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Workers must have a say in who gets hired to be their coworker

I work at a gym/community center (one that has a catchy Village People song) and we received a job application from one of our members. This woman is a grade-A Karen who runs on abusive behavior and intimidation. She has threatened staff, insulted and belittled us, and has attempted to get multiple of my coworkers fired. We can't (read: aren't allowed to) do anything about her because it hasn't become physical or gotten to the point that we would need to call the cops. Apparently, that's not enough for her. She wants to work with us now. Several of my coworkers and I spoke to our boss about this woman. We clearly explained that under no circumstances should she be hired. We work with sensitive information, including peoples' names, addresses, birthdays, phone numbers and emails, and financial information. This woman should never have access to that based on her behavior.…


I work at a gym/community center (one that has a catchy Village People song) and we received a job application from one of our members. This woman is a grade-A Karen who runs on abusive behavior and intimidation. She has threatened staff, insulted and belittled us, and has attempted to get multiple of my coworkers fired. We can't (read: aren't allowed to) do anything about her because it hasn't become physical or gotten to the point that we would need to call the cops. Apparently, that's not enough for her. She wants to work with us now.

Several of my coworkers and I spoke to our boss about this woman. We clearly explained that under no circumstances should she be hired. We work with sensitive information, including peoples' names, addresses, birthdays, phone numbers and emails, and financial information. This woman should never have access to that based on her behavior. My boss replied that we're desperate for workers and we'll have to get over petty personal issues.

My boss doesn't care because she won't be the one working with MegaKaren. Boss only sees a body in a chair and doesn't value the opinions of her staff who have worked for years here (boss has only worked at the business for ~18 months). She doesn't believe us when we raise valid concerns about someone we would be forced to work with unless we quit.

It needs to be a team of us lower staff who decide who we work with. We would have a much stronger, more capable team. We would hire people who would have a better likelihood of getting along with us. Of course, that wouldn't happen because it would take away half of my boss's “purpose”. But anyway, we deserve to screen our own potential coworkers!!!!!!!!!

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