I know you ladies are probably sick to death of hearing about my awful boss, but I'd love some perspective.
How do I tell the partners how awful my boss is being without sounding like I'm trying to be a tattletale or step over him professionally? He's being totally anti-Semitic today and it's driving me nuts.
He was all annoyed that our company's Israeli partner hadn't responded to emails, and I said, "That's probably because it's Yom Kippur."
And he said, "How do you know that?"
So I responded simply, "I have friends that are Jewish."
And he said, "From (your college)?"
And I said, "No, from my whole life."
And he said, "Oh, are there lots of Jews at (your college)?"
I said rather curtly, "(My college) is very diverse, so there's a lot of everything."
Mind you, this is following a conversation about two weeks ago when he said his daughters wouldn't look at urban schools because they don't have campuses, and I said that it depends on the school - I hated NYU for that reason, but loved my college (which was also urban). And he said, "Isn't NYU full of Jews? I wouldn't want my kids to go there." And I said, "NYU has 20% international students and kids from around the country. It's not "full" of anything."
He also told me today that he met with the girl they're trying to hire as an extra person in the office, and he "warned her" about her interview with our Israeli partner next week because "she might not be used to dealing with Jews". Now, the Israeli partner (referred to as D) is a bit more reserved and harder to read than some of the other partners, but he's a really nice guy - but seriously, why would you ever feel the need to 'warn' a potential employee about an interview with a senior partner?! And the anti-Semitism is just ridiculous. He was explaining to me what he said to the girl, that D is "very critical and negative", and "you know how those people are like." Like it was a friendly way to justify it - like he's saying, "Oh, he's just Jewish!" for being critical and negative. WHAT?! If I were that girl, I'd run for the hills!
And when talking about a project that would potentially come in from an Israeli contact, he said that he hoped it wouldn't come in because "you know what it's like to work with those people." EXCUSE ME?!
I'm infuriated, but I'm not even Jewish so I'm afraid the partners will be like, "So?" Though I know the Israeli partner would be incredibly hurt and upset to hear this, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news. We also have a partner in Italy and in the UK, who I am also close with. I just don't know how or to whom I should report this.
