Long story-short, but me and my coworker where driving( she was the driver) as I was on the phone with a client that is making us some name plates.
We were supposed to receive some name plates by today, but our client told us that a machine broke down and couldn’t have them by today but he can deliver tomorrow.
As I told the client that it was okay, my coworker started hitting me several times in my arm and my head.
As I hung up she began yelling me that she wanted the nameplates by today, and started blaming me that I was to soft to the client because I told them it was okay to deliver tomorrow( note the nameplates delivery date is two weeks from now)
It’s the first thing this happened, I’ll talk to HR tomorrow but I know they won’t do shit. I want to go to that other place where you denounce shit like this, but I don’t have any recorded proof
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Any chance the client heard it?
Also AFAIK, you can record uncomfortable situations for your safety, but you just can’t publicly disclose it.
Same place as any other harassment reports go to.
If you company is large enough, there should be an established contact, usually some auditor for impartiality. The back office folks in your company will know, and they are likely to be your best allies.
>I want to go to that other place where you denounce shit like this, but I don’t have any recorded proof
Do you mean the police? Because you can go to the police and file a report for assault without proof.
You don’t denounce it you report it.
1. You report the incident to HR and your manager in writing by e-mail so you have a paper trail.
2. In your e-mail reporting the incident you request to meet with HR to make a formal complaint and ask for a date and time you can meet with them.
3. Take notes during the meeting and send meeting minutes to meeting participants/HR/your manager. Ask them to verify/fill in anything you missed.
4. Copy your manager and HR on any discussion of the complaint incident.
5. Make sure any informal meetings you have 1:1 or in person have written minutes/notes that you send to HR/your manager after the meeting concludes to document the meeting/outcome.
Did you see the thread above, where everyone piled on the guy getting accused of sexual harassment because he touched a co-worker on the shoulder to get her attention because she was wearing ear buds?
You definitely need to take this to HR. Anyway, someone beats on me like that in the workplace, they’re gonna have summer teeth.
Summer here…summer there…
While there is a lot of good advice on this thread, one thing I’ve previously learned was: while what you know/saw/experienced was real, it’s what you can provide proof of that will matter.
Report, start documenting, and if necessary, start making recordings.
In a number of places, when it devolves down to just he says/she says… sometimes, what she said is given more consideration than what he said.
I’m not sure how useful it might be to (try to?) “construct” a recording after the incident. As in, start a recording, and talk to her. “Hello <name>… I’d like to talk to you about this afternoon… After the phonecall with client at <time>, you yelled at me, and hit me several times… I’m not comfortable with that, and would like to ask you not to do it again please…. Thank you”.
Have both sides of the conversation, and include specific details (her name… date/time… what happened…) and hopefully you’ll have a recording of her acknowledging having done it.
Man, that sucks, sorry that happened to you.
Don’t really have any advice to add to what others have said about reporting it to HR. Even if they don’t “do shit” you’ll have something on record then.
It is likely that you are not the first, as this person seems unhinged, so report it to HR and they’ll have a (growing) record.
As an aside, if she gets that personally wound up about work, maybe it is time she quit.
Definitely talk to your HR department. That’s totally unacceptable.
> It’s the first thing this happened, I’ll talk to HR tomorrow but I know they won’t do shit. I want to go to that other place where you denounce shit like this, but I don’t have any recorded proof
Even if nothing comes of it (ie she just denies it and it somehow fizzles out into nothing), hopefully it’ll never happen again because she’ll know you are more than willing to report her for it. Plus you can make clear to the company that if it happens again you will go the police.
Car have a dash cam recording the sound?
You could make a police report.
I find it very common for companies to hire cars from times or similar by-the-hour service.
Those all have video recorders. Get a copy.
If it’s a company car, I guess that depends on the company.
If it was your coworker’s personal car, your company is shady AF