Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has a “dossier” of his own to worry about, and it has nothing to do with Russia or collusion.
It’s a compilation of the complaints of more than 40 employees at Bloomberg LP who accusing him of abusing employees in a toxic work culture characterized by bullying and harassment of women.
Among the claims, DailyMail.com reported, are that he called another woman “dog face” and failed to fire an editor who gave employees unwanted massages.
The report alleged he refused to promote female employee Maggie Berry because of her weight. Berry was featured in a Bloomberg ad highlighting his positive treatment of women.
Bloomberg allegedly said, “I will not have that fat woman representing my company.”
But Berry defended Bloomberg in a statement, DailyMail.com reported: “Having Mike’s backing and support has allowed me, and many other women at Bloomberg, to progress into management positions overseeing a significant part of our business.”
The dossier also alleges Bloomberg told another employee, “Don’t let the lesbian get you down!”
Alleged sexual harassment by Bloomberg News Washington editor Al Hunt was the subject of several human resource complaints and at least two financial settlements, according to sources, DailyMail.com reported.
Hunt had a reputation among employees for coming up behind women and giving them shoulder rubs without asking.
Hunt denied the allegations, insisting there “never was a propensity to touch women in inappropriate ways.”
“The shoulder rub charge is wrong,” he said in a statement.
A former employee said he informed upper management of Hunt’s behavior but they decided not to intervene.
At the Las Vegas debate last month, Democratic presidential rival Elizabeth Warren brought up Bloomberg’s problem with female employees, saying he called them “fat broads” and “horse-faced lesbians.”
And she chastised him for having women who brought claims against him sign non-disclosure agreements.
At the Las Vegas debate, Bloomberg tried to defend himself, but the consensus of analysts was that Warren’s blows had impact.
“I have no tolerance for the kind of behavior that the MeToo movement has exposed, and anybody that does anything wrong in our company, we investigate it, and if it’s appropriate, they’re gone that day,” he said.
