Male executives sacked for rating female employees’ looks out of ten in WhatsApp group
Two senior male administrators were dismissed from him to mark women from him for their appearance in WhatsApp.
Richard Sharp and Dean Lewis, along with five colleagues, made ‘extremely humiliating’ sexual interpretations, including fantasies containing one manager.
WhatsApp messages also included another employee, a reference in sex-pose ‘with pinocchio, and the’ Upskirting’s-photographs’ ‘Upskirting’, including naming a colleague.
Men also shared racist and Islamophobic ‘jokes’ and mocked a company’s reminder about the policy of harassment.
A notification warned the Waste Water Management Company against ‘attacker’ messages and a disciplinary investigation was launched that caused seven men to be dismissed.
Mr. Sharp and Mr. Lewis argued that the outcome of the abuse was ‘predetermined’ and filed a lawsuit for Xylem water solutions for unfair dismissal.
An employment court found that there were ‘real concerns’, but chose not to compensate, finding that managers will be fired even if the right processes have been followed.
The case was initially heard at Exeter in 2020, but the final decision was only published this week.
Two senior male administrators were dismissed for their appearance in WhatsApp Group because they marked women from him (stock image)
Richard Sharp and Dean Lewis made other ‘extremely humiliating’ sexual interpretations with five colleagues, including fantasies including One Manager (Stock Image)
The hearing has been said that Mr. Sharp is General Manager of Building Services and has been working at XYLEM since 1990, Mr. Lewis, General Manager of Sales and Marketing, has been there since 1982.
In January 2018, the couple was invited to join the WhatsApp group with five colleagues who shared a series of attacks.
That September was investigated for bullying and harassment of the general manager who founded the group chat.
He also reported a informant chat group. The messages were found on the working phone of the manager and the participants were suspended, but which messages were told for sanctions.
On September 28, Mr. Sharp and Mr. Lewis were informed that they were dismissed due to gross abuse, but the evidence in the court showed that HR had prepared a notification that announced the dismissal of seven men two days ago.
Mr. Sharp and Mr. Lewis objected to their dismissal, but they failed. They claimed that the disciplinary process was unfair in court.
The employment judge concluded that the process is ‘real concerns’, including the ‘important speed’ of the process.
However, they found that both would be rejected during a fair disciplinary process.
