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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here — just catching up on the responses. Thank you for the advice. If I want the job I am not letting the fact that I was victimized a few years ago stop me from applying. I would never work with this man again though and don’t intend to engage unless I have to. BTW I didn’t gossip,
Others did. What happened to me was fairly common knowledge-which I know sounds crazy. I agree with the pp who said I should make sure I really want the job before subjecting myself to the whole thing. I do think I will get an interview at minimum, based on how specific the job is and how highly I am respected in my field. I am low drama and that actually contributed to my (bad) decision not to report. Although at the time I was warned not to...[/quote]

Was this man your immediate supervisor or did you work together on a team?

I worked in HR for 10+ years & if a former employee was looking to come back to the company, the first thing we'd do is review your employment personnel history with us (salaries, raises, absences, grievances or alterations, etc).

The very close second thing we would do is contact your former direct supervisor (if they were still employed by the company).  Ava employees folder will only tell us so much & speaking to your former boss gives us great insight as to the type of employee you were (were they reliable? were they consistently tardy?  did they cause drama? etc.).

Of course we'd never come out & openly ask such questions of your former manager, however we do ask questions that will bait them into speaking more candidly about the candidate & it usually doesn't take much effort to get them spilling what they know.

If this man was your boss at any time that you were with this company & if he would be in a higher position than you now AND he's well respected in the company or does his job successfully, I'm sorry but you probably don't have a shot at getting the job.   He'll probably make up some excuse that paints you in a very negative light & you'll never, ever know the truth about what he said because HR won't tell you what it was, they'll just tell you that they're going with another candidate.

I'm sure you know this now but for future reference, always, always, ALWAYS report harassment of any form to HR.
Even if you don't want to sue the company or you don't want him terminated, you at the very least want it to stop, as you should never, ever be forced to work in an unsafe or hostile work environment.  Nobody else will ever know that you went to HR either.

At the very least it should always be documented, because if this sleazeball has the audacity & utter gall to do this to you so openly without any concern of retribution, termination or even mortification, he's probably also brazen enough to be doing it to multiple women... not just you. [/quote]

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