Not WLS related - this is a work related issue and LONG, so be prepared...

Ok here's a crazy situation. My husband's boss is a serious hot head that allows his mouth to spew the most irresponsible things from time to time with no regard of who is within earshot or who he may offend. Yesterday there was an incident at his work and he's unsure if there's anything he can do about it. When my husband was hired he accepted the package offered after some hard negotiation attempts, and the package was a bit lower then he had anticipated, but because of the job market he figured he should be grateful to have had the offer he was able to get to and he accepted. Shortly after accepting the job he found documentation (and has a copy of it) stating that the planned salary for the position that my husband accepted was $15k more then he was offered and was able to negotiate. He was disappointed and couldn't figure out why or how it happened, he's always been successful with negotiating salaries in the past. Over the past 2 years of his employment he's heard his boss (the president of the company, now vice president after a recent acquisiton) make comments about people in the office that are extremely inappropriate, an example is threatening to fire a pregnant woman because she needed maternity leave (not to her directly, but to some of the other managers at the office), things like this. Yesterday Steve heard him say "I should just fire his fat behind (he used a more colorful version of the word) and be done with it." Now as you know my husband is planning on getting WLS with me, he's informed his work partner of this, and his partner is very very supportive of it, his partner's brother had it done a few years ago and it was very successful, so he thinks it's a fantastic thing for my husband to pursue. Anyway, my husband's never been touchy or sensitive about his weight, but this comment I think compounded in his mind with some of the other comments that he's made before, and even though the comment wasn't directed at him, he's begun to feel that perhaps he's being compensated lower then others in his position (he's a manager as well) because of his weight issue. Is there anything that can be or should be done about this?

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