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Sorry to have to ask, but my former abuser/ former boss is being investigated for harassment and abuse of his female employees. Two more female employees have stepped forward and filed suit.
I documented him for my abuse and harassment, and I opened the formal record on him. At the time, I warned them that he was a serial abuser and he was going to start messing with other women when I was out of his control.
I wasn't lying. I warned them then that he was a huge legal liability, and even if they didn't act on my case, they had formal notice it was going on. I was the first to step up and report him, and I knew one person was not enough to establish a pattern. I also knew that pattern was there.
Well, now, the union local has stepped in on behalf of one of the women, and the other has filed charges as well (she is not a union member. I wasn't, either.) A formal investigation is underway, and this is ugly enough stuff that I don't think he'll be able to skate on it.
I have been beating myself up for not having filed a civil suit when he did it to me. I took a pay cut to get out from under him and back into a job I loved. I documented EVERYTHING he did to me. I handed all of that documentation over to the authorities before I left his employ.
I was in a hostile work environ with an emotional abuser. I was kept outside my job description from day one and never given the required training. He attempted to isolate me and he threatened me daily. He fired me one day and I explained to him that it would cost him more if he fired me--that I'd already filed charges of abuse and harassment. He, then, claimed I blackmailed him to keep my job.
I documented ALL of it. I even turned over copies of abusive memos and emails that he was sending me (sometimes three a day!) I spent a year of my life on anti-depressants and tranquilizers because of that man and the things he was doing.
Now it is looking like the groundwork I laid is gonna make a difference. Those women were able to walk in today and do what they did (so quickly) because of the stress that I lived with last year. FINALLY we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.
All we seek is justice. Nothing more, nothing less. Let him be judged on his own actions.
Can you guys just light a candle or send up a request for justice on this? Please? He's a sociopathic narcissist who should never be in any position of authority over women again--EVER.
Thanks.
Laura
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