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I created a throw away for this, but during a recent family emergency, my small 100 person company decided to fire me rather than allow my request for 3 months
by familyemta123 5y ago
I created a throw away for this, but during a recent family emergency, my small 100 person company decided to fire me rather than allow my request for 3 months off without pay. They could easily have supported it, and I was a good employee, but instead I heard now they've replaced me with an Eastern European contractor for cheap. So rather than help me in my time of need, after I had saved their ass from some other crappier contractors in the preceding year, they took it as a chance to cut costs. They had also just gone public and have a huge war chest from that, so it isn't like they were strapped.
I'm not going to respond to those comments, inevitability, that will say there's more to this story, because there isn't, I was a good employee and understood my job, but they just saw a replaceable body. I'm never going to dedicate more than the minimum effort to a company ever again.
- Domenic_S 5y agoNo FMLA?
- bell-cot 5y agoA slightly more sophisticated strategy - dedicate more then the minimum effort to a company...but only after they demonstrate decent devotion to good employees. So "Tit for Tat", very roughly.
- mrtesthah 5y agoOften an employee won’t find that out until they’re fired for getting pregnant.
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- chinchilla2020 5y agoIt might be an ethical move to name and shame this company. It could save a future employee from joining them.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoI too think it would be proper to share that information if you feel it would not impact your job search (and let's be frank, if they would do what they did they can't do much worse). Protecting abusers is not a good policy.
- familyemta123 5y agoUnfortunately, due to a legal agreement I signed to get them to pay for medical benefits for a few additional months and have a small separation payment, I cannot do so. If I did, they could sue me for several times the amount of benefit I gained, and I'm not in a good position for that now.
- kingsloi 5y agoYeah, you pretty much hit the nail for me, too. I was worried of that exact situation. I'm a great employee, with a great team/manager, but it's a F500 company, where I'm just a replaceable body. The best thing I could do for my child is to not rock the boat.