On October 12, 2018, Vox News reported that a woman who was employed as an IT project manager by WeWork since 2014 filed a lawsuit against the company in Manhattan, New York, for retaliation because she made a sexual harassment claim. The woman was allegedly groped by two different male colleagues at two different company organized events for employees and guests. Each time she filed a complaint with HR. HR interviewed one of the men who said he didn’t remember because he was “black-out drunk.” The suit also alleges that after she filed the report, the company quickly brought up allegations of poor performance against her, which they used to terminate her.
This is a corporation’s typical response when employees raise allegations of misconduct. In the case of sexual harassment, companies usually close ranks against the complainant and then make up a reason to fire him/her. Sexual Harassment is hard to prove (since there are often no other witnesses). However, it’s easier to find a paper trail in the case of retaliation, so that’s why this lawsuit is for that.