Shams: Olshey being investigated for workplace misconduct

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    This is right from your own link…

    “However, because so many Pepe the Frog memes are not bigoted in nature, it is important to examine use of the meme only in context. The mere fact of posting a Pepe meme does not mean that someone is racist or white supremacist. However, if the meme itself is racist or anti-Semitic in nature, or if it appears in a context containing bigoted or offensive language or symbols, then it may have been used for hateful purposes.”
     
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    So your analysis is: get accused of sexual assault - keep your job. Make a "your mom" joke - you're gone. Yeah, you've got your finger on the pulse.
     
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    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    Allow the investigation then I will make my opinion.
     
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    You also need to back this up with a claim that Dame is in league with him and purposely driving down his trade value by shooting like shit.
     
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    I didn't call him a racist or a white supremacist, I merely said it was a noted hate symbol and used it to point out the irony of it all.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Over the years I have heard some first hand and second hand accounts of Olshey being a total asshat to people. Like cringeworthy treatment of people.

    I have not heard of sexual assault or sexual harassment.
     
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    There wouldn't be an "external" investigation into this smoke if there wasn't significant fire.
     
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    Original article didn’t have any of that.
    Haynes actually did some reporting.
     
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    Sorry, I don't believe it. According to a report:

    Several former employees went on the record to provide support for the beleaguered general manager. Identifying themselves only as "A. Crabbe," "E. Turner," "F. Ezeli" and "M. Leonard," they uniformly told stories about extreme levels of support, positive reinforcement and wages that far surpassed industry norms for their usual pay grade.

    Said F. Ezeli, "I suffered an injury before even joining the company and the workman's comp claim was not only provided immediately, it was incredibly generous. It helped get me back on my feet in time to find a job I was still fit for."

    A. Crabbe and E. Turner had accounts similar to one another, of being promoted (and compensated) to a level that they had never shown the capability for, purely because Mr. Olshey believed in them. While it didn't work out, both say that the positivity of those years will inspire them for a lifetime.

    M. Leonard, while he expressed his wish to support Mr. Olshey through these turbulent times after having experienced turbulent times himself, was more taciturn about his experience in Portland with Mr. Olshey. He limited himself to vague comments about positivity and culture, but did note that Mr. Olshey was very admiring of his height (while we don't want to publish too much identifying material, M. Leonard has height that can be alienating in normal society and has suffered insecurity regarding it) and M. Leonard felt sometimes that the larger-than-expected salary he was paid was, at least in part, out of compassion. Leonard did say that he has tried to pay that compassion and powerful culture forward in his interactions with others.

    This doesn't sound like a monster who's employees hated him.
     
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    Japanese Salaryman would be envious of this culture!
     
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    whatever it takes to fire his arrogant ass
     
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    What if it were Steve Nash or John Patterson?
     
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    That.was.awesome!
     
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    LMAO! well done
     
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    You mean to tell me the corporate world is not always logical and bosses can be petty assholes for no reason, give promotions to unqualified people because they are friends, and do spiteful things that are not always in the best interest of the company? Experts with no corporate experience on this board would tell you nobody would think illogically in the corporate world. Shocked. Shocked, I tell ya.
     
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    If Olshey was allowed to behave this way for so long (in fact, promoted) it shows a bigger problem within the organization, IMO.
     
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    Could it be that Neil was toxic to his valet driver?
     

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