What’s the scandal?
A bombshell report in Sweden’s Aftonbladet has allegations from 11 former and present workers of Djerf Avenue of mistreatment and bullying. The report and the accompanying video—which options the accusers telling their tales in shadow—are all in Swedish, however in line with an internet translation, Djerf has been accused of bullying, favoritism, making a poisonous work setting, being fatphobic, and extra.
In one weird allegation, an worker claimed to the newspaper that Djerf designated a bathroom within the workplace for using simply herself and her “favourite” workers, placing an indication on the door studying “please don’t use!” in English. When the signal fell down, the newspaper alleges, an worker was made to clean the bathroom as a result of it had been utilized by an unapproved particular person.
Djerf herself and Pernilla Bonny, a spokesperson for the corporate, responded to the allegations intimately, together with the bathroom declare. When requested if it was “cheap” that an worker, who was not a cleaner, ought to have needed to scrub the bathroom, Bonny mentioned “clearly” it was not and they might work to rectify the state of affairs. Bonny defended the correct of Djerf to have her personal bathroom as a way to “keep wholesome” however mentioned using it by “favorites” would finish.
Others accused Djerf of swearing and performing condescending to her workers, creating an setting filled with “terror” the place workers repeatedly broke down in tears.
“I’ve by no means been so afraid of an individual in my total life,” mentioned one, in line with a tough translation.
Another recounted an alleged occasion the place Djerf noticed pictures of a plus-size mannequin and claimed she didn’t wish to run them as a result of the lady seemed “so fats.” In response to claims that the corporate’s said values of inclusivity didn’t match actuality, Bonny instructed the paper that “if there are workers who really feel that we don’t stay as much as our values, it’s clearly one thing we’ve to work even tougher on.”
In her personal assertion, Djerf mentioned she doesn’t acknowledge herself in a few of the allegations made however apologized to any worker who felt mistreated.
