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There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. Having long ago experienced panic disorder that overlapped with

There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. Having long ago experienced panic disorder that overlapped with my professional life, I am grateful for having been accommodated and sympathetic to anyone who experiences it. But it's not clear here that the employee explained the full situation to their boss. Just that they said they didn't want a party, which a lot of people would say. Enduring some uncomfortable and unexpected social situations at work is a reasonable expectation of an employee. Enduring unexpected work stress in general is a reasonable expectation of an employee. It's not inherently evil to fire an employee who has poor reactions to workplace stress. Panic attacks as a result of an unwanted birthday party are not that far off from panic attacks from having to meet a new co-worker, boss, or give a talk to even a small group. But again, there's not enough in this article to really anlalyze. It's infotainment contrasting of the inanity of a birthday party with the firing/damages.

ceejayoz 5y ago
> There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. That the jury ruled in his favor is a significant detail.
colanderman 5y ago
He was fired after having a second panic attack when his managers called him in to a meeting and "accused him of stealing other coworkers’ joy". [1] [1] https://linknky.com/news/2022/04/14/man-awarded-450k-after-firing-over-birthday-party-at-gravity-diagnostics/ https://linknky.com/news/2022/04/14/man-awarded-450k-after-f...
- nathanaldensr 5y ago
  That's some dystopian shit right there.
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onion2k 5y ago
There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. When someone asks for something you should respect their wishes, and this company chose to ignore that and follow the protocol despite being asked not to. From that alone I know that this company is not somewhere good to work. Putting following the rules when you don't need to ahead of people's welfare is a huge red flag.
- jrootabega 5y ago
  Maybe. The other story says that the person coordinating the birthdays forgot and didn't intend to contravene this person's wishes. What you're advocating is etiquette and politeness, and as such it's not really possible to disagree with it. But part of etiquette and politeness is tolerating other parties' mistakes.
  - robonerd 5y ago
    If they had apologized to him after the mistake, they might have received forgiveness. But instead they berated him, then fired him for having a second panic attack. At that point, the situation is no longer a mistake to be tolerated.

ceejayoz 5y ago

> There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. That the jury ruled in his favor is a significant detail.

colanderman 5y ago

He was fired after having a second panic attack when his managers called him in to a meeting and "accused him of stealing other coworkers’ joy". [1] [1] https://linknky.com/news/2022/04/14/man-awarded-450k-after-firing-over-birthday-party-at-gravity-diagnostics/ https://linknky.com/news/2022/04/14/man-awarded-450k-after-f...

nathanaldensr 5y ago
That's some dystopian shit right there.

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onion2k 5y ago

There's not enough detail or background here to make confident armchair readings about anything. When someone asks for something you should respect their wishes, and this company chose to ignore that and follow the protocol despite being asked not to. From that alone I know that this company is not somewhere good to work. Putting following the rules when you don't need to ahead of people's welfare is a huge red flag.

jrootabega 5y ago
Maybe. The other story says that the person coordinating the birthdays forgot and didn't intend to contravene this person's wishes. What you're advocating is etiquette and politeness, and as such it's not really possible to disagree with it. But part of etiquette and politeness is tolerating other parties' mistakes.
- robonerd 5y ago
  If they had apologized to him after the mistake, they might have received forgiveness. But instead they berated him, then fired him for having a second panic attack. At that point, the situation is no longer a mistake to be tolerated.