Jesus.... It is nearly 2019, we are (should be) better than this. It's hard enough to balance the tech industry as a whole, so more power to rubbing out the troublemakers causing this trouble. Everyone should have the right to be safe from harassment when doing their jobs.
On Sun, 30 Sep. 2018, 11:23 Bevan Slattery, <[email protected]> wrote: > ***NOT FOR REPUBLICATION*** > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am writing this email to everyone here because there is a problem within > our industry and it needs to end. > > > > Last week at a strategy off-site for one of my businesses we were speaking > to a new (young female) starter about possibly coming to PTC this year. We > spoke about how insanely busy it is and that it’s a great experience unlike > almost anything else. Then near the end of the conversation we ended up in > a dark place speaking about past issues around sexual harassment and that I > have zero tolerance with such activity. We were speaking about empowering > our women team members to say “no”, to make sure “people know it’s just not > acceptable regardless of the position of power the person doing it is – > customer or other”. Confident women that say “no” who don’t tolerate that > behaviour seems like the solution. Then the conversation went darker. > > > > I was given examples of sexual harassment at this years AUSNOG. At Ausnog > my staff were directly targeted with inappropriate messages, inappropriate > approaches and to my shock sexual assault. People thinking it is somewhat > acceptable to walk up to my staff and grope them. I’m not going to go into > emotions or what I felt or where my head went. I am going to short cut > this and help the industry get a ****ing compass. > > > > - When my staff give you their phone number – it is their work phone > number, not an offer for you to flirt with them and try to get them or send > inappropriate pictures > - When my staff give you their work email address – it is their work > email address, not an offer for you to flirt or harass them > - If you harass my staff they will tell you, they will escalate to me > and I will talk to your CEO and raise a direct complaint for action > - If you sexually assault my staff they will tell you, they will > immediately raise it to the event coordinator to seek your expulsion from > the event, they will raise it to me, I will raise it to your CEO and seek > to have you rubbed out of our industry for good > > > > From the discussion this behaviour does NOT just happen at AUSNOG. It is > still happening at other industry events (PTC/ITW etc.) and usually when > alcohol and a sense of power is involved. It’s really simple. If you > can’t control yourself when drinking, don’t drink. But I’ve had enough of > arming my female staff with tactics on how to manage the inappropriate > behaviour of others only to find out this stuff still continues. If this > has happened to you by my staff, the same applies. > > > > I am going to write letters to the CEO’s of every company whose team > members sexually harassed/assaulted my staff and notify them they have > either bad actors or a bad culture. I’m not naming names this time around, > just arming them with the knowledge their organisation has had a problem in > the past and needs to re-educate some of their staff around appropriate > behaviour. Moving forward I will be naming names to the CEO’s. > > > > If you want to stay in this industry then pull your head in and treat > everyone appropriately and if this industry doesn’t want to become the next > #metoo meme then the industry leaders need to commit to wiping these grubs > out, regardless of position/organisation. I’m sure other leaders feel the > same way. The rot stops. > > > > [b] > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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