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Originally Posted by Wormius
So are these staffers being told by somebody higher up to just ignore the behavior or what is going on there? That seems like aside from Hehr's poor behavior, there is a bit of enabling going on as well. Was this ever escalated beyond simply warning of the female staffers to simply be aware of Hehr's comments? This is kind of astounding that it's at a level where all females are warned of this guys behavior and that's about it (at least the optics from out here seems like that was how this was mitigated).
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This wouldn't be the first case where this happened, where many people knew of an issue but never acted on it. It's not easy to call out someone in a much higher position than you on anything. Regardless of employment laws against retaliation, it still happens and can cost you dearly for taking a stand.
Most of these aren't one-off accusations either. There's usually plenty of evidence over the years of it being a continuing problem. The cultural shift we're having finally allows these things to be openly unacceptable.