re: John Besh and Company Accused of Sexual Harrassment

Someone in the reddit thread who was one of the girls in the article:

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I'm one of the women in this article, and since word got out I've heard so many stories. It's a lot more than 25.
I'm heading to my current job and I hope my coworkers have read this. Especially the one who told me he likes the way I polish wine glasses and wanted to know if I use two or three fingers when I "polish" myself.

Edit: Apparently employees at Shaya were told if they shared the article on any social media there would be consequences.

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It made me sick how John, Alon, and Octavio tried to defend themselves, and how Alon acted like he had absolutely no part in it. It was pretty much known that if you flirted (or did more) with Octavio you could get into management. I wanted to work my way up but other girls were doing things I wasn't willing to and were getting promoted before me.

I hope this article does something.

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From another guy:

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As a male, who is a former BRG employee (2 years), I believe every word of that story. Octavio is a fricking creep. All of those top chefs are douchey assholes who abuse their position of power over their employees. It's almost damn near impossible to bring anything to managers b/c the managers are all super bff with each other and the chefs. I'm sorry you had to put up with this and im glad you and so many others spoke out and are taking action with the EEOC.

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Another:

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Former longtime BRG employee here. Everyone has known about this stuff forever. Management is basically just reshuffled every time they do bad shite. This article was actually way less crazy than I expected. And it's way more than 25.

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Interesting comments on the New Orleans subreddit before this story broke. Apparently some knew what was coming.