EOC (wk. 8) "Nine to Five"

In the movie, “Nine to Five”, there were so many issues in the workplace.  There was a new secretary starting and on her first day, she was improperly trained.  The lady who trained her was unhappy in the workplace because she was the office manager and she repeatedly trained men under her who kept getting promoted over her because nobody respected women enough to take them seriously.  As a result of this, the office manager was rude, she didn’t take the time to properly train and she gossiped about other employees.  There was a lady in the office who was an alcoholic and she drank on the job.    There was also a woman who was accused of sleeping with her boss because of the way she dressed and her friendly personality.  Also, because she was such a nice person, her boss made inappropriate sexual advances towards her and offered her a gift.  Not only was this inappropriate because he was her boss, it was also very inappropriate because he was a married man.  He also spread rumors around the office that he was sleeping with his secretary and a lot of the women in the office treated her poorly because of this.  He also stole ideas from his office manager and presented them to the executives as his own, not giving her credit for her ideas and innovative ways to run the office more smoothly.  He was also unkind to the workers and did not allow them to have family photos and the office was not a very welcoming environment as a workplace.  On top of all of this, he was embezzling money and supplies form the company.  These things are completely unacceptable in any workplace.  The women were able to turn the office around.  They made innovations for the workers, allowed handicapped people to work, gave better benefits, assisted with childcare and created an all-around ideal working environment for the office.