Saturday, August 4, 2012

Re: [Everything doTERRA] Re: Workplace Harassment Using doTERRA?

I work on a scent free floor...yet every day there are numerous scents to contend with:
  • Lysol,
  • Perfumes,
  • Multi-ethnic Food,
  • Other sprays,
  • Cleaners
  • Scented soaps
  • I'm allergic to oranges (scent and from eating) and I had a guy bring an orange EVERY DAY and put it my face before taking it away to peel and eat...that's terrorizing
  • Smokers
  • scented tea's
  • Aromatic coffee's
  • smelly people
  • Not mention loud people (who don't understand what it means to be in a shared work environment)
If i were you I'd tell them you have to apply the oils to deal with those other smells around you so you can get through the day without deveoping migraines yourself!
or...tell them you stopped...and it must be something else that the person is smelling and then lodge your own complaint against this person and your manager...if you need to get a doctors note this will be your saviour if they are trying to fire you.
 
This is nothing more than a toxic environments of unhappy people at work looking to create diversion from the real issues in their lives. Will pray for all those who have to deal with ignorant people...it's not easy.
 
 
On Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:46:47 PM UTC-5, Vicky wrote:
AMEN.... Lysol is the worst smelling aerosol EVER...   What has happened to our communities... Are we so stressed out that we
have no compassion for one another anymore..?
 
 
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Catherine Flitter <catherineflitter@gmail.com> wrote:
 
I am puzzled (sarcasm) no one registers a complaint with the smell of freshly sprayed lysol or perfumes in restrooms?? Mmm. The workplace is currently toxic enough... Stay the course with civility for our products are supreme.. Hugs n health .. Catherine 
On Sunday, February 19, 2012, suemarie wrote:
 
Shannon,   I have a very similar situation that I've been dealing with
at work.  I work in an office with about 200 people, but I'm in a
smaller space on the floor with 4-5 people.  One of my co-workers
started to complain about the scents I was using when I moved into
this space last July.  At first she just said she didn't like the
scents, but after about a month she complained to HR that they were
causing migraines, but not for her, for her friend (whom she has
shared this space with for several years).  I was using the peppermint
to help with Hot flashes (worked great) and several of the others in
the office liked the smell so much they asked me for some. They were
using it as a 'pick me up' in the late afternoon.  Even though we
stopped using the oils after she complained, I was still being accused
of smelling like mint and this person who started the complaints went
on to spead malicious stories through out the office about how they
were triggering her asthma and she couldn't breathe, which made me out
to be the evil one.  I started to recieve the 'cold shoulder' from
many others on the floor.  She also encouraged some co-workers to
complain as well.
 
It all seemed to come to a head in Novemeber, when she became very
holstile with me and mean..  saying things like I stunk, or I was
offensive and she started to yell at me when I tried to explain that
I'd not used any oils.  She became hostile and angry and yelled that
they were coming out my pores.  I don't have a very thick skin, so it
was very upsetting and I ended up having to leave the office after
that incident and several times prior to this.
 
HR got involved and basically asked that I use the oils only when I
needed them for medicinal purposes.  They also placed two Air
purifiers in our space and require that we use them all the time.
Unfortunately for me, even tho I suspect (as many others have noted)
that my oils are not the problem but an easy target because the scents
are strong, I can't prove it.  It is also very coincidental that we
had two smokers move into our space and some dust issues (from
furniture being moved),  at the same time this co-worker started to
complain about her asthma.
 
I don't think that your employer can ask you to stop using personal
care products, especially when you are using them for medicinal
purposes.  I believe they have to try and accomidate you and your
needs.  Which is what my employer did.
 
As for the issue with co-workers and harrassment, that is not allowed
either and I had to file an 'harrassment complaint'.  After this, the
complainers were not allowed to discuss this issue with anyone else in
the office, but inforcing that was anther story (it actually ended up
on 'Facebook' which is a total violation of company policy)...  but
that is another issue..   good luck to you and if you'd like to email
me direct or call me I'd be happy to share with you in detail my
situation..    Sue 503-709-4333 and suemarier0057@comcast.net is the
email address that I check regularly...
 
On Feb 16, 12:04 pm, shannon nelson <shanniki...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I have been using doTERRA oils since November. I struggle with
> chronic migraines and cystic acne, pcos, among other things so they
> have been very helpful to me. Iworkin an office and had some people
> around me complain that they were allergic to the scents I was using,
> even when I explained what they were and HR and my manager got
> involved. I (and the two people on my team) moved to another part of
> the building.
>
> Now, maybe a month or so later, my manager and HR called me out to say
> that people are leaving early due to nausea, itching eyes and nose,
> etc. and it is being attributed to me. Even when I don't use the oils,
> people are complaining. I was told that it is maybe a scent permeated
> into my coat/scarf etc. And they say that if I stop using them and
> have migraines reoccur, I should fill out new FMLA paperwork to
> protect my job.
>
> I feel so frustrated. Has anyone encountered anything like this?
 
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