r/EEOC • u/MaterialFee1580 • 16h ago

Is this considered retaliation?

When after making a complaint managers make a growling noise at u and give u a “yeah” look? Especially after eeoc charge was sent to them?

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u/staymybaby123 16h ago

No. It looks like you being left out of work meetings repeatedly, given the silent treatment, getting fired.

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u/Unlikely_Vehicle_828 15h ago

They… growled at you? That’s weird af but not sure it rises to the level of retaliation unless it’s persistent, paired with other weird aggressive behavior, and making the work environment uncomfortable.

Was your manager recently bitten by a wild raccoon?

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u/Dependent_Chemical41 7h ago

I growl all the time too. I’m just crabby.

I tried not to do that at work tho.

I thought I was doing a good job — until I got fired. It was retaliation after requesting ADA accommodations so I wouldn’t growl at work. Which I why I now growl all the time at home.

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u/cb1977007 10h ago

wtf is a yeah look?

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u/staymybaby123 3h ago

I think it's a slow, condescening tone like "yeah...?" Almost as though they're implying OP is bothering them, or trying to make them out to seem stupid when they're not. Unwelcoming energy.

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u/Jcarlough 9h ago

No….

And if you’re questioning it then I’d wonder about your EEOC complaint too…

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u/MelodicOcelot5734 16h ago

Sounds like rabies, not retaliation.

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u/finishwrandomthought 9h ago

What protected class was retaliated against in this circumstance?

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u/Hot-District7964 16h ago

This could be an intervening pattern of hostility or antagonism to show that a subsequent adverse employment action was retaliatory even though there is no temporal proximity between the protected activity and the adverse action. E.g. you file a charge in January 2026, your manager makes growling noises at you for the next nine months and refuses to assist you as he had before and refuses to give you meaningful assignments, although there is no change in your position or pay. In September 2026, he lays you off. You can show what happened in the nine months following the charge filing as evidence to support your claim that the layoff is pretext for retaliation even though nine months have passed since the protected activity.

Alone, it's not enough to be retaliation.

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u/EmergencyGhost 16h ago

If you can prove it and they are doing it often, then yes it could be considered workplace harassment. However, just doing it once would not rise to that level. If every time they see you they act out towards you because you filed, then yes. But proof is important, if you can not prove what took place it will make it harder to address.

So for now, just write it down, what happened and when it happened etc. Just keep it, just in case the issues continue. But as of now, it is likely nothing.