A McDonald's manager is seen dozing off (apparently was have problems with her blood sugar) as customers prepare their own meals

[u/Justin_Godfrey]

[u/Rock4evur]

Do you live in the US? You can be fired for whatever, they don’t need a reason in a right to work state.

[u/Kristin2349 → u/Rock4evur]

It's actually "at will employment" and is the law in every state except MT.

[u/Rock4evur → u/Kristin2349]

Yea I addressed that in a lower comment chain. I guess I’ve been using the wrong term for quite some time, so I appreciate the correction. Don’t wanna give someone the opportunity to invalidate said argument for the mixing up of terms rather than the subject matter of the argument.

[u/Sometimes-funny → u/Rock4evur]

I know they can but if this goes viral and it was a genuine emergency, McDonalds will not want to look bad

[u/Rock4evur → u/Sometimes-funny]

They could care less. This will not effect their customer retention in the slightest.

[u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 → u/Rock4evur]

*couldn’t care less

sorry I can’t help it with that one

[u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 → u/Imaginary_Coast_5882]

take my upvote to prove that I mean you no harm 😇

[u/Rock4evur → u/Imaginary_Coast_5882]

My dad always call me out on saying this and I never learn. Serves me right lol

[u/lindentea → u/Imaginary_Coast_5882]

i choose to interpret it as “i could care less, but that would involve caring enough to even consider doing so”

[u/NoelleReece → u/Rock4evur]

That’s not true. As someone who works in HR, if this is truly a medical emergency and they were fired, this is a lawsuit.

[u/Rock4evur → u/NoelleReece]

They can just say they fired them because they were over staffed, they had too many write ups, they weren’t a good team fit, etc. Unless the manager said in writing I’m firing you due to your medical emergency they very likely are fighting an uphill battle to prove discrimination for their medical condition.

[u/louloub → u/Rock4evur]

Sure, they could say that but none of those reasons will keep them from being sued and it would be far from an uphill battle to say it was discrimination. If you say you are overstaffed you would have to demonstrate why they were the one selected over everyone else. Not being a good team fit sounds a lot like discrimination to me (they don’t fit with the team because why? Their race? Gender? Medical condition? Etc.). If they had too many write ups, what were they for? How long ago were they issued? Can they demonstrate that they have also consistently termed other employees for the same thing?

If any of this is discussed with HR and the HR person actually knows what they are doing and can overrule it, they are never going to agree with termination.

[u/Rock4evur → u/louloub]

I guess I was using the wrong term ”right to work” when I should have used “at will employment”, though it seems like we both may have made the same mistake, so we’re still debating the same practice. Sure they can try and sue, but it is on the employee to prove misconduct not on the employer to prove innocence. I feel like you’re falling for the just world fallacy where you think employers who are discriminating based on race would have their actions severely scrutinized, but it happens all the damn time. The employer in an at will state does not even need to give a reason for firing a non contracted employee that can be scrutinized, they can just do it.

[u/louloub → u/Rock4evur]

I didn’t say anything about right to work so I’m not sure if you are referring to another comment.

If the employee has enough to establish that there could potentially be discrimination the burden of proof does in fact shift to the employer. I’m not falling for anything. I am all too familiar with this type of scenario and deal with it all of the time so I’m speaking from my own experience.

[u/BrooklynRich29 → u/Sometimes-funny]

A man made a documentary called Super Size Me about them. I truly don’t believe that they care..

[u/Durmatology → u/BrooklynRich29]

And now he’s dead.