Inappropriate Message A Company Executive Sent To This Woman After Reaching Out To Her About A Job Offer Goes Viral With Over 300K Views
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If you have social media, you sometimes receive random messages from people you don’t know. It happens quite often on such platforms as Instagram or Facebook or similar platforms where people share their pictures as it invites other people to engage and comment on your appearance.
It probably doesn’t happen that often on LinkedIn as it is a platform intended for people to find employers and employees. But this TikToker got lucky and she was ambushed by a company executive who at first seemed like he came with a serious job offer, but then made an inappropriate comment that made the woman publicly shame him.
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A woman was offered a job opportunity but she quickly learnt that she couldn’t work there even if she wanted because of how the man spoke to her
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The TikToker is Alexandria Kelly, a 25-year-old digital creator from Michigan. On her account she shares beauty, lifestyle, travel, fashion and pageantry videos as well as memes. One of her videos went quite viral and now sits at 240k views.
In that video, Alexandria shows a screenshot of her LinkedIn messages. A man claiming to run timeshare sales operations for Hyatt, an American multinational hospitality company, reached out to the woman and told her he’s hiring in San Diego, which is on the other side of the country to where Alexandria lives.
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The man wrote Alexandria saying that he is hiring and she should come to work for him
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The woman responded, wanting to know more about the position, and when Jeffrey Slusarek introduced himself and where he has open positions, he went on to say that he is actually glad they don’t work together. The reason for that was that he would stare at Alexandria walking around the office all the time and couldn’t get anything done.
The woman didn’t take the unsuccessful compliment very well and went on TikTok to shame the man for having that much audacity to make such a comment after starting a conversation about a possible business relationship.
Bored Panda contacted Alexandria and she shared what her reaction was when she first saw the message, “My reaction to the message was disgust. It happens all too often and the fact that someone representing companies decided to do this, or anyone in general, thought it was appropriate or okay.”
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People were invested in the story and wanted an update from Alexandria, so she posted a couple of videos giving a little bit more detail. She revealed that she contacted Hyatt on Instagram and asked them to keep her updated on what they proceed to do. Alexandria doesn’t reveal what the company is planning to do, but she got information that this won’t be ignored.
She also said that she contacted the man’s wife and daughter on Facebook, but later decided to delete the messages because it was causing her anxiety. She was kind of scared of what consequences she could have from making rich people angry as they possess not only money but also power.
She was interested to know more, but was disappointed when the man followed up with an inappropriate comment
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Alexandria isn’t trying to get Jeffrey in trouble because of spite, but because she already has had experiences of getting harassed, however she revealed to us that it was the first time that it has happened in other than a social setting. But she just wants the HR to know what kind of people work for their company and to try to prevent something similar happening to other women. She also believes that this wasn’t the first time Jeffrey behaved this way, “There have been people in my TikTok comments saying they know him and he is known for this, which shows employers of his like Hyatt Vacation Rentals and Welk have let this slide. From what I know, I’ve been his only consequence, because he chose the wrong woman to sexually harass.”
Even though Alexandria contacted the companies the man works at she still hasn’t gotten a response from them, “I haven’t heard any updates from Hyatt, and Welk has completely ignored me and everyone. But this is why I speak up. Because people will never face consequences if I stay silent. If I can prevent women from experiencing this, then I will.”
The video of her showing the message went viral so she made an update video and told her followers that she contacted the man’s HR
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We don’t know what will happen to Jeffrey and if the company actually will take measures but Alexandria would expect a strict response from the company, ” I hope he gets fired. I hope his consequences from his actions are just. Because this will set a message for men in the future. People will look and see what happened, and either feel scared to continue with this behavior, or feel comfortable doing it because he didn’t get any consequence. I would also like Welk to step up and say something, or even respond or reach out to me.”
While we can’t know about Jeffrey’s situation at work, we can check is his LinkedIn profile and it is nowhere to be found. Alexandria mentioned that she reported him to LinkedIn, but it is unclear if the account was deleted by the platform or Jeffrey did it himself after receiving some unwanted attention, but he is obviously aware that what he said didn’t go unnoticed.
The HR promised to take action and Alexandria hopes that this man won’t be able to send similar messages to any other woman
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According to Rights Of Women, 45% of women experiencing sexual harassment say that it comes in the virtual space. They get sexual messages through emails, texts and social media, get cyber-harassed via such platforms that are often used in professional settings such as Zoom, Teams and Slack, and get called on their phones.
The shocking statistics show that 42% who get harassed at work experience it online and it only increased during the pandemic while working from home and needing to communicate through various virtual platforms. What is even worse, 72 percent of women feel that their employers aren’t trying enough to solve this issue and to protect them.
