Poor management - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso BadVR

Hi there, Whew boy! Where to start with this one? There aren’t too many people on the planet that would write something like this about me or my company, so I will start by saying I know who wrote this. I’m constrained from saying his name due to Glassdoor’s TOS, to which I am happy to comply. To anyone who might be reading this - this employee had written discipline notices due to inappropriate behavior at work. I was willing to work these issues out with the employee (and had even comped him his hotel and recreation costs on a previous trip out of my own pocket as a show of goodwill and appreciation), however he chose to resign before this could happen. In his own words, this part-time employee quit because I “wouldn’t meet with him” even though I had indeed scheduled a meeting with this individual at a date, time, and location of his own choosing - he failed to show up. After this occurred, I tried to connect with him to get company property back. While making repeated threats, he kept insisting I come “to his private home” to pick up the gear, even though I felt unsafe and uncomfortable doing so and told him as such. Instead, I gave him 4 other options to return the gear; he continued to insist I visit his private home, and if I wouldn’t do that, he wouldn’t return the items. It felt very weird and unsafe to me. Broadly speaking, I do not allow any threatening, discriminatory, or inappropriate behavior on my team, and I did what I could to fix the issues with him, but apparently this individual was not satisfied (to note, he did not have these issues with male managers or employees; he repeatedly requested to deal specifically with men). This review is the retaliatory result of my failing to comply with his unsafe demands. I certainly have my faults (and fiercely protecting my team from threats and inappropriate behavior is definitely one of them). However, I would ask any reader to take into account the documentable facts as presented in this reply when developing their own opinions regarding the viability of this review. I’m more than happy to chat about this with anyone (including said employee, he has my number, and I've always replied and always will) and happy to demonstrate the clear evidence of the claims I’ve set forth. I sincerely wish the best for this former part-employee, as I’ve told him before in the past. I hope he grows and learns how to function under both male and female leadership, and how to behave appropriately on coed teams. Best, Suzanne, CEO of BadVR