A South African lady revealed how she was fired after a colleague at work sexually
harassed her.
According to her, the top
shots at work didn’t like the fact that she reported the sexual harassment,
which makes her believe they had a hand in her dismissal.
She wrote:
”I was sexually harassed by
a colleague at @nestleSouth Africa where I worked. It went on for months until
one day I put on my big girl pants and said enough is enough. I reported it
using the internal channels at work. ALLTHE DIRECTORS heard about my story
The employees also knew
about it, others even said that they too were harassed by the same guy but
would not dare report him because he is the Group Employee Relations Manager.
The guy was a known offender, even the guy who watched the company cameras knew
about his abusive ass.
However, He is the go to
guy for ALL CCMA cases for the entire Group therefore was immuned &
protected. I Thobile Shiba – Dlamini soldiered on and reported the guy, despite
advise from my own husband not to go against a corporate giant.
Babes u WILL NOT WIN
against these guys, they are too big, we are little fish, don’t pick a fight
with them, it won’t end well for you, but I will support u, no matter what you
decide to do”. Despite the stern warning from a trusted advisor I continued with
my quest for JUSTICE.
I felt abused,
Disrespected, worthless and insignificant. I was very angry. I was a SNR HRBP
at Nestle Head Office SA, a Global Multinational, with a Vision, Mission, and
Values. A company that is meant to be fair and treat ALL EMPLOYEES with
fairness and Respect.
A company that focuses on
Marketing to MOTHERS & KIDS as they sell:Nestum, @kitkat_ph, Nan, Noodles,
Kit-kat, Barone , @Aero, @NESCAFE& many more, a Company that claims to
understand our social dynamics and inequalities of the country. This Company
picked sides.
They told me to TRUST the
Internal Systems. They told me they would deal with this matter internally.
They told me NOT to speak to anyone while they watched the perpetrator lobbying
for support in the office, moving from desk 2 desk, canvassing 4 support and
prepping witnesses.
I turned to be the laughing
stock in the department, my colleagues would whisper about me and make
unpleasant jokes as I walked pass them in the corridors. I reported all this
and the Company did nothing about it. Instead they did what they called a fact
finding exercise.
When the first full day
session we did, did not produce “their desired result” they changed consulting
firms and hired a well know law firm – Bowlman Gilfillan to conduct another
fact finding exercise. Once this was completed they then told me to go ahead
and report this matter externally. I therefore went to the CCMA and reported
the matter as per advise by my then boss.
As soon as my boss got the
notice from the CCMA that I had reported a case, I was suspended with immediate
effect, I was escorted out of the build by the HEAD OF Security like a
commonCriminal. I was later FIRED for spreading malicious lies about my fellow colleague.
The case went on at the
CCMA for over a year. I had to changemy lawyers after finding out that they had
been compromised and neutralized by @NestleSA.
I hired new lawyers, Nestle
also got to them as well. The long and short of it is, I lost the case, my
lawyers through the case right at the end of the proceedings. Nestle SA won on
technicality. I was left ….Jobless, broke, Broken, depressed and feeling
worthless.
YES, NESTLE BROKE ME!!!! I
was seeing both a psychologist & a psychiatrist. I had NO MONEY, I couldn’t
get a job anywhere because Nestle gave me bad references. Technically my life
was OVER. Thanx to my strong support system, My sisters, my Husband, My Mom, my
Bother and my kids.
I Pulled through, I am
alive today to tell my story, and I’m still standing. To all the ladies who
have been abused, harassed, raped, Kidnapped etc…..STAND STRONG. Believe your
story, You know what happened, Your truth will never change.
I was sexually harassed by a colleague at @nestle South Africa where I worked. It went on for months until one day I put on my big girl pants and said— Phumelele T. Dlamini (@phumelele_t) 17 September 2019
enough is enough. I reported it using the internal channels at work. ALL
THE DIRECTORS heard about my story...
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