Chick-fil-A demotes woman after she took time off for a double mastectomy

[KamaAina]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/11/1328992/-Chick-fil-A-demotes-woman-after-she-took-time-off-for-a-double-mastectomy

Daphne Richards was a full-time manager at a Colorado Chick-fil-A when she received a breast cancer diagnosis in May. She took leave for a double mastectomy and when she had been cleared to return to work, she was shocked when management told her she was being demoted:

Richards' documents show that not only was she being demoted, she was going from a 40-plus hour work week to a 10-to-15-hour week and her hourly wage was dropping from $14 to $10 per hour.

After the story began gaining attention, management eventually offered to increase her hours, but maintain she was demoted for poor performance and out of concern she wouldn't be able to handle the work load....

So much for operating the company based on "biblical values."

Derp.

[Kingofalldems]

1. Old Testament values.

These people pick and choose what 'values' they follow.

[KamaAina]

2. In that case, shouldn't they be closed on Saturday instead of Sunday?

[Kingofalldems]

3. Well of course they disregard the ones they don't find convenient.

[Bartlet]

64. Or profitable

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Anyone notice that as a "manager" she only made 14 bucks an hour?

[Wait Wut]

5. Full time manager.

Yes. Hopefully, this publicity will find her more suitable employment with a company that will respect her.

[Louisiana1976]

6. I hope so too.

[marym625]

9. A company that will respect her

Do those exist?

[Wait Wut]

16. Yes, they do.

They're run by Dems/Libs.

[marym625]

25. I wish there were more

I worked for a large renewable corporation. Just as bad any other corporation. Money hungry slave drivers.

[tazkcmo]

28. There are some

I worked for one such corp. They demanded a lot but they compensated for it. Restaurant management is a tough gig but you can make a good living at it, more so in full service than in fast food but still possible in fast food.

[marym625]

33. That's a hard business

but this place, like so many, did not compensate for all the work and loss of personal life.

[tazkcmo]

35. For sure

Chick fuloshit is just awful both as a place to eat and work. Doesn't this violate the Family Leave Act some how?

[marym625]

38. You would think

but if the company is a franchise and it has fewer than 50 employees, it doesn't fall under the FMLA

Colorado's not a right to work state though.

[Nay]

44. She should walk right over to Costco, tell them the story, and get hired at

a very decent wage.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. She's supposed to be damn grateful to get that too....

What would be sad would be to find out that she's a die hard Republican who thinks demanding a decent wage is COMMIE.

[Stryst]

53. $14/hour is more money

Than I've ever made. Getting fifty cents over minimum wage as a manager isnt uncommon in retail/service.

[awoke_in_2003]

62. Yep. nt

[shenmue]

7. A different company fired a friend of mine because she took two days off after surgery

That was around 2002, but the principle is the same.

[marym625]

8. WHAT-THE-EVER-LOVING-FUCK

People suck.

[theHandpuppet]

10. But they make a great chicken sandwich!

Why anyone with a conscience eats there is beyond me.

[phil89]

13. I remember those sickos posting that idiocy here

when the owner passed away. YUM! Chicken. Disgusting

[tazkcmo]

29. I disagree.

The breast is smallish and not even tenderized or marinated. It's about the laziest chix sandwich I've seen in my 25 + years in food service.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

46. "The breast is smallish"

Let's hope they don't get bigger!

[theHandpuppet]

50. I think you missed my sarcasm tag

This is what I think of Chick Fil A....

[niyad]

61. before I knew what reichwingnutjobs they were (many years ago), I mistakenly ordered a

chicken sandwich there, and learned that they charged extra for lettuce and tomato and condiments. cancelled my order, never went near one again.

[hunter]

11. If gawd had wanted her to keep her manager job, he wouldn't have given her cancer.

It's like those prayers before a football game. The team gawd picks wins!

.

.

[KamaAina]

12. O rly?

[hunter]

20. My God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane

I am, as yet, uncertain where humans rank.

[tazkcmo]

31. If cancer hadn't proven it

then her uterus would have as it's the clearest sign a person shouldn't be in management.

[DocMac]

14. The link to facebook does not work, for me.

[KamaAina]

17. What link to Facebook?

The link is to Daily Kos.

[DocMac]

19. Yes, and you can rec this or share to facebook, no?

[KamaAina]

22. I think the FB link is to like it.

Not really that much of a Kossack, nor do I use links like that that have "adware" written all over them.

[DocMac]

26. You sure? In the past, they showed on facebook.

It used to send a link to my facebook...a grey box with black letters that said DU.

No worries, though.

[Laelth]

15. k&r for labor. n/t

-Laelth

[HockeyMom]

18. Teachers UNION

Teacher at a school where I worked had the same procedure. Even in a horrible Right to Work state, she was UNION and took off for 3 months before returning to her regular classroom position. They hired a SUB for her while she was in hospital and recovering at home.

UNION, UNION, UNION makes all the difference in the world.

