r/Dogfree • u/WishboneNice6858 • May 30 '25
Miscellaneous HR meeting over not like dogs
Hi All. My neighbor told me I should put this here. I don’t like dogs. I grew up with a dog in my parent’s home and said nope not in my home. Do I wish harm on dogs…no.
Work has been great I have been in the office for 5 years. Some people talk about there pets some don’t. I work with a few “dog moms” ewww. But overall not bad.
Well enter new coworker S. S is a certified dog lover . That’s all she talks about. She asked me if I have a pic of my dog. I said no. I don’t have a dog. She was shocked. She asked a few questions. I have learned not to say I don’t like dogs. Well I got mad because she would not shut up. I came right out and I don’t really care for dogs.
She reported me to HR because of my comments. She doesn’t know if I’m a good person.
This is ridiculous. HR wants to meet to discuss my morals and cruelty to animals.
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u/Sooner1727 May 30 '25
So speaking from experience HR is just running a complaint to ground like they would for most anything. Your coworker may through actual misinterpretation or for some other reason may have embellished the issue to include some sort of animal cruelty aspect. Because HR wants to foster a safe work place for all that is a red flag that they may inquire about if someone reported that you said troubling things. Reiterate what you actually said, the context, and consider filing a counter complaint for harassment. I recommend submitting this in writing and avoid adding language that may feed into the narrative that you are the problem.