I had a job as a front desk clerk for a timeshare resort for almost four years.  While the job was stressful because guests could get abusive, the managers and supervisors were supportive of us.  All of the managing staff happened to be women.  After working there for three years, the timeshare switched managing companies. 

The work environment changed quickly.  After a few months, the front desk manager walked off the job one day while I wasn't there.  Then, after six months, the general manager and group sales managers resigned suddenly and moved to another company. They had each been there for over fifteen years.  This was a bad sign.  The only manager left was the operations supervisor.  

A new front desk manager was brought in, and we also had a front desk supervisor who worked behind the front desk with us, which was something we hadn't had before the company takeover.  Both of these guys were a nightmare to work for.  Almost right away, the new front desk manager started sexually harassing me.  There was never any touching involved, but the manager stared at me ravenously and constantly violated my personal space.  I was never out of his field of view.  Every time I looked up, he was there staring at me.  He'd even follow me into the break room, and would exit and enter the break room over and over during my lunch break, up to thirty times in a half hour.  It was insane.  I eventually started eating in my car. 

My new supervisor was a manipulative control freak.  He was the type of guy who seemed personally offended if he didn't find you attractive.  Since I was almost twice his age, he disliked me.  I was a good employee and never did anything to him.

I reported the front desk manager right away to the operations supervisor.  It seems they reprimanded him.  He stayed away from me for a few weeks, then the harassment started up again.  I made a written complaint, detailing what was going on. Again, it seemed he'd been reprimanded.  They eventually moved him to the activities department so he wasn't working in the front desk area anymore.  

He stayed away for about a month, then began showing up at the front desk again.  The lecherous staring continued, and he would stand very close behind me when I was at my desk, with his crotch at my face level.  He had no reason to be in the front desk area.  His behavior was bizarre.  One time he stood in front of where I was working, just out of view of the surveillance cameras.  He had his hands in the pockets of his baggy pants, and he started jumping up and down when my supervisor wasn't looking.  I immediately told my supervisor, who replied, "Oh, he's just bored."  I got no support.

I wrote another complaint letter saying I could no longer tolerate his behavior, that I would have to resign if the perpetrator wasn't kept away from me.  I even had a meeting with the CEO of the company, who flew to our town to meet with me.  The first words out of his mouth were, "I thought you said we'd done something for you."

Again, the perpetrator stayed away, then came back.  I wrote a letter of resignation.  I said I could keep working there for a month, since we were severely understaffed.  After two weeks, I came in on my Monday, they handed me a check that contained one month's vacation pay that I didn't earn, and told me I could go.  I was essentially paid off to stay quiet.

I was such an emotional wreck after this experience, that I became extremely sick for over two months.  I had received a divorce settlement, so I was able to live off that, recover from the illness, and try to recover from the abuse at my job.  

My problems is, I have now been looking for work for a year.  I was good employee, but the front desk supervisor hated me for not staying quiet about the abuse and harassment.  While I have no concrete proof, like a recording of him bad mouthing me, I suspect he is saying he would not want to work with me again when potential employers call.  I have never had such a hard time finding work.  

In this year, I have found four short-term, temporary jobs that barely paid anything.  With all of these jobs, the person who called to hire me said they had been unable to get through to the timeshare (my old job), but they would hire me anyway.  

I have my original front desk manager's phone number, and she would provide a good reference for me, but almost all jobs now require you to submit a resume online with no phone numbers or personal reference information.  So, I can't provide my former manager's name and number on the resume. So the potential employers call the timeshare and end up being referred to my abusive supervisor.

I have consulted with a lawyer, and she said the only thing I can do is have a friend call, pretend to be a potential employer, and take note of anything illegal my former supervisor may say.  

I am out of money and am panicking.  This guy has ruined my life.