Sen. Amy Klobuchar would call her staffers' new employers and try to get the employment offers rescinded, it's been revealed as the Democratic presidential candidate deals with fallout from tales she is a bad boss.
More former staffers to the senator are speaking up about what it's like working for her after an initial report she forced aides to wash dishes and was a mean manager of her employees.
Staff told tales of office harassment, including objects thrown, sometimes directly at other people, along with outbursts of anger from the senator.
More reports about Sen. Amy Klobuchar's management techniques reveal she would call new employers to try and get her staffers' offers rescinded
Sen. Amy Klobuchar made her presidential announcement on a snowy day at an outdoor event on Boom Island, a park that juts into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis
Speaking out about their work life could lead to retribution from Klobuchar, former staffers told Yahoo! News, adding that the senator would get angry at aides who found other work and try to get their new offers pulled.
'The way she treats staff is disqualifying,' a former staffer told the news website of the senator's presidential bid.
A minor mistake in an internal document could lead to a 'multi-day affair,' one former staffer said.
Other staffers described harassing late-night phone calls and critical emails written in all caps, sometimes sent in quick succession.
Klobuchar has pushed back at the criticism by saying she is a 'tough boss' with 'high expectations.'
'I will say that I am proud of our staff. And yes, I can be a tough boss and push people, that’s obvious. But that’s because I have high expectations of myself, I have high expectations of those that work with me and I have high expectations for our country. My Chief of Staff has worked for me for six years, my State Director for seven years, my campaign manager for 14 years,' she said on Fox News Channel's 'Special Report' on Tuesday evening.
She added: 'I think people should judge me based on this campaign and how we do, and we sure had a good beginning and that was a strong team that did that.'
And some former staffers defend the senator and say she is a victim of bias from her gender.
'I've loved working for her,' a current Klobuchar staffer told Yahoo News.
Others said she showed genuine concern about staffers' family lives or health matters.
'That 'Midwestern nice' is real,' one former male staffer told the website, adding that the criticism comes from a 'subconscious, implicit bias about women.'
Another - who said their remarks weren't necessarily criticism - said Klobuchar 'doesn't sleep' and 'never stops working,' adding that: 'She definitely burns people out.'
The run up to Klobuchar's presidential announcement on Sunday was marred by the reports she mistreats her staff.
She addressed those rumors to reporters on the ground in Minnesota.
'You know, I love our staff,' Klobuchar said, according to Politico. 'And yes, I can be tough. And yes, I can push people. I know that. But in the end, there are so many great stories of our staff that have been with me for years who have gone on to do incredible things. I have, I'd say,
