Anti-Harassment & Workplace Respect

TechAbout is committed to a workplace where every person is treated with dignity and respect. Harassment, bullying, intimidation, humiliation, threats, or retaliation are not acceptable.

What Counts as Harassment

• Unwanted verbal, written, physical, or visual conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive workplace.
• Insults, repeated shouting, humiliation, mocking, threats, abusive messages, or personal attacks.
• Unwanted sexual comments, requests, jokes, gestures, images, touching, or attention.
• Repeated behavior that undermines a person's work, dignity, reputation, or safety.
• Retaliation against anyone who raises a complaint, supports a complaint, or participates in a review.

Reporting Options

• Employees may report concerns to HR, their Team Lead, a Director, or another trusted senior person.
• If the concern involves the employee's direct supervisor, the employee may bypass that supervisor and contact HR or management directly.
• Reports should include dates, people involved, witnesses, messages, screenshots, documents, or any available evidence.

Review Process

• HR records the complaint and confirms the next step with the complainant.
• Management may take temporary steps to protect people while the matter is reviewed, such as changing reporting lines, shifts, seating, or system access.
• The person complained against should normally be given a fair chance to respond unless doing so would create immediate risk.
• Findings are shared only with people who need to know the outcome or implement action.

Possible Outcomes

• Coaching, warning, apology, mediation, training, reporting-line change, access restriction, disciplinary action, or separation depending on severity.
• If a complaint is not proven, HR may still recommend steps to improve communication, boundaries, or team conduct.
• Good-faith complaints are protected even if the concern is not ultimately proven.