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Open-offices are downright dangerous. We had an Indian colleague who had tuberculoses. After it was diagnosed, every employee had to get an examination. One col
by emsy 12y ago
Open-offices are downright dangerous. We had an Indian colleague who had tuberculoses. After it was diagnosed, every employee had to get an examination. One colleague got infected. Worst of all, the management handled the matter rather unserious and kept jamming everyone in the same office (including the infected colleague!) Gladly, I worked remotely for that company.
- seizethecheese 12y agoWhy is it relevant that he is Indian?
- general_failure 12y agoMaybe because it's still quite prevalent in India
- emsy 12y agoI guess it's a habit because whenever I told that story I was asked how he got tuberculoses in the first place (It's virtually extinct where I live)
- emsy 12y agoYou're right, it's not relevant at all, it may only evoke bad sentiments. I'll edit it. Edit: forgot I can't edit it -.- Remembered why it was relevant: Since tuberculoses is still a problem in India, they already assumed that he may have tuberculoses before the diagnosis (he was coughing heavily and had signs of an ulcer). But not only did they keep him working, he was still in a tightly packed office with all the others.
- seizethecheese 12y agoOn second thought, this should have been obvious! Sorry for the snark, and I'm glad that you followed up with this.
- waps 12y agoI hope he sued the company and got a $10 million settlement. Companies respond really well to getting sued even once.
- psychometry 12y agoHell, companies respond pretty well to merely receiving letters from lawyers.
- emsy 12y agoThat was the worst part for my: Nothing happened afterwards! The infected colleague even worked remotely when she (it was a female colleague) was sick. Probably in fear for her position. The whole story was very WTF-worthy and obviously, I don't work with them any longer.