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Calling the cops on your own employees is beyond the pale.
by relaxing 3y ago
Calling the cops on your own employees is beyond the pale.
- jimbokun 3y agoSurely there are some employee actions that would warrant police involvement.
- defrost 3y agoIt might seem that way but, in the US at least, it's a time honed practice with at least 150 years of past practice. Wait until the company forms a private army to keep staff in line and|or calls in the US army to assist .. even then that'd still be within the pale of the history of US labor relations. It's not a good move for many reasons but it's not "beyond the pale".
- aspenmayer 3y agoIn case anyone doubts whether the above is hyperbole - it's not. > Wait until the company forms a private army to keep staff in line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike > calls in the US army to assist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
- readthenotes1 3y agoI'm watching the Godfather. The Don would agree.
- geodel 3y agoYeah, any reasonable employer would take law in their own hand instead of involving police.
- fasthands9 3y agoThe 28 employees do not own the company. They have no right to make life difficult for everyone else who is happy to work there. Removing bad actors is good for the other employees on net. I wouldn't want to work at an office where I had no idea if my office or desk would be a safe space. Calling police is better than private security since each party knows the mediating force is independent and bound by law.
- ImJamal 3y agoIf one of your employees is going around shooting people would calling the cops on them also be beyond the pale?
- xracy 3y agoNo, but based on Uvalde it wouldn't actually be helpful either.