#19 “I later learned that this dev had an open HR case against him for harassing a female team member.”

“An engineering manager on my team nominated one of his early-in-career devs for a promotion. I later learned that this dev had an open HR case against him for harassing a female team member. Fortunately, this manager's boss (partner level) had the good sense to block the promotion. But I'm very concerned that someone in my company can reach the principal level and think it's okay to promote someone who's harassing someone else on our team. And they wonder why our ‘diversity numbers’ are taking a nose-dive…”