactly what I should be doing if I want to see improvement in my workplace. I'm already on the right track here with recording information and dates, and the rest of it lets me know what else I should be doing (including brushing up my resume, which was something I'd already been considering; or at the very least visiting Breads From Anna again now that I've finished school). It pushes my (honestly highly unrealistic/optimistic) timeline back as much as a few months, but I'm feeling confident that I'm doing what I need to in order to ensure a safe and healthy workplace and learning environment. The comments are also excellent, and have enforced with me the fact that I should probably be emphasizing the hotel's role as a teaching institution and include the school's policies on harassment/diversity/etc; it may be my best chance to object to the horrendous things my boss says that don't apply directly to me or my coworkers.

Now, let's see what I can do with this...



In other news, the forwardslash key on my keyboard is losing functionality. Thank goodness I've got a backup laptop...

Comments

[lightbird]

That Captain Awkward post is great. Good luck with this.

[redsixwing]

Captain Awkward is one of my favorite sites. I'm glad they had something helpful to you.

Noooo forwardslash, we need you! I assume it isn't something a good cleaning would fix?

Captain awkward

[(Anonymous)]

Jennifer (i.e. the Capn) opens up for questions every once in awhile. If you didn't find the resources you needed in that post or by checking the tags, you should check back every few days. You might catch it when questions can be sent :)

Also, the comments on CA are amazing. Unlike the rest of the internet, always read the comments at CA.

Good luck!


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Re: Captain awkward

[soc_puppet]

The comments in that post really are fantastic and were quite helpful. Especially the early one about not being able to pursue legal action about something that doesn't directly affect either you or someone directly in attendance (Boss' horrible transphobic comments (to the best of my knowledge, none of my coworkers are trans*, and I wouldn't out them without their explicit permission anyway)).

As luck would have it, the company is following up on losing two employees early last fall (the ones she basically drove out), so my coworkers and I are going to get a chance to air our grievances anyway :Db


Howdy, Lurker ^_^ No worries about the lack of account (though if you do want one, DW does have account creation open these days). I do screen anonymous comments against the occasional troll, but I otherwise keep them open and unscreen them if the commenter proves to be benevolent, so you don't need an account if you feel like commenting more often.