Much of the news lately has focused on how we, as employers, can do a better job training and otherwise educating our employees about workplace harassment.
So, I ask — is this parody the worst harassment training video of all time, or, is it so bad, that it’s actually the best training video?
I think I’m leaning toward the latter — that this video is so brilliant in its awfulness that it might just make a really good training tool, or least part of great compliance and education program.
What do you think?
Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Jon Hyman is a partner at Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis in Cleveland. Comment below or email editors@workforce.com. Follow Hyman’s blog at Workforce.com/PracticalEmployer.
I’m going to go with The Worst. Although I appreciate the tongue-in-cheek approach, it diminishes the topic to slapstick fun that won’t play well for many people, in my opinion.
I laughed, I cringed, I was bored. Not a video I would use because I think that some of the bits would be repeated in conversation, and not in the most productive way. Another video that does not impress is, unfortunately, a SHRM offering. It includes a health care example of 2 female nurses being hit on in the cafeteria by vendors stocking a soda machine. A hospital administrator sees them looking unhappy, asks what’s wrong and is told about that the vendor that was, “making inappropriate comments of a sexual nature.” The language and responses were all so stilted. The actor David Schwimmer mad a few videos under the titles “That’s Harassment.” These are really good and can be used if they fit the situation. Short video or still examples, without lectures or other content, are worth using to spur conversation and understanding.