Conflict with permanent staff members

[darmstadt]

Butt**** him, that should make him stop and if that doesn't, then invite him around for an evening with a glass topped coffee table.

[EternalOptimist]

Your job is to maximise your company profits, not to become the worlds policeman.

If you were to decide to have a conscience you should go and help some ebola victims or starving kids or rape victims rather than concentrating your fire (anonymously) against some tourettes sufferer.

And get yourself manned up, because you'll be coming down after Christmas

[vwdan]

Your job is to maximise your company profits, not to become the worlds policeman.

If you were to decide to have a conscience you should go and help some ebola victims or starving kids or rape victims rather than concentrating your fire (anonymously) against some tourettes sufferer.

And get yourself manned up, because you'll be coming down after Christmas

This is bollocks, to be frank. Nobody should have to work in a hostile environment and rape jokes will definitely fall near that category.

[EternalOptimist]

This is bollocks, to be frank. Nobody should have to work in a hostile environment and rape jokes will definitely fall near that category.

If you want to limit your range of work because you have a thin skin, thats up to you. It leaves more work for me

thnks.

[fullyautomatix]

This is bollocks, to be frank. Nobody should have to work in a hostile environment and rape jokes will definitely fall near that category.

I think Mr EO was not being serious. I doubt any on here would like to hear rape jokes in the office.

[EternalOptimist]

I think Mr EO was not being serious. I doubt any on here would like to hear rape jokes in the office.

nobody likes to hear them, but first off, I wouldnt let myself get into that situation, secondly, if I did have to listen to such stuff, I would ignore it and go for the money

[vwdan]

If you want to limit your range of work because you have a thin skin, thats up to you. It leaves more work for me

thnks.

Having thin skin is generally not something people would accuse me of - what I do have, however, is an intolerance for abuse and anything resembling bullying or personal attacks.

If you're happy to sit in the corner with your head down pretending the world around you doesn't exist, then that's your prerogative. For me, however, contractor or not - I don't put up with things like that.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

You are a contractor, why are you bantering with permies ? Do you also go camping with them and share some donuts ?

Quite, doesn't OP know that banter with permies is an automatic -10 points on the IR35 BETs?

[Unix]

Why are jokes bad? It's obvious they are jokes. Comedy should be able to cross all boundaries and have no censorship. Maybe for this guy making jokes about rape prevents him from actually raping someone.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Why are jokes bad? It's obvious they are jokes. Comedy should be able to cross all boundaries and have no censorship. Maybe for this guy making jokes about rape prevents him from actually raping someone.

Even if they are bad - who cares? Don't socialise with him. Tell him you think it's bad if you really want to.
Unless the nature of this rapey joking is much more serious than the OP makes clear (i.e. if it's personal especially) then telling HR or whoever is akin to those utter cretins who get kids arrested for saying hurtful things on twitter.

I.e. - get a life for goodness sake. You're a guest at ClientCo - leave it to the permies to complain.

Taking offence is ALWAYS a choice.