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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 237477" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, and if it IS because you're female or a minority etc. good luck being able to afford an attorney who can represent you and prove it against the high-priced attorneys the corporations have. You can't win.</p><p>I worked at a newspaper and the best salesperson ticked off our idiot boss (emphasis on idiot--he sexually harrassed everyone and talked in a loud voice on the phone about how incompetent women were and we had to eat it). He was best friends with the owner of the company. Eventually, the best salesperson was fired for a minor infraction. She couldn't even collect unemployment because the company lied to the powers that be and said she had been fired due to "incompetence." She never did get any unemployment and she tried calling a lawyer too who said s he could hire him (at a large fee that she couldn't afford, since she had no income at all), but that it wouldn't probably help her. She never did get compensation. We kept in touch and I was stunned at how the company spun her sudden dismissal. They'd been waiting for her to do one little thing wrong to get rid of her--it was a rule infraction, but such a small one. The owner's best friend had done much worse, and, from what I hear, he is still employed there. And, trust me, he is a lousy worker who spends most of his time on the phone making loud personal calls and outside smoking cigarettes. If you work for a private business, it's their call--they can pretty much do what they want. It's a tad better if you work for the state or are in one of the few Unions that are still around. Ugh. Oh, well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 237477, member: 1550"] Well, and if it IS because you're female or a minority etc. good luck being able to afford an attorney who can represent you and prove it against the high-priced attorneys the corporations have. You can't win. I worked at a newspaper and the best salesperson ticked off our idiot boss (emphasis on idiot--he sexually harrassed everyone and talked in a loud voice on the phone about how incompetent women were and we had to eat it). He was best friends with the owner of the company. Eventually, the best salesperson was fired for a minor infraction. She couldn't even collect unemployment because the company lied to the powers that be and said she had been fired due to "incompetence." She never did get any unemployment and she tried calling a lawyer too who said s he could hire him (at a large fee that she couldn't afford, since she had no income at all), but that it wouldn't probably help her. She never did get compensation. We kept in touch and I was stunned at how the company spun her sudden dismissal. They'd been waiting for her to do one little thing wrong to get rid of her--it was a rule infraction, but such a small one. The owner's best friend had done much worse, and, from what I hear, he is still employed there. And, trust me, he is a lousy worker who spends most of his time on the phone making loud personal calls and outside smoking cigarettes. If you work for a private business, it's their call--they can pretty much do what they want. It's a tad better if you work for the state or are in one of the few Unions that are still around. Ugh. Oh, well. [/QUOTE]
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