For now it is unclear what consequences he could suffer, but he doesn’t have a LinkedIn account anymore
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Online harassment doesn’t seem as dangerous as harassment happening in person, but it still makes women feel threatened and the online world is a reflection of what happens in real life, so people like Alexandria who speak up about it and call out this behavior are making small steps towards changing this reality.
But for now Alexandria has only one important advice to women who get in a similar situation as her, “I would advise other women to speak up if possible. These men, or even women who do things like this, will never face consequences if not reported. These types of people are repeat offenders. They feel comfortable doing this, as you can tell. Which most likely means they have been reported before and nothing has happened. So if we all remember to speak up and even make it public, hopefully we can all make steps to stop this behavior. Even though it’s the harassers job to face the consequences, and just straight up not do this in the first place.”
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Below you can find the video with Alexandria’s reaction
@alexandriakelly96 absolutely out of pocket, jeffrey. #hyatt and #welkresorts come get your mans. #LizzosBigGrrrls #WomenOwnedBusiness #theaudacity #workplaceproblems #richmenenergy ♬ My sound is blowing up – LLS🙏🏿🕊
What did you think of the email? Did it seem unprofessional or do you think that it isn’t such a big deal? Have you ever been in a similar situation? Let us know in the comments!
People in the comments were disgusted that a potential colleague would behave like this
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I don't agree with her contacting the daughter. The wife I get, but not the daughter.
I was about to write the same. We don't know how old the daughter is. It's okay to write her if she's 20+ but not okay If she's like 12 or so.
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The man's comment is definitely creepy, and should be reported to his company. There should be consequences, perhaps in the form of suspension or even termination of his job. Make him very seriously reconsider his behaviour. But to put his name, face and bad behaviour on the internet where it will stay forever? This man's career is effectively ruined, because anyone googling his name will find this 5 or 10 or 20 years from now. There is little room for future redemption of his bad behaviour. This sure was no 'harmless flirting' as he may have looked at it hemself. And it most likely is not the only time he did this. But was it career-ending bad behaviour? Maybe it was, I have never been on the receiving end of sexual harassment. What do you guys think?
Agreed. It was inappropriate, but threatening? I'm getting the impression that more and more people take everything to extreme and have no sense of proportion. This in turn encourages another extreme. Just below there is a comment publishing where he lives and basically inviting people to harass him. This gives a lot of fodder to the far right. You won't force people to be perfect by harassing them. You can set boundaries, explain if needed, consider what reaction is proportional. That way you won't lose potential allies. I've heard my share of inappropriate comments. Sometimes I set boundaries directly, a lot of the time I can feel from the men's non-verbal communication that they are not aggressive, but simply don't know any better. I understand that rejection is more dangerous for a woman in USA than where I live, but this really went from 0 to 100 with barely any steps in between. If it wasn't for the inappropriate circumstances, the words themselves are quite common mild flirting - from my perspective at least.
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Why is this listed under funny? This isn't funny this man is awful. Good for her taking action!
I was hosting a webinar that was advertised on LinkedIn. I got a few sleazy comments before about how pretty my picture was, etc (it is a professional headshot and I am not all that), but I ignored. After the webinar, I had one guy that continued to message me and tell me that he pleasured himself to the sound of my voice and other creepy and explicit things. He also had his employer listed in his profile and yeah, I forwarded those messages. They sent me an email telling me they had fired him, and I have zero regrets about it. If a person cannot control themselves while touting their company name, they don't deserve a job.
This happened to me on LinkedIn as well. I just blocked him and reported him.
This is super sad. But not to be a jerk why os this in the funny section???
Well having him fired is a bit too extreme but time off without pay would be a good start. If his behaviour continues to escalate punishment to being fired.
It also depends on whether he's done this before and is willing to change. I know older men who adapted to changing times. They lamented a little about not giving compliments, but they adjusted. It resulted in more hiring choices since women could work there comfortably and retention rates increased.
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Everyone and everything should just be neutered inside and out then we can all be happy...x
Messaging the daughter makes this skank a bigger creep than the guy. She needs to take it down a notch. Honestly she's pretty fugly, might not want to be turning anything away with a horse face like that.
Sure...ruin the man's career for making a creepy comment. There are other ways to handle this and I may be the minority and I'll GLADLY take down votes but I'm OVER the wokeness and me too movement. Yes...this coming from a female.
The words may be “common “ but they are NOT “harmless “!!! They are indicative of the man’s value of women solely for his sexual needs. It shows that he probably never will be capable of leading a team that includes women; possibly he never was! Sexual harassment ,like rape,is not about sex! It’s about power!!! And if it’s ok with you, you may have been born in the wrong generation! It is not something that you have to remember to report; it is something you have to have the guts to report! It is horrible to have to deal with it technologically but based on my past , that must be easier than in person! For the next generation, please keep reporting the a**hats that do this to demean and devalue women!
