All of these notes can help you later on. They will remind you of specific facts and events. They will help you see where your case is strong and where it is weak. If you go to management or take legal action, your journal will make your case stronger. Management may react more quickly when they see that you have lots of information about the harassment.
Detailed documents help show the pattern of harassment.
Keep anything that the harasser gives you. Letters, memos, gifts, drawings or taped messages on your answering machine can all be important evidence of harassment. Keep Records of Your Job Performance Keep copies of your job evaluations and any memos about your work. The harasser may claim that you are just unhappy about not getting a promotion. He may start to criticize your work and give you bad job evaluations.