CougarGirl
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- Joined
- Nov 5, 2013
Martha Sturgeon opened the last file in her inbox and sighed. After 35 years in HR work, she still couldn’t understand why 10 per cent of staff caused 90 per cent of her problems. Zoe Leventhal was a case in point. Martha looked at the photograph smiling at her from her screen. Aged 27 now, she was short and slim with short cropped black hair. Cute with an impish smile. Her credentials were of the highest and her references had been glowing.
Martha indulged herself by imagining the reference she would write, if only Zoe would apply for a job at another company.
“She is highly qualified and her work has been praised by everyone she has worked for as efficient and meticulous in its attention to detail. She has had wide exposure across the range of work undertaken by this company.”
And every word would be true. She had been trained as a PA and graduated top of her class. No one had ever had a word of criticism about the standard of her work. She had worked in every department in the company, having been transferred six times in as many months. And her exposure … well, yes she had certainly had wide exposure.
The problem was that Zoe was gay. Not that that was a problem in itself. Martha herself was gay, although she had taken a long time to acknowledge the fact and didn’t broadcast it. No, the problem was that Zoe was, how could she put it, so aggressively sexual. Her presence in her first posting had been so disruptive that it was amazing any work was done at all. She had been moved from her second post after an orgy that had left her boss too exhausted to attend an important meeting, which in turn had resulted in the loss of an important contract. Her behaviour had become more outrageous with each posting. Martha still shuddered as she recalled the tearful disclosures as her latest boss had sat in her office begging for her to be reassigned.
What Zoe needed was a boss who would not respond to her sexual advances and who was strong enough to control her behaviour. And Martha knew just the person. She fired off an email to Zoe:
Dear Ms Leventhal
I understand that my mutual consent you are leaving your current post and have agreed to be reassigned.
Details of your new posting are attached. Please report at 9 am prompt on Monday next.
I trust that you will show more maturity in this post than you have so far. It is corporate policy that everyone in our organisation, from the CEO to the toilet cleaner, is entitled to be treated with respect. Please bear that in mind. Your reputation is now well-known and it is becoming difficult to find managers who are prepared to work with you.
Regards
Martha Sturgeon
Head of HR
Zoe read the email and laughed. Did that old dyke really think she was going to be intimidated? She was just jealous that Zoe hadn’t responded to her clumsy advances. Sure people were entitled to respect. They were entitled to the respect they earned, no more and no less, as her last boss had learnt. This one would be no different.
Martha indulged herself by imagining the reference she would write, if only Zoe would apply for a job at another company.
“She is highly qualified and her work has been praised by everyone she has worked for as efficient and meticulous in its attention to detail. She has had wide exposure across the range of work undertaken by this company.”
And every word would be true. She had been trained as a PA and graduated top of her class. No one had ever had a word of criticism about the standard of her work. She had worked in every department in the company, having been transferred six times in as many months. And her exposure … well, yes she had certainly had wide exposure.
The problem was that Zoe was gay. Not that that was a problem in itself. Martha herself was gay, although she had taken a long time to acknowledge the fact and didn’t broadcast it. No, the problem was that Zoe was, how could she put it, so aggressively sexual. Her presence in her first posting had been so disruptive that it was amazing any work was done at all. She had been moved from her second post after an orgy that had left her boss too exhausted to attend an important meeting, which in turn had resulted in the loss of an important contract. Her behaviour had become more outrageous with each posting. Martha still shuddered as she recalled the tearful disclosures as her latest boss had sat in her office begging for her to be reassigned.
What Zoe needed was a boss who would not respond to her sexual advances and who was strong enough to control her behaviour. And Martha knew just the person. She fired off an email to Zoe:
Dear Ms Leventhal
I understand that my mutual consent you are leaving your current post and have agreed to be reassigned.
Details of your new posting are attached. Please report at 9 am prompt on Monday next.
I trust that you will show more maturity in this post than you have so far. It is corporate policy that everyone in our organisation, from the CEO to the toilet cleaner, is entitled to be treated with respect. Please bear that in mind. Your reputation is now well-known and it is becoming difficult to find managers who are prepared to work with you.
Regards
Martha Sturgeon
Head of HR
Zoe read the email and laughed. Did that old dyke really think she was going to be intimidated? She was just jealous that Zoe hadn’t responded to her clumsy advances. Sure people were entitled to respect. They were entitled to the respect they earned, no more and no less, as her last boss had learnt. This one would be no different.