getting fired sucks
Joxmu - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 14:31
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So, even after I take a shower, douse myself with Brute cologne, smear myself completely with Deoderant, I stink and am getting fired...WTF
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*hugs*
=( I'm sorry to hear that Jox. I hope something else comes along soon. *more hugs*
It still kind of sucks
It still kind of sucks finding work right now, but hoplefully you'll have better luck than me and my dad have recently in this regard. What kind of work were you doing anyway?
Wait
They're firing you for your smell? If you can get a doctor to say that it's a medical condition you might have grounds. But I'm not a lawyer, and you probably don't have the money or time to talk to an employment attourney, but if it's that the case, it might not be the worst thing in the world to do.
Hrm.
Might be the cologne's scent, if it's specifically strong. Some employers throw a hissy fit when you have any scent at all, good or bad, due to allergies or whatever. Make them elaborate, and try switching brands.
Could be worse. A programmer I know recently got fired from their job for thinking about things too much. Someone who does theoretical work thinking about theory too much. One of the dumbest things I've ever heard..
pc tech
I'm a computer tech for John Deere. Looks like they are just bringing me back to Waterloo and I'll be on 2nd shift again until I fix the hygine problem...that I don't have..... I think they just really hate Fat people...everyone in this office is skinny/buff.
Fired
I wanted to throw my own personal opinion on this. Jox if they fired you for that reason that is a load of shit and I am not totally sure but isn't that against the law. I feel for you man it isn't easy in this world right now. I have been there twice losing a job once because a contract ended and another time due to being laid off because of a company takeover, which was a crock of shit. Just keep your chin up and there is always something better out there.
It depends
If he lives in an at will employment state he could be fucked. At Will employment means that the employer can 'fire' someone for no reason whatsoever. They can give you a reason, or they can just make someothing up, but more often they just dont' even need a reason to do so, and if they have one don't even have to tell you they have one. By the same token the employee can quit or strike or whatever as well.
The only way you can get around that is if you can prove the reason you were fired is because of some sort of discrimination. IE you're black, if your'e a woman, you're handicapped, etc. In some states I think you can still fire someone if they're gay, but others you can't. Not sure if it's nationwide that you can't fire someone for being gay.
Of course that can be really hard to prove but it makes for famous stuff. Like the movie Philadelphia. It was illegal to fire someone for being sick or having a medical condition, and he had to prove that they fired him because he was gay and had AIDS.
The problem with hygene is that it's considered generally a valid reason to fire someone. If someone doesn't dress well, doesn't shower, or reeks of pot smoke or whatever, the company can fire the person for that and they can't argue it. It's a perfectly valid reason to do so. There ARE however medical reasons for some people smelling. No matter what they do, no matter how many showers they take, no matter how much cologne they use, they still stink. If they can get a doctor to diagnose it as a medical condition, and the employer fires the person for stinking they MiGHT have grounds to try and take them to court about it, but it'd probably be a difficult case I would imagine.
However if you can get a doctor to diagnose it and then go to HR or you rboss and say you got diagnosed with blah blah blah, which is why you stink, and you're working on finding a solution to the problem, and make the company aware of it, they might get scared about firing you AT ALL and then you might get shifted to the night shift, but they probably will be too afraid to fire you. :)
at will state
Yep, Iowa is an At Will State....