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Kodak Employee Said He Was Fired Because Of E-Mail
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| 10/20/2002
| Mike Doria
Posted on 10/23/2002 11:38:57 AM PDT by rwjst4
Rochester, NY - A Greece man, who was fired a few days ago from Eastman Kodak, said giving his opinion in an e-mail lead to his termination.
Kodak's diversity group sent out an e-mail asking employees to "be supportive" of colleagues who choose to come out on Gay and Lesbian Coming-Out Day. Rolf Szabo replied to the memo telling the company not to send him this type of information and that he found it "disgusting and offensive."
"I said it and I meant it. I'm not going to take it back," Szabo said.
Although Szabo does not condone the gay lifestyle, he said this isn't a gay issue. Rather, he said, it's an issue of Kodak crossing the line via e-mail.
"I don't need this to do my job. It has nothing to do with gay. It could've been any other topic. It's just that enough is enough. We really don't need this to do our jobs," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at iknowrochester.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: diversity; gayrights; homosexual; lavenderlobby; sodomy
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Next time I go out and buy a digital camera, guess what brand I won't be considering???
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posted on
10/23/2002 11:38:58 AM PDT
by
rwjst4
To: rwjst4
The man needs to file a discrimination lawsuit.
Was he told this was the reason?
To: rwjst4
Just like our kids don't need this to get an education!
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posted on
10/23/2002 11:48:23 AM PDT
by
lsee
To: rwjst4
Does anyone else see the irony in this article?
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posted on
10/23/2002 11:49:18 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Mark Felton
Specious rights vs civil rights!
To: Mad Dawgg
You mean that he's Greek?
To: Mad Dawgg
We're sensitive! Go Diversity! Tolerance!
Oops! not so fast there, buddy! We didn't mean you.
To: You Dirty Rats
Yup!
:-D
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posted on
10/23/2002 11:51:50 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Teacher317
"We didn't mean you." That also!
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posted on
10/23/2002 11:54:44 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: rwjst4
To: rwjst4
FReep'em.
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posted on
10/23/2002 12:16:46 PM PDT
by
ventana
To: rwjst4
Quick question: was his email reply to the entire company (all recipients) or just the originating address? Seems to me that if his reply was privately sent, termination is out of line. If he broadcast his reply to the entire company, he probably made a poor choice. Not defending KODAK here, but that's just asking for it.
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posted on
10/23/2002 12:19:09 PM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: rwjst4
So Kodak has a diversity group. Do they also have a profitability group?
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To: redbaiter
Kodak cant manage their way out of a wet paper bag.
I don't think I can tell everything I know because I signed a non-disclosure agreement, but trust me -- they're idiots.
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posted on
10/23/2002 1:08:09 PM PDT
by
jude24
To: jude24
Haver you been a Kodak manager, or merely an observer who thinks he understands management by being on the receiving end of it?
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posted on
10/23/2002 1:19:30 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: TopQuark
No, I was a worker bee intern for this past summer. I saw a fair amount of stupidity there.
Also, living in Rochester, I know a LOT of people that work at Kodak. So I hear things.
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posted on
10/23/2002 1:23:45 PM PDT
by
jude24
To: mason123
Now wait a minute here, this is quite a double standard. If we believe that private businesses have a right to decide who they want to work for them, then we can't criticize Kodak for what it did. If I want the right to fire someone because he's gay, Kodak gets to have the right to fire someone because he's anti-gay. We can't argue against special rights for gays but then turn around and argue for special rights for people who are anti-gay. I say every employer should be able to decide who they want to hire or fire for whatever reason, and the it's none of the government's business one way or the other. Let the market decide.I agree with your basic statement, but I must turn part of it on its head. Kodak does not have the right to fire somebody because they're gay, so I would say that they do not have the right to fire somebody who is anti-gay. (And the right to fire is not absolute: for example, in CA you can't fire people for comparing salaries, a free-speech exception I agree with.)
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posted on
10/23/2002 1:33:59 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
To: You Dirty Rats
Greece is an area of Rochester, so is Henrietta... Just more crap from the perverts. Does it really surprise you?
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