I read the article on the Home Page and figured that blogs about this incident will pop up right and left. Well, I read three so far but then the article just came out this morning. We all have the same information about this lawsuit, which is very little, but it appears some people have already made up their minds. Maybe the lawsuit will be thrown out of court or maybe the suit will be settled out of court. Who knows.
But let’s use some Common Sense here: A lot of the specific alleged accusations sound suspect to me. According to the accuser, the harassment started immediately after she became a Nascar employee and she has endured this alleged harassment for what 2 1/2 years. She claims to have brought this to the attention of her immediate supervisor but nothing was done about it. I don’t know about you, but I would have sought employment elsewhere if I was subjected to this type of treatment on a daily basis but yet she decided to stay. Supposedly, she never took these complaints any further than her immediate superior but 2 1/2 years later the light bulb goes off and she decided to sue Nascar for 225M. Hello, ring, ring, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that something is fishy here.
Every major corporation, including Nascar, has a AA/EEO department that handles any kind of discrimination cases. Why didn’t she utilize Nascar’s AA/EEO? If I am being harassed and my supervisor is not taking me seriously and taking appropriate actions, I will take it to my company’s AA/EEO.
Every major corporation, including Nascar, has procedures in place whereby supervisors are required to document formal employee contacts, including periodic performance reviews. If she formally complaint to her supervisor about being harassed then dated documentation must exist. Having been a supervisor at AT&T with 19 very diverse employees, I documented every meeting with employees and took appropriate actions as required. Incidences of any kind of harassment were forwarded to AA/EEO for investigation. No supervisor in their right mind would ignore any allegations of harassment because of the potential consequences which could include termination of employment of the supervisor for not following company policy. So as a supervisor, you always have to CIA.
We see the Nascar Officials every weekend. I don’t know about you, but I see a lot of non-white and female officials. You look at the teams and see a lot of non-white pit crew members.
Could this lawsuit be just a tool to get back at Nascar for not giving in to a shake down? It is a known documented fact that major corporations have gone thru the shake-down lead by Jessie Jackson et al. I have read a newspaper article a couple of years ago that listed all the companies that were approached by the aforementioned and the amount of contributions made to Jessie Jackson’s organizations. I was shocked and disappointed that my company, AT&T, was on that list as well. Even Anheuser Busch gave in to the pressure and Jessie Jackson’s son ended up with a Anheuser Busch distributor ship. At the time I wondered: what does he know about making and distributing beer?
Well, I for one will not be surprised to see Al Sharpton march and demonstrate at Nascar headquartes in support of this lawsuit.
Let me just make one thing clear. I am not saying this person is lying. I am in no position to do that. All I am saying is the story sounds suspect. If there is truth to this matter, then I will trust that Nascar will take the appropriate actions, including but not limited to dismissing certain supervisors for not doing their jobs and implement additional training for all of their management personel.
Nascar’s Diversity Program is alive and thriving and it really would be a shame if this incident would create a black mark on Nascar.
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18 Comments
JVWORLD
Jun 13 2008 08:20
just for fun
I broke the story on the 11th just before noon so sorry…lol
RowdyPenny
Jun 11 2008 21:55
Karin
thanks for posting what all of us was thinking; sorry, but me, personally, if I was being harrassed, I’m not going to wait until I am let go to do something about it. The laws are all in your favor now if you are getting harrassed. Sounds like sour grapes to me.
fanoftheman8
Jun 11 2008 20:54
Hmmmm...
Used to be if ya needed a quick couple million ya just spilled Mc Donalds hot coffee in your lap… Or slipped and fell at Wal-Mart… apparently Nascar is the new money machine for folks who don’t want to work for it!!
CHEERS!
rubbercatfish
Jun 11 2008 19:28
It's a game plan
If you want 2 million dollars, you stand up and scream loudly about wrong doing, and threaten to sue for $250 mil, but then settle for 2 million to drop it all!
josieloves24
Jun 11 2008 19:17
Karin,
My husband and I were thinking the same thing when the story broke yesterday. I agree with you, it just doesn’t make sense. If you make a complaint to a super and they don’t do anything, you go over their head. Go to their boss, or the HR department, or even contact the EEOC. I certainly wouldn’t put up with it for over 2 years. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Great blog!
carson1943
Jun 11 2008 18:57
Yes Karin
It’s all in what you make ppl think aqnd then wham, you can come outta left field at them. Result: you win. Sorry Karin but supervisors were my most targeted.
KarinB
Jun 11 2008 18:25
I know this is kinda off topic but still related ....
Carson,
You had the right idea. What always worked for me was I made people think I was crazy and nobody messed with me.
carson1943
Jun 11 2008 18:17
When I went to work
it was not heaven there either. I took the barbs that where thrown my way, and just returned them with more lethal consequences. Soon I became King that no one would dare to attack. Just get some armor and do it for yourself while you are there no matter what method you use. I would never put my future in the hands of the courts. Always a suspicion of a gold digger when this kind of action takes place.
eeeh
Jun 11 2008 18:09
crashdummy66
Quik?No it took two and a half year’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’s.
crashdummy66
Jun 11 2008 18:04
law suit
sounds like she wants to make a quick buck. if all this stuff starting happening the minute she started working she should have quit or told someone about it. It`s just funny how she waits to file all these accusations after she gets fired.throw the case out