Lisa applied and interviewed for a manager position at her company and was not selected. She was not given any feedback from the interview, Tony her male coworker was selected for the position. Lisa felt the promotion was unfair, since she had more seniority than Tony, and decided to file a gender discrimination and play with her local equal opportunity commissioner the EEOC investigated the complaint, and did not find any evidence of discrimination. Both Lisa and Tony’s employment was in good standing however, Tony had passed managerial experience, which was listed as a requirement on the job. This aspect, then made him a strong, stronger candidate for the job than Lisa, who had more seniority, but lacked the experience and the next several months, Lisa noticed the change from her manager prior to the complaint being filled he was very personable towards her and often made small talk around the office. After the complaint he was very short with her, and did not engage in any small talk during her performance evaluation, she was shocked to discover that she had been downgraded from satisfactory ratings to not satisfactory without being provided any specific explanation. In addition, her manager informed her that, although she had been hired to work, the first ship, she was being transferred to the third shift starting next week she explained to her manager that she was not able able to work third shift due to childcare issues her manager replied this is the shift you were assigned to end of discussion Lisa felt she had no other option but to resign

Understanding Business

12th Edition

ISBN:9781259929434

Author:William Nickels

Publisher:William Nickels

Chapter1: Taking Risks And Making Profits Within The Dynamic Business Environment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CE

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Question

Lisa applied and interviewed for a manager position at her company and was not selected. She was not given any feedback from the interview, Tony her male coworker was selected for the position. Lisa felt the promotion was unfair, since she had more seniority than Tony, and decided to file a gender discrimination and play with her local equal opportunity commissioner the EEOC investigated the complaint, and did not find any evidence of discrimination. Both Lisa and Tony’s employment was in good standing however, Tony had passed managerial experience, which was listed as a requirement on the job. This aspect, then made him a strong, stronger candidate for the job than Lisa, who had more seniority, but lacked the experience and the next several months, Lisa noticed the change from her manager prior to the complaint being filled he was very personable towards her and often made small talk around the office. After the complaint he was very short with her, and did not engage in any small talk during her performance evaluation, she was shocked to discover that she had been downgraded from satisfactory ratings to not satisfactory without being provided any specific explanation. In addition, her manager informed her that, although she had been hired to work, the first ship, she was being transferred to the third shift starting next week she explained to her manager that she was not able able to work third shift due to childcare issues her manager replied this is the shift you were assigned to end of discussion Lisa felt she had no other option but to resign

Expert Solution