My friends daughter was asked in front of other staff to drop a new male Intern home by her HoD, and said that No it didn't suit her, she had plans.
Her slightly strident HoD asked her to be a team player. She felt embarrassed and humiliated by her boss and gave him a lift.
First job as an qualified pharmist in a large pharmaceutical company.
Her mother, a solicitor was absolutely beyond incensed and encouraged her to contact HR.
She helped her draft the email that absolutely stank of legal language and tone, strongly objecting to the public humiliation and coercion she felt by her HoD's actions.
Her email spelled out clearly that it was her car, her property, not a company car, and she had felt bullied to follow the direction of her boss, out of hours, off the clock, in her private life.
In absolute fairness to the company she was met in reception as she entered work at 7.45 am.
Someone in HR obviously saw it out of hours.
It could not have been taken more seriously.
HR's manger and Director were openly appalled and told her so.
They apologised profusely, offering no excuse whatsoever as did her boss, who looked compleyely ashen faced when he was asked to join them.
She was told that it should never have happened, that her car was her property and she should never have been put in such a position.
She is still working there, but her boss, mid 40's has clearly had his card marked to such an extent that it has been remarked upon.
He is a lot quieter.
Within 24 hours a company wide protocol was circulated that no staff member was ever to be put under pressure to accommodate lifts for other staff.
Interestingly my BIL, also in Pharma, was very surprised he kept his job.
Pharma is very key to bring young women into their top disciplines.
Behaviour like this is not acceptable, not tolerated, and just the type of behaviour that decent organisations will no longer tolerate nor be associated with.