1 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:50,799 Eventually, things got so bad. I’d had enough. More than enough. 2 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:56,724 So, I had to leave. I didn’t want to. I just wanted it all to stop. 3 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,120 I loved my job! I loved working for the company... and my coworkers. 4 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:08,997 But, as my lawyer says, sexual harassment has consequences. 5 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:12,091 And not just for me, but for the entire company. 6 00:01:12,250 --> 00:01:16,639 I mean, the verdict we just received will probably force them to downsize, 7 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,403 maybe even close their doors. 8 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:24,207 Am I sad? Yeah. 9 00:01:24,992 --> 00:01:29,523 Am I sorry. No. 10 00:01:29,953 --> 00:01:33,429 Policies and procedures were in place to prevent this sort of 11 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:37,329 workplace behavior from happening... because it’s illegal. 12 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:40,849 This shouldn’t have happened. But it did. 13 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:45,615 And it happens at organizations - all across the nation. Every day. 14 00:01:46,130 --> 00:01:48,880 Sexual harassment must stop! 15 00:01:49,570 --> 00:01:51,859 We all have the right to work at a place 16 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:56,340 where we feel safe and protected from inappropriate behavior. 17 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:04,973 Speak up if something isn’t right. Talk to your manager, your supervisor... even HR. 18 00:02:05,481 --> 00:02:12,258 A culture of misconduct won’t change until we get past our fear and say something! 19 00:02:14,770 --> 00:02:20,799 If I’ve learned one thing in all of this is that we ALL share the responsibility 20 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,024 for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. 21 00:02:25,551 --> 00:02:30,911 If this were to ever happen again, I won’t wait to report it. 22 00:02:32,029 --> 00:02:35,450 I’ll know better when enough is enough. 23 00:02:42,020 --> 00:02:45,619 Yeah... I’m angry at the whole situation. 24 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:51,196 To see your daughter humiliated - both personally and professionally. 25 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:56,300 No one wants to see their child go through something like this! 26 00:02:56,910 --> 00:03:01,180 All because some man was thinking with his crotch. 27 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:08,479 I learned that managers who don’t do enough to stop or report harassment 28 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,780 they know about will be disciplined and even fired. 29 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:18,130 So, it didn’t surprise me that both Mike and Carl lost their jobs. 30 00:03:20,340 --> 00:03:24,290 After the trial... and all the tears... 31 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:29,650 I’m hoping Carrie can once again feel comfortable at work. 32 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:35,496 A place that values both her skills and her experiences. 33 00:03:41,130 --> 00:03:45,249 This whole thing is a complete joke. Absolutely blown out of proportion! 34 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:52,676 I mean come on... what is wrong with a guy giving a coworker a compliment or two. 35 00:03:53,012 --> 00:03:59,339 I mean, trust me. Carrie liked the flirting, I could tell. 36 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:03,509 She played the game. We were having fun, alright? 37 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:08,620 But, then she tells her friends... and all of a sudden... I’m the bad guy!?! 38 00:04:09,009 --> 00:04:14,665 Hostile work environment? Quid pro quo? Sexual misconduct? 39 00:04:14,759 --> 00:04:21,165 Come one! Yeah, and to lose my job over this, that’s ridiculous! 40 00:04:21,190 --> 00:04:23,629 Oh, and to drag my personal life into this? 41 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:27,759 You know my wife and my daughter won’t even talk to me anymore? 42 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:33,091 I haven’t seen them since the trial. This is crap! 43 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,729 I don’t have much to say. We’re just devastated. 44 00:04:44,730 --> 00:04:52,098 What Carl did at work and to his family is just... is just repulsive. 45 00:04:52,294 --> 00:04:54,180 What...what was he thinking? 46 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,979 There are so many people who are hurt. I mean esp... including his daughter and me. 47 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:04,130 I mean, our lives have been turned upside down. 48 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,948 Friends are gone! Finances are in the shambles! 49 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:10,447 Reputations are ruined! 50 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:13,702 Why did this have to happen? 51 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,349 I remember the day Carrie came and shared what was going on with Carl. 52 00:05:23,350 --> 00:05:24,759 I’m still pissed. 53 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,532 It’s a day I’ll never forget. Carrie was clearly upset. 54 00:05:28,557 --> 00:05:30,149 Almost beside herself. 55 00:05:30,150 --> 00:05:32,908 After she opened up about what was going on, 56 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:37,495 I realized how difficult it is for someone who’s a target of harassment to speak up. 57 00:05:38,230 --> 00:05:41,073 I’m glad she did. Enough was enough, ya know. 58 00:05:41,409 --> 00:05:45,847 Yea. I just... I knew something was wrong. 59 00:05:45,872 --> 00:05:48,110 Maybe I should have said something sooner? 60 00:05:48,690 --> 00:05:50,036 I really miss her. 61 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:55,099 Me, too. Her being gone has left a big gap on our team. 62 00:05:55,124 --> 00:05:56,825 We still haven’t found a replacement. 63 00:05:57,510 --> 00:06:01,959 The consequences of this whole thing have really killed productivity and morale... 64 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,109 the distractions have taken over! 65 00:06:04,110 --> 00:06:07,482 And with the big verdict... and so many unknowns... 66 00:06:07,770 --> 00:06:10,993 I wonder if any of us will even have a job anyway. 67 00:06:17,423 --> 00:06:22,269 I saw this stuff happening all the time. The joking, flirting, teasing. 68 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:25,229 I never thought too much about it. It was just the norm. 69 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:29,650 And Carl... was like just about everyone else in this place. 70 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,709 But as more and more stuff came out... 71 00:06:33,710 --> 00:06:38,419 there was an investigation, interviews... and a trial! 72 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:41,161 I mean... this became a big deal! 73 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:45,219 Then I started to think, what if I had been in Carrie’s shoes. 74 00:06:45,220 --> 00:06:46,915 What if this had been me? 75 00:06:47,150 --> 00:06:52,282 Thinking back, would I have had the courage to stand up to the harassment? 76 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,993 To report it? 77 00:06:54,407 --> 00:06:58,879 I understand there might be joking, flirting and teasing in the workplace, 78 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,575 but when is enough, enough? When is it too much? 79 00:07:08,064 --> 00:07:13,350 I thought our conversations were just normal guy stuff... sports... women... 80 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:16,910 but our locker room banter caught up with us. 81 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,840 Carl was certainly the instigator, but I played my part. 82 00:07:22,380 --> 00:07:25,056 Even though I heard that tiny voice inside - 83 00:07:25,454 --> 00:07:28,231 that gut feeling - telling me that what I was doing was wrong... 84 00:07:28,987 --> 00:07:30,208 I plowed ahead. 85 00:07:32,173 --> 00:07:35,085 Call it peer pressure. Call it trying to fit in. 86 00:07:35,110 --> 00:07:39,565 Call it whatever you like, but the consequences of my actions 87 00:07:39,590 --> 00:07:41,620 were more than I was prepared to handle. 88 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,087 Man, losing your job to sexual harassment accusations... 89 00:07:48,196 --> 00:07:50,330 now that’s a real life lesson.