pinging for Microsoft interest maybe. . . not really Windows.
In this case, I don’t see what the heck a wellness program would accomplish. Looks like some marginal HR gimmick. I think Microsoft will lose on this case.
However, in this case, the verdict should go against the plaintiffs, and they should be ordered to reimburse MSFT for its costs defending against their suit. Their case is obviously absurd.
I would not want that job for the world.
Hope yer feeling better.
As a young kid I watched “Deliverance” and felt traumatized for months afterward. Shame it didn’t occur to me suing Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight...
In other words: Couldn't every perv who was arrested simply claim, "I am a one-man company, and was subjecting myself to a training program on the evils of porn?"
Regards,
“and were not allowed to turn down the assignment.”
LIE!
they could have quit and found other work. I highly doubt microsoft forced them to work against their will never letting them stop. They chose to show up for work each day. They chose the job each and every day.
Unless they have documented their attempts to seek counseling or something else, my feeling is that they have no leg to stand on in the legal sense. If they could not handle it, then they should have quit. Unless they can prove that they were forced to continue doing that job.
I walked in on a family member forcing himself on another family member, when I was 11. I stopped the assault, though. It has haunted me for decades.
Good.
I hope they win
You would think they could easily find people who would enjoy that job and would even do it for free.
There are many jobs that most people would rather not do, and someone has to do them.
I read (on Buzzfeed, of all places) where a 911 operator described his job and some of the daily horrors it brings. Few people make a career of being 911 operators. Then there are the people who pick up dead animals, people who have to go into houses and witness the aftermath of horrific animal and/or child abuse, etc.
I’m not sure these guys have a case, really. I’m sure that Microsoft told them what they would be doing, and only an extremely naive person does not recognize that some [sub]humans are capable of horrifying depravity. How do Microsoft’s support mechanisms for employees tasked with screening and removing objectionable content compare with those of other companies in a similar business? That is what the case will come down to.
There is a huge potential problem in that if these former employees win the case, that opens the door for all kinds of other employees in highly stressful jobs to start suing.
Man-up, Sissies!
Lost my lunch, (and 24 beers).
Can I sue NASCAR?
I've been a court reporter/court stenographer since 1978 and have probably participated in over 6000 court-martials of all types, many dealing with far worse than just child pornography.
I guess I should probably hate to admit it, but I've grown quite a callous disregard towards that sort of stuff. As the court reporter, I have to maintain a neutral position, both attitude and physical reactions, to whatever occurs during the court-martial. While on the job, I've grown quite immune to whatever evidence or testimony comes out in the courtroom. I've seen panel members (jury members, in civilian parlance) ask for recesses to recover from some of what has been put on before them. A lot of the stuff that is talked about or shown in court is not something that I can even talk to my wife about when I get home, because I don't want her to be exposed to it.
I would say, "Man up, snowflake" or "Go ahead and quit then" to most other people whining about what they are exposed to in their jobs, but I know what I have gone through over the years and I wouldn't wish it on anyone else ... well, maybe bits and pieces of it to those SJWs who believe that people are inherently good.
When I became a court reporter after being an infantry machinegunner for three years, personally, I believed that the worse that I would see in court would be some assaults resulting from fights between soldiers, some AWOLs or desertions, some disrespect offenses towards NCOs or officers. My first case out of court reporter school was a pretty vicious rape. My second was a rape/murder/maiming case. My third was a murder involving children under five years old. And, to be honest, it hasn't gotten any better over the years. But, after a start such as that, I started to see what I was getting into and had to make a decision as to whether I wanted to continue or not. I enjoy the work .. as far as the technical ends of it goes .. and the fact that, overall, nobody bothers me while I'm doing it; as long as I put out the transcription in a timely manner, I'm happy being the elf in the hollow tree (or the mushroom, as it sometimes applies).
So these individuals need to get out of this job if they can't handle it and Microsoft to find appropriate people to perform it.
I would think they could automate this for the most part by using the image search like google has at their website.
One thing to remember is that federal law requires companies to perform such content review. The following law requires companies to report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children any content fitting a certain profile. Someone has to review those images.
18 U_S_ Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers US Law LII - Legal Information Institute