This Teen’s Boss Keeps Putting His Hands On Her At Work And She’s Not Sure What To Do
An 18-year-old girl currently works part-time at an agency that specializes in tutoring, and she has been there for close to 1 year.
Less than a month ago, her 47-year-old boss began putting his hands on her at work, and now she’s not sure what to do or how best to handle this.
She thinks that her boss is suddenly being “overly friendly” towards her with his behavior.
“He’s started to put his hand around my waist/ back a lot and when I’m sitting, he sometimes comes over and puts his hand on my knee,” she explained.
“I’m not sure whether these acts are all innocent…I also recall a mutual friend telling me about her experience working for this man.”
“She never went into much detail but she seemed to allude very heavily that she has some sort of problematic history with him.”
She isn’t positive if what her friend said has to do with what she’s going through right now, but it’s definitely alarming to her and she believes it to be a “sign” pointing to her boss being “sketchy.”
She doesn’t think that her boss’s intentions are good at all with this sudden onset of touching her while at work, and to be honest, I’m totally on her side here.
She is left wondering how to even begin to deal with this situation, as she loves her job and she is afraid of being fired from her position if she does anything to upset her boss.
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Also, since the company that she works for is so tiny, there is not an HR department she can speak to about what she’s going through.
One person on Reddit did have some good tips for her on dealing with this. “My advice is, (and you seem like a non-confrontational person) but you need to stand up for yourself,” they wrote.
“You can kindly do it. Set boundaries. When he does try to put his hands on you, shake him off, look him dead in the eyes and tell him kindly, but firmly “I would appreciate it if you did not do that.”
“If it does not stop. You need to start recording or writing down when these unwanted advances occur so you will have evidence…”
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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