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Great, Unless You're a Woman - Anonymous employee Southland Industries Employee Review

1.0
Apr 7, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most people working here are great mentors and Southland really tries to build relationships among employees with events outside of work.

Cons

The culture in the MD office is highly unwelcoming to women. Experienced several uncomfortable and inappropriate looks, and was aware of certain people making sexual and disgustingly inappropriate comments about women in the office, which are far too vile to repeat. Southland needs to address this issue of sexual harassment and educate male employees on how to respect their female counterparts. While this doesn't apply to a majority of men working in that office, there are several of them who are absolute pigs.

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Thank you for taking the time to review your experience at Southland. We agree at Southland we focus on building great relationships with our employees. As you noted, we strive to provide many avenues for impactful mentorships and building community to thrive during and outside of work. We are however, deeply concerned with your latter comments about the treatment of women in our MD office. At Southland we are committed to a harassment free workplace. We have a strict Anti-Harassment Policy that all employees are required to follow. We require mandatory Anti-Harassment training for all managers. Which trains on the policy and how to recognize/prevent harassment and properly handle reports. All our leaders, managers, and human resources representatives are committed to providing a safe environment to receive any reports of harassment. We are equally committed to thoroughly investigating all reports of harassment. These commitments are backed by our core values of People, Safety, Integrity, and Accountability. We remain committed to listening to any issues you may have experienced during your employment and encourage you to connect with one of our human resources representatives or myself regardless if you are a current or former employee, so we can properly respond to you. Jim Meacham – Division Leader, Mid-Atlantic Division

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