There was more bad news for Foxtons after two further former employees of the estate agency made fresh claims of allegations of sexual harassment and racism.
The latest allegations come just a few weeks after a Bloomberg investigation revealed detailed claims of groping, sexual propositions, and racist language at the company – an alleged practice that Foxtons promised to address.
A MailOnline report has revealed allegations relating to a two-year period from 2021 to 2023, ranging from unwanted sexual advances during team parties to a poster that called a homosexual colleague a “gay *****.”
The publication states that it has seen the flyer that pimped out the male worker with a phone number typed on tabs underneath.
According to MailOnline, two staff members were sacked over the poster, while another worker who was suspended is believed to still be employed by the agency.
Two former Foxtons employees told MailOnline how they were subjected to and witnessed sexual harassment and racist abuse and described working at the firm as like being in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’.
MailOnline reports that between 2021 and 2023 two male colleagues placed a wager on who could ‘get’ a 19-year-old girl first when she started working at a branch in West Hampstead, NW London, which has since closed.
A female colleague, who wished to remain anonymous, told MailOnline how she befriended the new starter after overhearing the sleazy wager and said they were both ‘randomly touched’ in the staff kitchen by one of the older men.
The former female employees told how they would be pestered by male colleagues on work nights out and at the firm’s Christmas parties where they had to ‘dodge’ drunken hands.
Another female employee claims that at a team building night out she was a approached by a male colleague who asked., “Do you want to come to the car park and suck my d***?”
A spokesperson for Foxtons told the press: “‘We have investigated and taken robust action where these incidents have been reported.
“We take these allegations very seriously and urge those affected by them, or similar incidents, to use our whistleblowing processes so further action can be taken, as many of these are yet to be reported or identified.
“We have made progress improving our culture in recent years, introducing mandatory annual respect and inclusion training, strengthened EDI policies, and enhanced whistleblowing and speak up processes, but there is more to do and further initiatives are underway.”
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