I've been off work for 3 months because my husband died, and I stopped being able to control my bipolar and PTSD. I'm going back on Monday, but here's the thing: While I was out, I contacted my company's H/R department to ask them to ask my boss to take down the pictures of naked women he had in his office. I know my boss is going to retaliate, because he's emotionally about 5 years old. Also, it's pretty obvious from his actions since I've been working with him that he has some deep-seated hatred of women in general. I think the only reason he has gotten away with his dysfunction is that, until I was hired, there had never been a female employee in this department. To try to protect myself from what I see as certain retaliation, I sent H/R another message last week describing some of the highlights of his misogynist behavior. I don't know if that will make it better or worse, but what he's doing is illegal, and I love this job. He's not going to take it from me. The photos and his behavior have made me really uncomfortable at work, but do you think I should have just found a way to put up with it? I'm very aware that my emotions might be a little out of control because I've lost my spouse, but I've worked hard over the last few months and changed medications just so that I can deal with things better. Thanks for your input.
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