'One of my teammates excels at making me uncomfortable. It wasn't so bad when we were all on Zoom, but I'm worried that it will be worse than ever now we're going back to working IRL' SueU cinemalover
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A: SU: We are really sorry to hear about this, and appreciate that you must be dreading a return to former ways. You are not alone, one survey we have seen has indicated that 49% respondents believe that sexual harassment will be worse when they return to the office.
SU: He might say to you: “Oh, I’m only joking, haven’t you got a sense of humour?” Our co-author, Mark Edwards, has the perfect response to this push back, which is to say politely, but clearly, “Yes, I do have a sense of humour, however that is not what we are discussing right now. By all means, let’s discuss that another time, but the point at question is not whether I have a sense of humour or not, but instead, whether what you have said is either appropriate or acceptable.
SU: You feel powerless, but in fact you are not. You do have power, if you can find the inner strength to speak up, the current business climate of inclusion should and will support and sustain you. That is unless you are really working somewhere that is stuck in the last century in terms of culture. Bear in mind, that if this awful behaviour is extreme in terms of physical or verbal intimidation you are more than entitled to escalate this formally.
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