On October 22nd, 2020, we were contacted by a woman who had worked with Mr. Fuentez at his fast food job for several months but had recently quit. Now that she has changed jobs, she feels comfortable speaking with us.
She stated that the co-workers at their mutual employer knew about the story and kept their distance from Mr. Fuentez. She stated that he was “lazy”, “rude” and “just barked orders at people like he ran things”. She stated that “he would be paranoid and panicked one minute to everyone and then try to be charming to make people feel better”.
She stated that some co-workers had brought this site to their boss’ attention previously but nothing changed. She stated that one of the male employees made the regional supervisor aware of the story, but he was told that “it’s a franchise store and I cannot do anything about it unless he [Mr. Fuentez] does something directly to a customer or employee”.
She stated that “one of the women let the franchise owner know that he [Mr. Fuentez] hit on her” and that he told her that he “was single now” when he was hitting on her. Our intern asked her if that female co-worker was “receptive to Mr. Fuentez’ advances or if those advances were unwanted” and she stated “they were definitely unwelcome”. She stated that this woman had discussed with her about confronting Mr. Fuentez about this site since she felt their boss wouldn’t do anything, but felt “it wouldn’t do any good either”. She stated “….the franchise boss didn’t do anything. It’s like they’re friends or something”. She stated to our intern that “everyone knows [about the story] and she wasn’t falling for it”, meaning the other female co-worker whom Mr. Fuentez made sexual advances toward.
This newest co-worker has since moved on to another job, but we appreciate her candor and honesty in sharing this information with our intern.
We wish her the best in her new job.