Dozens of female Microsoft employees claim they deal with shocking behavior at work: requests to sit on a coworker's lap, being called a 'b*tch'

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As Microsoft fights a gender discrimination lawsuit, some women inside Microsoft discussed their treatment at the company in a long email string.

class action lawsuit alleging rampant sexual discrimination at the company, some women inside the company have begun to loudly complain about their treatment.

For instance, one woman claims that she was told to sit on a coworker's lap in front of a human resources leader during a work trip. One alleged that when she reported a terrifying incident by a Microsoft partner who threatened her, her male manager dismissed the threats as"just flirting" and told her to"get over it" and HR shrugged it off since the man was a partner, not an employee.The article details more such stories from women, ranging from how they were belittled through work assignments to sexist comments during work trips.

But Microsoft's investigations of sexual harassment or gender discrimination claims have been criticized in the past.

 

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JoshMankiewicz This isn’t at every place of employment?

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