About VP of NA Ops

Here is Court Testimony Concerning Darrah, Enterprises Current Vice President of North American Operations

During her employment at Enterprise RI, plaintiff was
treated differently than other male employees. Enterprise
National publicly advertises its preference for “athletes,
fraternity types-especially fraternity presidents, social
directors,” and “ex-college frat house jocks.” Darrah
regularly organized and participated on all-male softball
teams, golf tournaments, and poker games designed to boost
group morale and provide opportunities to socialize with upper
management. The women in the office were never invited. In
addition, Darrah routinely gave male employees the benefit of
advance notice and corrective counseling regarding their
performance problems. A male manager, Brendan Kane, once
commented that he had spent so much time in Darrah’s office
receiving constructive criticism that his “ass hurt.”
However, plaintiff was denied a similar opportunity to work
with Darrah and take corrective action. The only time Darrah
was unhappy with plaintiff’s performance, he abruptly offered
her one of the three options discussed above.
Plaintiff’s working environment at Enterprise RI also
included various offensive and inappropriate actions. During
meetings with Darrah and other Area Rental Managers, the men
joked about sleeping with each other’s wives and referred to
the female employees as “hotties,” and commented on female
employees’ breast and body sizes. Offensive photographs were
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passed around at one particular meeting. In one photograph of
two male Area Managers, one man was on all fours and the other
appeared to be entering him from behind. In another
photograph, one male manager was holding a dildo up to his
genital area while the other man had his mouth open and tongue
out. On another occasion, plaintiff overheard rumors about
her sleeping with another co-worker. She also heard Darrah
discussing a sexual “threesome” in which he was supposedly
involved.
On or about January 27, 1997, plaintiff filed a charge of
discrimination with the Rhode Island Commission for Human
Rights (RICHR) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC). Each agency issued plaintiff a notice of right to
sue.

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I guess if you mainly hire a bunch of jock types and fraternity boys, you get locker room and frat house behavior.