It sounds like a very dramatic series of events on all accounts. The Guy, Amélie, Kelly, they were all up to weird and bad behaviour. I would say the way she handled things wasn't anywhere near ideal, but that doesn't justify her improper treatment at all. The chair incident is just bizarre.
I would say what went wrong here is that the others weren't fired as well - not that she shouldn't have been. That sounds shitty, but I think the most egregious inequality here is that the others got to stay employed. No one did anything right.
Unfortunately I think this is just tech for you. I've witnessed so much sexism in this industry, I just don't know what to do anymore (besides ask people to stop it).
I appreciate that she didn't sugar-coat her own behavior here; drunkenly slapping a coworker at a company event (or even in one's free time) is enough to get you fired at most businesses.
Still, the major theme here seems to be a complete lack of professionalism from all involved (seriously, who tries to set up two new coworkers?) To me that screams "culture problems" coming from the top, not handful of bad apples. When your department is run like a Greek house, don't be surprised when the employees act like frat boys and sorority girls.
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It sounds like a very dramatic series of events on all accounts. The Guy, Amélie, Kelly, they were all up to weird and bad behaviour. I would say the way she handled things wasn't anywhere near ideal, but that doesn't justify her improper treatment at all. The chair incident is just bizarre.
I would say what went wrong here is that the others weren't fired as well - not that she shouldn't have been. That sounds shitty, but I think the most egregious inequality here is that the others got to stay employed. No one did anything right.
Unfortunately I think this is just tech for you. I've witnessed so much sexism in this industry, I just don't know what to do anymore (besides ask people to stop it).
I appreciate that she didn't sugar-coat her own behavior here; drunkenly slapping a coworker at a company event (or even in one's free time) is enough to get you fired at most businesses.
Still, the major theme here seems to be a complete lack of professionalism from all involved (seriously, who tries to set up two new coworkers?) To me that screams "culture problems" coming from the top, not handful of bad apples. When your department is run like a Greek house, don't be surprised when the employees act like frat boys and sorority girls.