Worker Causing 45 People to Walk Out After 'Good Boss' Was Fired Is Cheered
newsweek.comReddit for reportedly persuading more than 40 colleagues to walk out of their jobs after their "good boss" was fired.In a post on the Antiwork forum, a user called Melkor-The-Mighty, explained that they were LGBTQ and another employee had made "hateful comments" to them.The boss tried to talk to the employee about his comment, but he refused—so the boss fired him.
However, executives at the company took a different view, suspending and then firing the boss.Melkor-The-Mighty wrote: "My boss, the only decent one I've ever had, had to fire somebody a couple of weeks ago for saying 'Man, 'LGBTQ+' is just a fancy way of saying I f*** kiddies in their tiny little holes.' In response to me answering a customer's question, when they asked why I was wearing a pride pin.
All I said was 'I'm Bi.'"In an update, the original poster added: "Good boss [gets] fired … 45 people quit."Their post, uploaded on Wednesday, has already received more than 21,000 upvotes.
Many of the Redditors who left comments said the incident sounded like illegal discrimination.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "forbids sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment," including hiring and firing.It is also "unlawful to subject an employee to workplace harassment that creates a hostile work environment based on sexual orientation or gender identity."The EEOC added: "Harassment can include, for example, offensive or derogatory remarks about sexual orientation (e.g., being gay or straight).
