Posted on 10/08/2022 5:06:48 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
I worked for an Israeli company in the US. The Director of Production, an Israeli, was in his thirties and obviously felt superior to the Americans working for him, especially blacks and older people. There was one older white man working for him who, so far as I was concerned, did an adequate job. Certainly, he was up to par with anyone else in his position. One day, in fit of his ordinary and daily haranguing of people as only an Israeli can do, he yelled the man was just too old to be working and fired him*. The Director didn’t consult with HR or go through the established procedure. It resulted in a long lawsuit which the employee won.
I think the Israeli didn’t like that the employee was more competent than he. So the normal process of an improvement plan wouldn’t have worked. The point is, if you are going to fire someone there is a right way and a wrong way. But if you just don’t like someone firing them without following some kind of established and legal procedure won’t work. If I really couldn’t stand someone, I’d have found him a different job under someone else. There were several people under me I didn’t like, but they did their job and I just dealt with it. They did good work and I got them raises.
* If you’re going to do something stupid, at least don’t do it in front of witnesses!
We have a local Kroger that has for years employed Downs Syndrome workers’ to help elderly customers take their groceries to their cars. There is usually one or two on each shift. My grandmother simply loved the little helpers. She passed away twenty years ago at the age of 96, but prior to that we would take her to the grocery store and once the “helper” assisted her and her groceries to the car, she would tip them a dollar bill. They were so excited to receive that tip. About ten or so of the Kroger workers at that location came to my grandmother’s funeral, as a group and wearing their Kroger shirts and name-tags. We were surprised and touched by their action. It was the sweetest thing that happened to our family that day.
I can’t believe a Kroger manager would undo so much goodwill in a community by firing someone such as that.
Perhaps Gaston County has tons of highly qualified people seeking employment at Wendy’s.
There’s a Wendy’s out the back of our neighborhood that had a special needs kid working there. His main job was to sell Wendy’s coupon books that you could use to buy discounted Frosties. The kid sold a ton of them. Not sure what happened to him, but he was there for years. Nice guy...always glad to see you.
God bless your Grandmother and all the people who loved her.
Management often attracts the wrong people. I’ve had good and bad bosses.
Good bosses offer constructive criticism when necessary and otherwise stay out of your business.
Bad bosses just look for anything to criticize so they can feel superior. The actual quality of the work means little or nothing to them.
An afflicted man has worked at our WalMart for years and years.
Thank you for those words. She was a sweet lady. Wendy’s should take a lesson from Kroger and their policies on hiring such good hard workers. You give them a job to do and they will make sure it is done and done correctly and cheerfully. As I said, it creates such good-will in the community. One, for hiring the workers who enjoy that independence and feelings of being productive; and two, for providing that service to their elderly customers.
You never terminate a disabled employee without a well-documented PIP and reviews.
Idiot manager is begging to be sued.
More than sweet, that was profound mark of respect being by the living to those who have gone before. That merited the organist striking up the final chords of Tannhauser in salute to those men and women.
There is a government program which pays employees to employ disabled citizens.
Basically, if the disabled works for minimum wage, the employer pays almost nothing. (One of few useful government programs.)
So even, if he cannot do normal person job, Wendy’s are not paying him normal person wage.
He is probably going to get a new job pretty quickly!
I am sure Chick Fil A would LOVE to hire him!!! 🐔
The grocery stores in my area hire people with these issues to be baggers, cart collectors, etc.
They’ve always been polite, cheerful and dutiful.
There is a food co-op in Hanover that specifically hires hard to place individuals, like those on the autism spectrum, for example.
Their purpose is to give them employment and many people shop there specially to support the business.
Their prices are average, but they do lean towards health food and other specialty items, so if you are looking for something out of the ordinary, you can find it there.
You just have to know, however, that if you need help from the employees, you can expect them to be a bit quirky.
Talk about a LAWSUIT!
Some time ago in a Walmart back up where I used to live there was a Downs person who got let go for no good reason after 20 some years at that place.
Well...her family took it to the State Of MI dept of labor and Wally World got busted. They had to pay ALL her back pay and reinstate her and THEN pay the fines as well as the law suit they got hit with.
She didnt have to work after it was over.
Ummm NO not a government program more of a private organization that help the special needs person find a job and has a job coach with them, they are paid by the employer. My daughter has been in one such program for many years currently works at a quicktrip
All sentiment aside, this just might be the case. The manager could have been nicer about it, but many states give employers the right to fire “at will”.
He may say he wants a retirement party but when that party is over, this guy will probably need something else to fill his days routine.
He may not really understand what retirement often means.
The sooner his family can be clear and honest with him about his former job, the better off he will be.
Give him more credit for knowing a job is not usually guaranteed for life.
Actually the very best thing they can do for him is to take him back and employ him in a job he was doing very well.
Same here. I’ve known a few. In some ways, they’re easier to be around than the general population (Non-Christians).
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