My good friend, an investment counselor at a major investment company, was sexually harassed

[CTyankee]

by one of her clients. He was stalking her and wrote her a letter describing in loathsome detail what he want to do with her. She deleted him from her email because he began stalking her there. We talked about it over dinner and she will have to go to her Human Resources Dept. to seek their advice.

It's tricky because he is a client and she doesn't want him reassigned to another female counselor for fear of what might happen. His account is valuable to the company but they need to do the right thing.

She is a lovely woman, a widow, in her 60s, very smart and funny. We took several trips together to Europe and she was a delightful travel companion. I treasure the memory of those trips. We formed an all woman group to go to Portugal where we called ourselves the Six Broads Abroad. We'd buy bread, cheese and wine and go to the roof of our hotel and sit and laugh, talk, drink wine and eat the cheese and bread.

I wonder what her company will do with him...

[still_one]

1. Most like the company will transfer the client to another account manager if he rid a large account

If not a large account the company will tell him to take his business elsewhere

Of corse the company should tell the client to take his business else where whether he has a large account or not, I just am skeptical they will

If the client continues to stalk her she should seek legal advice what her options are

[C_U_L8R]

2. Y'know, they could fire the client

If they really stand up for their values and their people.

[usedtobedemgurl]

3. I Read This And Wondered...

What will the company do with her. You never know and while the #MeToo movement has changed a lot of things, there can still be a lot of repercussions for women. That is not to say she should not report it, but I did wonder if she may end up unemployed or in basement office.

[Blue_true]

4. If he has a large account.

The company that your friend works for will likely transfer him to another account manager, likely a male once they know what is happening. If the company has real courage, it will tell him that it no longer wants his business and if he tries to attack the company, it will make his conduct public.

I doubt that any sane company will not take your friend's security for granted. BTW, most large companies have file recovery software, I would assume that the investment company your friend has would certainly have it because of the need to document correspondence, internal and external. Eventhough your friend deleted his email to her, the software can recover that email. Before your friend goes to HR, she may want to sit with IT and have the emails recovered, make a copy of each for her to take home and safely store, give the other copy to HR to buttress her case.

[CTyankee]

5. Thanks for the advice. I think the company will probably take the steps you outline.

While they value him as an investor, they also value her as a trusted longtime successful investment counselor.

But I hope they do the right thing and tell him to go the hell away.