I just want some opinions on this. I work for a firm that is very male dominated. We are all remote. We had a corporate meeting at the end of June at a hotel near the Atlanta Airport. Most of us are at least 80% inside-office workers. There were less than 20 of us.
I have known health problems. Crohn’s disease makes dehydration a constant battle. But I was also battling menstraution problems. Hemorrhaging badly, and I had no intention of telling my bosses this.
Dinner evening 1: were walking to the restaurant. It’s just about 1.5 blocks up the slight hill. It’s 95 degrees. Humid. Miserable. And by the way, not a safe, well patrolled area.
When I hear that we’re walking, I politely ask the owner of the company if I heard that correctly. He goes on about safety on numbers, and the accounting folks are all concealed-carrying.
So, I literally walk it off, I’ll get nowhere with him.
The walk is as sickly hot as you can imagine. The lobby of the restaurant isn’t fully AC’d and we have to wait under a ceiling fan. I stand there, dripping sweat, fearing pooping, puking or passing out. I can’t speak. A few of the (female) coworkers know I’m in bad shape, but of course people are crowding around me – increasing the temperature.
I made it to the table with a ice-containing napkin on my neck.
I have my yearly review coming up. (Actually, I’m forcing it to come up!). I completely know that he will downplay the impact-importance-dangers. How do I address these bad, cheap decisions that this guy makes?