Woman employee files sexual harassment suit against Zillow. Should be an open and shut case

[pnwmom]

because there are some damning e-mails.

Yes, I have prejudged. They would have to excuse me from the jury.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/online-firm-ranked-female-employee-by-breast-size-created-adult-frat-house-culture-lawsuit/

The suit by Rachel Kremer, filed in Orange County on Monday, accuses supervisors at the company’s Irvine office of cultivating an “adult frat house” culture and refusing to take action when she reported the offensive behavior. Kremer also accuses the Seattle-based company of firing her for bringing the harassment to light.

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“I have a great opportunity that just opened up on my face in the 92660 market,” sales manager Cody Fagnant told her in a text message. “Call me if you are interested. This is an executive position and won’t last long. Haha. Goodnight Rachey.”

Less than two months later, Kremer’s supervisor, Gabe Schmidt, invited Kremer to an event after working hours with a message saying, “Call me. Matt is showering. Thinking 333 dinner drinks and your smooth vagina.” Not long after that, Schmidt sent her another text directly asking her, “Wanna blow me and have sex tonight?”

The harassment allegedly continued into this year, when Schmidt sent her a picture of his genitalia in another text message and refused to discipline another employee after Kremer told him he was watching explicit videos at work. The suit also states that Schmidt referred to another female employee as “Rachel 2.0,” saying she had “bigger breasts and less miles on her” than Kremer.

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[noiretextatique]

1. i hope she wins

both the harassment and retaliatory firing allegations what a group of disgusting, immature assholes.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. A Real man ought to teach these puke fucks a lesson or two on how to treat women

getting sick of this shit

[abelenkpe]

3. Whoa. Nt

[A Little Weird]

4. Disgusting

Not a company I would want to do business with.

[tammywammy]

5. Disgusting. n/t

[mythology]

6. If those texts can be verified, then wow are those guys bloody fucking stupid

And hopefully she wins a significant judgement. Nobody should have to put up with that sort of crap.

[pnwmom]

7. They sure must have been living in a dreamworld to think they could send those things

and get away with it.

An adolescent dreamworld.

[BlueJazz]

8. I can honestly say: I don't even KNOW anybody who would think like those dumb fucks.

[Rozlee]

9. I hope she becomes a millionaire at their expense.

Hit them where it really hurts. Plus, the fact that Zillow has another reputation for low-balling the values of homes.

[tammywammy]

11. Multimillionaire owner of Zillow.

[bluesbassman]

10. Failure on many levels there. Some executive heads should roll for that one.

Inexcusable behavior that surely had the tacit approval of the boy's club in Seattle.

[Jack Rabbit]

12. Those e-mails sound just a wee bit unprofessional

That should not be tolerated. Heads must roll.

[marble falls]

14. Bad behavior that ought to be expensive in consequence.

[badtoworse]

15. I'd have said this is hard to believe, but I had to fire someone once for doing something similar.

He snapped a picture of his junk on a company smartphone and emailed it to his admin. He claimed he was drunk at the time, but that made no difference.

[mercuryblues]

16. color me confused

When this crap is said at work it qualifies for sexual harassment. When it is hollered out at women walking down the street, it is just boys will be boys, they are just trying to be nice, and some women like it. But there are *some* people who will never call it harassment.