Yeah, for now I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that this could be a case of gross incompetence rather than actual harassment, but I am so ready to go to war.
When I did my new hire paperwork, I very explicitly filled out my retirement enrollment that my spouse was a MALE named (name). I had to wait at least 60 days to set up an online log in to my retirement account (you know, processing time and all that), and imagine my chagrin when today I finally logged in and on the very first screen it asked me to verify that I was married to a FEMALE named (my husband's name with one letter changed to make it a feminine version).
Now, my handwriting isn't the best, so, I can see misspelling the name, but how the hell can they justify changing the sex of my spouse? Best case scenario I can think of, they didn't even look at the box I checked and just assumed since I am a male, my spouse is a female. Worst case scenario is they made a conscious judgement call that they didn't want to acknowledge that I had a husband instead of a wife and willfully and intentionally altered what I submitted.
If it is the best case scenario, all I care about is getting it fixed, it was incompetence at its finest, but it wasn't deliberate harassment... if it is the worst case scenario, oh the demons had better start running.
eta- for clarification, whoever's mistake this is, it isn't in my department, our HR rep verified with me what I put on the form and passed it on, this is someone in the state's retirement program who did this.
When I did my new hire paperwork, I very explicitly filled out my retirement enrollment that my spouse was a MALE named (name). I had to wait at least 60 days to set up an online log in to my retirement account (you know, processing time and all that), and imagine my chagrin when today I finally logged in and on the very first screen it asked me to verify that I was married to a FEMALE named (my husband's name with one letter changed to make it a feminine version).
Now, my handwriting isn't the best, so, I can see misspelling the name, but how the hell can they justify changing the sex of my spouse? Best case scenario I can think of, they didn't even look at the box I checked and just assumed since I am a male, my spouse is a female. Worst case scenario is they made a conscious judgement call that they didn't want to acknowledge that I had a husband instead of a wife and willfully and intentionally altered what I submitted.
If it is the best case scenario, all I care about is getting it fixed, it was incompetence at its finest, but it wasn't deliberate harassment... if it is the worst case scenario, oh the demons had better start running.
eta- for clarification, whoever's mistake this is, it isn't in my department, our HR rep verified with me what I put on the form and passed it on, this is someone in the state's retirement program who did this.
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