Discrimination And Harassment: One Woman's Personal Story Of Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph

The book depicts the life of a young doctor, who is a very caring,diligent and hard worker who is being subjected to harassment and discrimination practices in a general hospital setting. The book details not only the discrimination,harassment, retaliation and abuse, but how it was used so horrifically and dangerously as it was applied to this woman, making her life a virtual nightmare. A large part involved cultural diversity, where the boss was strongly staunch in his beliefs, handpicking staff doctors who shared his beliefs and cultural similarities. He especially hired foreign born males. In return, these doctors gave allegiance to the boss. Why should they complain as they reaped significant rewards in terms of a lighter work schedule, bonuses,increased salary and time off.

The woman's plight was horrible. She was treated so differently that it was really flagrantly obvious. She was female, born in the USA and was made the odd ball in an American institution, and yet fighting for her life in her workplace. She knew that she was not favored and so she tried to lay low, just continuing to do her work. This was not satisfactory to the boss, even though she was taking care of the highest percentage of patients, working a schedule that was virtually impossible and yet, she had to be perfect or else she would suffer substantial retribution or threats that could affect her reputation and medical career. In other words, she was being worked to death!

The other most substantial part was how the harassment and discrimination was carried out and applied to her. She came to realize that the boss and management were very devious and sinister in their discriminatory methods, as they were not happy with her finally speaking up, challenging the inequality of workload, multiple missed opportunities, and working constantly with no time to breath.
Ultimately, the doctor came to the realization that these men were a "bunch of thugs", evil and malicious who really did not care for the patients. It is hard to believe that the boss and management were really wicked and monsters and the woman was their target. They used weaponry in the form of relentness criticism, incessant biased peer reviews and threats of all professional kinds which were an everyday thing. Of course, this impacted on her health, emotionally and physically.
The book also covers the legal entanglements and dealings with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission process and how she was more successful litigating the case by herself.