Wow.
An arbitrator ruled against the corporation that was paying them.
That is the last time they will get work.
In a “nice guys finish last” world, it’s nice to see people upholding societal rules.
I’m not sure I would go with “nice guys” anything, what with how poorly that has turned out to be as a self-appointment descriptor. I think we need a new aphorism. “Good guys get trampled” or something.
’m not sure I would go with “nice guys” anything, what with how poorly that has turned out to be as a self-appointment descriptor.
It’s probably time to reverse that term’s descent into discussions about people that sound like not nice guys at all.
Exactly my first thought on reading that
I don’t think I would want to work somewhere that has been forced to hire me back, but still it’s a great victory.
If direct manager was involved then no. But if it was higher up the chain where I wouldn’t have to deal with them, then maybe. It would depend if I thought it would still cause issues with raises or assignments.
It depends on the circumstances, but I might return.
The biggest circumstance is my management. If my manager was awesome and the termination came from the PR department or some high up mucky muck who would never interact with me normally, then I’d go back.
If the termination came from my direct manager, I’d never go back and work for that person.
If I was illegally fired by my manager and later got my job back through arbitration, and my manager was fired instead, I would probably return to the job, if for no other reason, than just to run a victory lap before leaving again.
run a victory lap before leaving again
just make sure you are suuuuper smug about it.
I certainly wouldn’t work there expecting a good work environment. I’m sure they probably have some reasonable relations with other people who work there. But working there to spite the bosses would be the goal.
Have a plan B and prepare for an exit one way or another. But do what you can to make it as costly for them as you can. That would be the goal
I hope she’s already been exploring plan B, as Kirk’s death was a while ago…
I forgot that was already a year ago. This September will mark the 25th year since 9/11 and one year since Charlie became a fountain.
Charles opened his heart to the world.
Pretty sure he opened his neck, but whatever.
Dunno how law is there but here, you get money and PTO as if you worked all the time if you win such a case. Normally, employers hand out beautiful sign off bonus to avoid such a situation.
Take that back pay and bounce
I would go back for a couple of days, make them do all of the paperwork, setup my access, all of the things, and then resign. She may have also lost out of some financial benefits by being fired that she would be entitled to. If that’s the case, I would think that whether or not she returned shouldn’t matter, but it could make it clearer.
Good news on a Monday morning. Thank you for sharing this, OP.
Also, I hope the tech oligarch who owns this news source gets what he rightfully deserves.
Here’s a post she made shortly after being fired that gives some context to the story: https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but?r=2bz6j
Democracy dies in darkness
Unfortunately, the United States has never had democracy, just the illusion of it.
Democracy dies in the hands of billionaires
Yes, they lock it away in darkness.
Democracy died under Bezos.
Of course an Oligarch would see that as a simple set of instructions, as has been demonstrated.
Thank you OP! Also just fyi there is a misspelling of the Karen’s last name in the title of the post, Attiah should have two t’s looks like
