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I understand that not everyone is fortunate to have money saved to be able to have the leeway to leave jobs whenever they feel like it and so forth. But I just feel like people have lost their sense of self-respect when it comes down to employment.

I am a firm believer that if you are working at a toxic place and are being harassed or bullied, to stand up to that behavior and tell them that you're not going to take their shit, and if they continue you fucking quit and never look back.

I have known people who have not had a savings who have done this in the past and they end up finding a decent job that doesn't treat them like shit. Do you feel like job Seekers don't defend themselves anymore?

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[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve recently exposed what I think constitutes criminal negligence at my company for safe handling of various chemicals. Pretty sure I’m getting fired on Tuesday.

AMA?

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If you have that in writing, make sure its on paper outside of the office. Look up whistleblower laws in your city, state, or industry regulation. You may have either protection or a payout ahead of you, but only if you gather the right evidence and make the right statements to the right people now.

[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup. I have emails and such that I’m backing up. I have multiple witnesses to conversations. I’m engaging resources that I have outside of work as well in terms of legal next steps and making sure I can keep affording my medication.

[-] regalia@literature.cafe 6 points 1 year ago

Elaborate on you exposing them. Did you go to social media and some other public place to badmouth the company, or did you go to your managers so they can handle it internally to save face?

[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Still internal. So by exposed I mean legally they have been informed of this negligence and not acted in a timely manner to address it. I gave them a week to do what they need to do and Friday went to another employees house after work and went over the SDS for the chemical that has possible injured him because they had yet to inform him. They had their chance.

Long weekend so Tuesday a machine isn’t get turned on and by Wednesday they start losing about 2k every 4 minutes.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Did you document everything thoroughly?

Are you contacting the authorities?

[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Doing what I can to document but I’m realizing that it’s a deliberately informal workplace likely to avoid this type of records keeping.

We’ll see how Tuesday goes but I don’t see them not getting involved.

[-] Neeen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

If you do get fired make sure to name and shame them. What kinda chemicals were they? Nasty shit?

[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty bad shit. Corrosive enough to blind or nerve damage within 3 minutes. Long term aerosol exposure rating of 2mg/m3.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Talk to a whistleblower attorney. Look up your jurisdiction's rules for qui tam actions. Maybe you can get some money for your troubles.

[-] HerrFalcor@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My brother is a Health and Safety trainer, auditor etc. He’s been a good resource and I’m confident of my standing but have reached out to several people I know that facilitate legal resources if needs be.

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