Just following on from this: https://lemmy.nz/post/1134134

Ex-Tesla employee reveals shocking details on worker conditions: ‘You get fired on the spot.’

I’m curious about how far this goes.

You can’t get fired on the spot in NZ, unless you like, shot someone or set the building on fire or something really bad.

But it seems that in the US, there’s little to no protections for employees when their bosses are dickheads?

Also, any personal stories of getting fired on the spot?

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
    English
    2·
    1 year ago

    Employers do have the right to terminate members of a protected class as long as it’s not because they are a protected class.

    And they enjoy the unwritten privilege of pretending there wasn’t a reason that was because of prejudice against the protected class. But you’re so far up your own ass that you either can’t see that or you refuse to see it because it benefits you.

    • Morcyphr@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I fired someone in a protected class maybe a year ago. They were, by their own admission incompetent. They were also falsifying their time card. All documented. I’ve done the same with a straight white guy. Is that my prejudice?

      Look, I know it happens wrongfully. But don’t accuse me of shit that you have no basis for. It detracts from your whole argument.