"Damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't" dilemmas play out every day in our industry and other workplaces.
Most frustrating of all are those "damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't" employee dilemmas. Case in point: several years ago, Coors Brewing Co. found itself caught between a rock and a hard place in getting sued by one employee for alleged sexual harassment, and by the accused harasser for slander and wrongful termination. They settled the harassment case for $200,000, in addition to spending some $600,000 investigating the charges and another $300,000 providing the accuser with 24-hour bodyguard service and a heavy-duty security system for her home. This was based on the woman's charges of death threats, stalking and other lurid retribution after she left the company.