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This is not okay. You should delete this. Sure he was stupid to flirt but he doesn't deserve to be threatened neither does his wife or child
Load More Replies... I don't agree with her contacting the daughter. The wife I get, but not the daughter.
I was about to write the same. We don't know how old the daughter is. It's okay to write her if she's 20+ but not okay If she's like 12 or so.
Load More Replies... The man's comment is definitely creepy, and should be reported to his company. There should be consequences, perhaps in the form of suspension or even termination of his job. Make him very seriously reconsider his behaviour. But to put his name, face and bad behaviour on the internet where it will stay forever? This man's career is effectively ruined, because anyone googling his name will find this 5 or 10 or 20 years from now. There is little room for future redemption of his bad behaviour. This sure was no 'harmless flirting' as he may have looked at it hemself. And it most likely is not the only time he did this. But was it career-ending bad behaviour? Maybe it was, I have never been on the receiving end of sexual harassment. What do you guys think?
Agreed. It was inappropriate, but threatening? I'm getting the impression that more and more people take everything to extreme and have no sense of proportion. This in turn encourages another extreme. Just below there is a comment publishing where he lives and basically inviting people to harass him. This gives a lot of fodder to the far right. You won't force people to be perfect by harassing them. You can set boundaries, explain if needed, consider what reaction is proportional. That way you won't lose potential allies. I've heard my share of inappropriate comments. Sometimes I set boundaries directly, a lot of the time I can feel from the men's non-verbal communication that they are not aggressive, but simply don't know any better. I understand that rejection is more dangerous for a woman in USA than where I live, but this really went from 0 to 100 with barely any steps in between. If it wasn't for the inappropriate circumstances, the words themselves are quite common mild flirting - from my perspective at least.
Load More Replies... Why is this listed under funny? This isn't funny this man is awful. Good for her taking action!
I was hosting a webinar that was advertised on LinkedIn. I got a few sleazy comments before about how pretty my picture was, etc (it is a professional headshot and I am not all that), but I ignored. After the webinar, I had one guy that continued to message me and tell me that he pleasured himself to the sound of my voice and other creepy and explicit things. He also had his employer listed in his profile and yeah, I forwarded those messages. They sent me an email telling me they had fired him, and I have zero regrets about it. If a person cannot control themselves while touting their company name, they don't deserve a job.
This happened to me on LinkedIn as well. I just blocked him and reported him.
This is super sad. But not to be a jerk why os this in the funny section???
Well having him fired is a bit too extreme but time off without pay would be a good start. If his behaviour continues to escalate punishment to being fired.
It also depends on whether he's done this before and is willing to change. I know older men who adapted to changing times. They lamented a little about not giving compliments, but they adjusted. It resulted in more hiring choices since women could work there comfortably and retention rates increased.
Load More Replies... Everyone and everything should just be neutered inside and out then we can all be happy...x
Messaging the daughter makes this skank a bigger creep than the guy. She needs to take it down a notch. Honestly she's pretty fugly, might not want to be turning anything away with a horse face like that.
Sure...ruin the man's career for making a creepy comment. There are other ways to handle this and I may be the minority and I'll GLADLY take down votes but I'm OVER the wokeness and me too movement. Yes...this coming from a female.
The words may be “common “ but they are NOT “harmless “!!! They are indicative of the man’s value of women solely for his sexual needs. It shows that he probably never will be capable of leading a team that includes women; possibly he never was! Sexual harassment ,like rape,is not about sex! It’s about power!!! And if it’s ok with you, you may have been born in the wrong generation! It is not something that you have to remember to report; it is something you have to have the guts to report! It is horrible to have to deal with it technologically but based on my past , that must be easier than in person! For the next generation, please keep reporting the a**hats that do this to demean and devalue women!
I know and can recommend a very efficient and trustworthy hacker. I got his email address on Quora , he is a very nice and he has helped me a couple of times even helped clear some discrepancies in my account at a very affordable price. he offers a top notch service and I am really glad I contacted him. He's the right person you need to talk to if you want to retrieve your deleted/old texts,call logs,emails,photos and also hack any of your spouse’s social network account facebook, instagram,snapchat,tiktok and whatsapp, He offers a legit and wide range of hacking services. His charges are affordable and reliable, This is my way of showing appreciation for a job well done. contact him for help via address below.. Email : Leonardomitnickhacking@gmail.com
This is not okay. You should delete this. Sure he was stupid to flirt but he doesn't deserve to be threatened neither does his wife or child
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