EOC Week 8: The Power Behind The Throne

This week I watched the movie called 9 to 5. This movie is not only a comedy but is a very realistic to what "secretaries want to kill their boss”. Some of the HR issues that took part in the movie were that, the 3 main women Judy Bernly (played by Jane Fonda), Violet Newstead (played by Lily Tomlin) and Doralee Rhodes (played by Dolly Parton) where being harassed by their boss Franklin Hart Jr.(played by Dabney Coleman) in different ways. Violet was being constantly shut down by her boss, giving her promotion to someone else even though it was clearly meant for her and pretty much using her for her talents, making him sexist towards women. Franklin Hart was sexually harassing Doralee and her coworkers were starting to act weird around her because Franklin would tell everyone that they were sleeping together. As for Judy is a naïve new employee, Violet trains Judy and introduces her to the department executive, Franklin Hart, Jr. who immediately reveals himself to be arrogant and sexist. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination in employment in any business on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Title VII also prohibits retaliation against employees who oppose such unlawful discrimination. One thing that also got my attention was the when Judy met the mail guy he said that no one ever advances and that you’re pretty much doomed to begin with. Internal search: A promotion-from-within approach that is utilized when seeking qualified job applicants. Applied properly, a promote-from-within approach can be very effective. If, for example, when seeking a rooms inspector, an executive housekeeper conducting the search felt that the best job candidates would be found among the hotel's current room attendants (or other current hotel employees), an internal search could prove to be very effective. After some time the women became enraged and eventually having to kidnap their boss. Resulting the three women changing the office space around, providing things that real woman that works a 9 to 5 jobs wish they had and didn’t have in a real office. This concluded to a 20 percent growth rate on the worker showing up to their jobs and actually working hard.  By Changing labor conditions include a shrinking labor force, lagging wage rates, industry reputation issues, and emphasis on training can lead to employee satisfaction.