As more details emerge in reports that state Sen. Sonya Jaquez is a rotten boss, it’s a toss-up as who sounds thinner skinned and entitled — the politician, or some of the people’s she’s hired.
PeakNation will recall the vague accusations against the Longmont Democrat that surfaced recently about her failure to sign off on a departing employee’s final paycheck, forcing the hand of leadership to get involved.
Despite digging by the Denver Post, it all seemed like a big yawn. Petty office bickering by an insecure lawmaker and entitled noise from a disgruntled employee, with few commenting on the documents obtained by the Post that also seemed like a nothing burger.
Now Colorado Public Radio has done their own investigation of bad boss versus four former employees.
Not paying wages owed on at least two occasions is serious business, but many complaints sound like inexperienced employees with no desire for any kind of demanding work schedule.
Memo to Gen Z: That’s why it’s called “work.”
Other complaints of working in politics include the generic toxic label and pressure to be untruthful.
But the complaints were enough for Democrat leadership to stop assisting Lewis with hiring new staffers. She also lost her chairmanship over the Senate Local Government and Housing Committee.
Documents obtained by CPR do show she bullied an employee into rewriting a resignation letter that stated their reason for leaving was due to “concerns about the work environment and its impact on my well-being.”
The Senator insisted the staffer write instead:
“Unfortunately, I have realized that without having a car, coming into the Capitol every day will become too much of a hardship. I did not realize how difficult the commute would be.”
Granted, these entry level legislative jobs are typically held by idealistic youngsters fresh out of college, but the job does require a certain level of maturity, backbone, and long stressful days.
But demanding that a young employee blame themselves instead of tough working conditions is deceitful and thin-skinned — qualities unbecoming in a lawmaker.
And immature boomer management has no place in this new world of entitled young workers who are taught to protest publicly if they feel mistreated or overworked.
Lewis looks like a juvenile blowhard who treats workers like personal servants, and punishes them by withholding money like it’s their allowance.
While the details sound petty, it starts to add up to someone who really doesn’t cut it as a public servant, and her constituents should be embarrassed by her behavior.