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This is the article where one of the author's warehouse colleagues is fired because he attends the birth of his son without giving seven days notice. Can't find
by nodata 14y ago
This is the article where one of the author's warehouse colleagues is fired because he attends the birth of his son without giving seven days notice. Can't find the quote though - was it removed, or am I searching for the wrong thing?
Edit: thanks vhf. Here is the horrible quote I was looking for:
"Brian already went through this training, but then during his first week his lady had a baby, so he missed a day and he had to be fired."
Frightening.
- vhf 14y agoYes it is. Search "Brian" on first page.
- jiggy2011 14y agoYes, I've worked in a few pretty bad places in the past (though not this bad). Problem is that the main incentives for an employer to provide decent working conditions are so that A) They don't leave for a competitor and B) Make people happy and more productive. A doesn't really apply, because if these people had options they wouldn't working there. Also it costs so little to train up a new hire and there is a constant pool of unskilled , unemployed people to pick from. B doesn't really apply either, because these type of jobs suck almost by definition, there is also unlikely to be much difference between a more and less productive employee due to the repetitive nature of the job. These people are also very unlikely to sue you for wrongful termination or whatever, so it means that it is worth it to get the small productivity increase you might get from being unreasonable.