Several female employees working for an F&B company in
Singapore have written in to STOMP to complain about being sexually
harassed by the director of the company.
STOMPer Chin, who sent in an email on behalf of her female
colleagues, said:
"We have a Director who had on several occasions sexually harassed
female employees whether single or married.
"He would usually call in female employees to his room on the
pretext of 'coaching' them. In actual fact, what coaching is there
when it all seemed like 'sexual grooming'?
"On one occasion, he had mentioned to a female employee, 'Do you
know that I have always been fantasizing about you?'
"In a separate incident, he placed his hands on another female
employee’s thigh. The employee stood up and shouted at him, 'Don’t
treat me as a prostitute'.
"He also resorted to verbal outrage of modesty, using the
four-letter word on female employees.
"Once on a business trip, he harassed a female employee in the late
hours at night. Although there were computers available in the
hotel lobby, he insists on using the female employee’s laptop in
her hotel room.
"Pacing up and down in front of her hotel room for more than an
hour, the frightened employee called her Manager in Singapore and
was advised to not to open the door to the Director for her own
safety.
"When the female employee returned to Singapore, she escalated this
matter to the Managing Director who said, 'Would you mind if the
company does nothing?'
"He too wanted to cover things up for the Director.
"We, female employees (present and former), do not condone such
unreasonable behaviour and sexual harassments.
"Shame on the managing director for not doing anything for his
female employees.
"We would not hesitate to lodge a police report and bring the
person to justice if nothing is still being done by the
company."
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/what_bugs_me/487818/female_employees_sexually_harassed_by_boss_but_nothing.html
It's common, usually you just need to give in and look forward to
better days in the future.
