Myself and a female coworker worked many sales together. When the owner of the company began an affair while married to others, this coworker has slowly worked her ranks up to President of our company. My boss constantly berated me in fron of others for not being a “great employee” like my co-worker is. They have since divorced and now live together. I recently resigned due to the constant belittling I would hear. Please tell me is this is considered hostile?

I cannot go to the head supervisor, she will also make my job more miserable if I do. I cannot go to the board we are ran by because the boss will make sure I get fired or quit. When I report it I also must stay anonymous due to worse treatment at work.

Can an employer terminate a salaried manager for what was termed as having created hostile workplace, if in fact they have never confronted the manager and or given that manager an opportunity to hear specific accusations and or defend themselves ? Wouldn’t it also seem curious that this manager took his location, under such supposed adverse conditions, to #1 in two consecutive quarters with customer service scores, after having been a bottom dweller for numerous quarters prior? Additionally doesn’t it also seem curious that the location reduced shrink in 2 quarters by over 60% ? How can all these positives occur in a hositle environment ? Would it not be possible that a couple of cancerous employees could in fact create and or feed this hostile illusion especially given the fact they are poor perfomers ? Is there any recourse ?

My daughter works for a mother and daughter team in an investment firm as their Office Assistant, and the daughter is verbally abusing my daughter not just with sarcasm, but with foul language. Things have escalated to the point where my daughter hates her job, but she’s been there for a year. What are her rights? How does she deal with this?

Not too long ago I got to hear a diatribe by my director superior — who’s female — during work hours, out loud, and in front of anyone, about how men are pigs and are only interested in one thing, as well as many other disparaging comments about the male gender.

Perhaps the greatest problem with this situation is 90% of her subordinates — including myself — are male. I’m sure chauvinism and misogyny constitute a hostile workplace, but I was wondering if the same goes for an outward hatred of men by a woman in a superior role.