Not a welcoming/safe workplace for women or people with major disabilities. - Anonymous employee Impinj Employee Review

This company currently has far more male employees than women, and does not deal harassment in an effective manner or one which is likely to stop it happening again. I had a male employee make an inappropriate comment directed at me, which I reported to HR. While HR acknowledged the comment was inappropriate, I was told, and this is a direct quote from an email "You must understand that the intent was good", I was also told verbally that "The intent was good, he just finds you attractive, and is expressing it inappropriately," The company a couple of months later moved that male employee from a desk downstairs to one right across the isle from me. At this point he started repeatedly trying to force me talk to him, even though he had been told not to speak to with me unless there was a specific business reason. When I refused engage with him, this situation quickly escalated to outright physical intimidation. I reported this to HR, but it took almost a week for the man to be spoken to and the situation got much worse in that time. After he had been spoken to the direct physical intimidation stopped, but he would stand and stare at me from a distance, and find opportunities to walk just behind my shoulder so I could see him out of the corner of my eye. I was told by HR and management that we would both be moved. This never happened. I was also told by management that I should leave the company if I did not feel safe. As part of my interactions with HR around the original issue I disclosed a relevant history of a major disability due to 2 previous assaults, which affected my ability to deal with the harassment. The day after the company moved the man up from downstairs, I had to sit through a meeting as part of my work where HR spoke for 5-10 minutes about how the people who self report major disabilities are most likely lying to justify bad performance, and that doctors will sign off on this to avoid getting sued.