Wk 8 EOC: Nine to Five, Workplace Harassment

In the movie 1980's movie Nine to Five, there are so many examples of workplace harassment. We’ll first start off with the boss, who is a narcissistic, sexist man. The company he works for consist of mainly women, so you can imagine how this would play out. He reverts to his female employees as “girls” instead of being professional and calling them by their title. This is a form of sexual harassment within the workplace. He has also proclaimed his love for his assistant, Doralee Rhodes, and not to mention touched her inappropriately and bought her gifts. This is without a doubt, unwanted sexual harassment. Unfortunately, the other employees see what’s going on between them, or I should say how he is treating her, and think that she is having an affair to move up in the business, which is completely false.

Another example of workplace harassment is blackmailing subordinates to do unwanted things. In the movie the boss was blackmailing Mrs. Newstead to work harder and not report to his boss if she wanted to progress in the company. She obviously has earned the position but gave it to another employee who was a man. This is discrimination on the basis of sex, which also goes against the EEOC.

All of these examples show that this company has broken protocol and has become a hostile working environment. This leads to unhappy employees, who will in return not complete their jobs correctly and eventually lead to the failure of a business. Managers need to make their environment safe and beneficial for everyone, not just the top people, that is how a business flourishes.