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Originally Posted by ernie
The fear of reprisal and feeling of helplessness for whistleblowers is also very real. They may not experience the harassment directly but the consequences of saying something are similar.
We’ve had this happen at our place of employment where behavior was buried for years because everyone was scared what would happen to them if they were the rat. It didn’t come to light until after being purchased by a large but socially progressive company that has put things in place to give people some safety that they feel they can speak out. It’s not perfect and has a long ways to go but it’s better than most.
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Yep I have a family member who works as a nurse and was experiencing some pretty serious sexual harassment issue with one of her male co-workers who was well liked by the other men in the unit. When she reported it to HR the other male co-workers basically refused to work with her and undermined her at every opportunity. HR's response was to move her to another unit rather than punish the offenders.