4532

Yeah what’s the big deal? /s

4533

Yup, you never hear of poor people doing that.

4534

I mean you’d be fired, but sure.

4535

Would you though?

I mean, the company is going to have a hard time firing you after everyone in the company see that the CEO sent you a pic of his dick.

4536

Emailing a picture of someone’s genitalia to the entire company seems like a seriously bad idea, no matter the circumstances.

4537

I think that’s probably true, but I feel like that’s the kind of action that needs to be taken to get jackasses to stop doing shit like that.

These people do this stuff, because they feel like they are above the law.

And that kind of thing would end that belief real quick.

I also feel like such a public move likely provides protection for that individual, as the company couldn’t keep it quiet. And it’s gonna have a hard time firing someone for forwarding an offensive email that the CEO sent them.

4538

Yeah really. Showing it to HR is a thing. But sending it to the whole company is… a bad idea?

4539

See, this is definitely NOT the right thing to do.

The guy is the CEO. HR isn’t going to do shit about it. THAT is what may get you fired, because they could do so quietly.

But if you send it to the whole company, they can’t hide what happened. And in that situation, the CEO is clearly the one that the public is going to come down on.

4540

Isn’t that the job of HR? If it isn’t, then what is?

4541

If you send it to the whole company you’re definitely getting fired too. Now maybe you’re more likely to get a fat harassment settlement, but you won’t be working there anymore (which… I guess if you have a fat settlement check isn’t a big deal).

4542

Real or theoretically should be?

While it should be the job of HR to deal with such issues, as often as not the job of HR is to protect the company/ bosses.

Which means making things go away.

So, yeah, show it to HR but keep receipts off company controlled resources. And if they try and fire you? Mail it to every local and national media outlet.

4543

It depends on the organization of course, but if we are talking a literal dick pic that the person has in their possession with mail headers and everything HR will likely do something about it since if they don’t the company, not just the CEO personally, is going to be wide open for a lawsuit that employment lawyers would claw their way over other employment lawyers to take on contingency.

A private company run by an owner/CEO might try to brush it under the rug, and probably some public companies with tight control by the CEO at all levels too, but it would be such a huge risk to fire someone who had in their possession a dick pic with provenance of the sender.

4544

Ya, it’s possible, but I feel like this would be a superior outcome to showing it to HR, and being blackballed by the company even if they didn’t fire you immediately.

Plus, you get to humiliate the asshole who sent it.

4545

To protect the company from liability.

4546

Would the company not be liable for sexual harassment charges from anyone that got the mass mailed dick pics?

4547

No idea, but I know that going to HR is often just a good way to lose your job because HR doesn’t give a fuck about you.

They care about protecting the company and if they think they can do that by throwing you under the bus, you’re going under a bus.
Historically they’d also be correct in doing so.

“HR is not your friend” is a top search for a reason I suspect.



4548

Okay, I get that for the usual shit. But mass mailed dick pics?

4549

Please, do not take advice from these rocket scientists.

4550

If the company took appropriate action, which in the case of re-emailing the dick pic wouldn’t necessarily be termination but likely a brief talking to, no. What gets whole companies in trouble is mainly retaliation or not curbing the action and allowing it to persist. Or at least that’s what the California sexual harassment training for managers that I’ve had to take every year for the last 15 or so years has pounded into my head.

Still, re-emailing an unsolicited CEO dick pick to the whole company is probably not the best idea. It should however be brought to the attention of HR.

4551

This is really the correct answer, and in the case of a dick pic mailing CEO protecting the company likely means getting rid of said CEO unless he is really worth all that settlement money they will be paying.

Let me add to that: this is assuming that the dick pic isn’t a random standalone the CEO could conceivably claim he meant to send to his wife with the same first name and autofill went bad or something like that. Actions usually need to be persistent to be considered sexual harassment.