A Swedish taxi firm is being investigated for sexism after its CEO asked staff to indentify the company’s telephonists by their bare bottoms. According to local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda, the boss of what has been described as a “well known” cab company in Orebro, central Sweden, sent his staff a Christmas email greeting, challenging them to match photographs of rumps to the right receptionists.
The multiple choice brain-teaser was apparently set up after the CEO managed to persuade female staff members to bend over a desk provocatively while wearing nothing but a G-string.
The unorthodox festive greeting was not, however, appreciated by all employees. “We couldn’t believe it. It was not even funny,” said one female worker to the newspaper.
The transport workers’ union is investigating the matter after first hearing about the lewd email following the Christmas weekend. “It is an ongoing matter,” said Patrik Kihlberg at the union, adding that the issue of sexism had been discussed with the firm’s boss on several previous occasions.
The CEO has since apologised for the gaffe but, according to Nerikes Allehanda, his days may be numbered after the firm’s chairman said he had lost the confidence of the board.
[…] Most inappropriate Christmas card ever: the boss of a Swedish taxi company emailed holiday greetings to his staff featuring pictures of the company’s secretaries’ bottoms as they bent over in g-strings. According to IceNews, the Orebo taxi boss asked employees to match the secretary to the ass depicted in the photo in a multiple-choice quiz.”We couldn’t believe it. It was not even funny,” a female employee told Swedish newspaper, Nerikes Allehanda. The boss is now being investigated for sexism by the transport workers’ union, who first learned of the email after Christmas (although I wonder if the meaning of “sexism” and “sexual harassment” were lost in translation). And I’m sure you’ll be shocked—shocked!—to hear this guy has allegedly been accused of inappropriate behavior in the past. Try to keep your “Secretary” fantasies out of the office, people. [IceNews] […]
[…] Most inappropriate Christmas card ever: the boss of a Swedish taxi company emailed holiday greetings to his staff featuring pictures of the company’s secretaries’ bottoms as they bent over in g-strings. According to IceNews, the Orebo taxi boss asked employees to match the secretary to the ass depicted in the photo in a multiple-choice quiz.”We couldn’t believe it. It was not even funny,” a female employee told Swedish newspaper, Nerikes Allehanda. The boss is now being investigated for sexism by the transport workers’ union, who first learned of the email after Christmas (although I wonder if the meaning of “sexism” and “sexual harassment” were lost in translation). And I’m sure you’ll be shocked—shocked!—to hear this guy has allegedly been accused of inappropriate behavior in the past. Try to keep your “Secretary” fantasies out of the office, people. [IceNews] […]