[phylny]

47. I had breast cancer and had a lumpectomy and double breast lift/reconstruction

in March. Took a month off, paid with my sick time, and my employer was a gem throughout.

[raven mad]

48. +1

[SunSeeker]

56. Exactly right. nt

[LynneSin]

21. I can't even boycott this place since I haven't eaten there in over a decade

these places are scumholes!

[smirkymonkey]

23. How disgusting.

It makes me sick that companies in this country can get away with treating sick employees this way.

I am proud to say I have never eaten there and never will.

[Initech]

30. It's disgusting the way employees get treated as it is.

We work for the company. We put up with the shit working conditions for the low pay while the CEOs make millions upon billions. If we're your employees, you don't get to treat us like dirt. It should be that simple. I'm still wondering why we haven't had a worker's revolution in this country.

[Thor_MN]

24. WTF? Did they think that they were paying by the pound?

That they now were not getting their money's worth?



Never been there, never will..

[Ilsa]

27. The old Chik-Fil-A fooker died and was buried this week.

All about money. He couldn't take it with him.

[Jack Rabbit]

32. Does anybody get the idea that Chick-fil-A is run by misogynists?

Boycott them into bankruptcy.

[tazkcmo]

36. I think it's required

by definition an evangelist=misogynist.

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Yes, it's really too bad the Gnostics did win out in those early years of Christianity

The world would be a better place and women would be better off for the Gospel of Mary Magdalene being part of the Canon.

I guess we're just left to wonder where Jesus kissed her.

[valerief]

34. God's Will. nt

[tomm2thumbs]

40. ^^^

for some reason, that just floored me. Thanks for the laugh!

[blkmusclmachine]

37. Wouldn't surprise me in the least, unfortunately.

[lonestarnot]

41. Well they do serve something resembling a chic on their samiches.

[SoCalDem]

42. They can now cancel her health care too

(if they were providing it before)..

[whereisjustice]

43. Oh look, more 3rd way corporate values helping us solve our social policy problems

[BuddhaGirl]

49. Link to their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chick-fil-A-at-Larkridge/74195009667

It's absolutely sickening what they did to her!!

[Enthusiast]

51. K&R! This won't affect how I feel about Chick-fil-A.

I already think of them in the lowest possible terms.

[alarimer]

52. Such "Christian" charity

The very worst workplaces are run by so-called Christians.

What is it about their religion that makes them such jerks?

[Crash2Parties]

76. The hierarchy is built right in.

And once critical thought and logic are thrown out the window, anything goes.

[VA_Jill]

54. Damn!

I can't even boycott them, since I already do!

[Democrats_win]

55. This involved the Larkridge Chick-fil-a! Near my home!

It's sad that we have this filth in our neighborhood. In the past I did go to this place but their anti-gay way drove me off. I saved sooo much money by not going there because they're much more expensive than other fast foods.

[SunSeeker]

57. Seems to me she has grounds for a pretty good ADA lawsuit. nt.

[KamaAina]

58. She's on top of it

Richards has filed a discrimination charge with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and plans to keep fighting.

"I know that this is morally wrong," said Richards. "I believe in my heart that it can't be legal what she's doing to me."

[mountain grammy]

59. Hypocrite bastards!

[Dont call me Shirley]

60. Never ate at chikfilA and I never will now

Being I'm a breast cancer survivor.

Many healing thoughts to Daphne.

[Stuart G]

63. They are starting in my area..never ate there, never will.....

[Hissyspit]

65. Such good "Christians."

[cstanleytech]

66. I hope she kicks their butts in court. nt

[cottonseed]

67. Off topic: are their sandwiches as good as people are saying?

I wanted to get one the other day, but didn't eat one because I wanted to make a statement.

[czarjak]

68. Well,

She just works for a living. You know, Republicans favorite kind of human.

[area51]

69. An employee that gets cancer

may raise the expenses of that co's health insurance rates. This is going to continue to happen unless we transition to single-payer.

[heaven05]

70. yep, prime example

of typical value of american workers to a so-called christian enterprise/business. Such fucking hypocrites.

[Recursion]

71. They'd better be damned careful about FMLA, should she get a lawyer (nt)

[benld74]

72. I for one have NEVER purchased anything from their establishments,,,,,

[valerief]

73. Why would she have surgery when God clearly wanted her to have cancer?

The Chick Brothers understand this.

[NealK]

74. Another good reason to boycott them. n/t

[supercats]

75. They Hate Gays And Now We Find Out They Hate Women Too....

Well we hate them!! Fuck them!! How about every gay person and every woman and everybody who knows a gay person or a woman, which is everybody in America, how 'bout we dismantle this disgusting fucking franchise and put them all out of business. It doesn't matter if your local dick fil a has nice people running it, you know deep down they agree with the corporations' point of view, so fuck'em. Let's put this backwards thinking cruel corporation out of business once and for all!!!

[LiberalElite]

77. I'm one of those

spiritual not religious folks, but I'm pretty sure THIS IS NOT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO.

[meegbear]

78. ... out of concern she wouldn't be able to handle the work load.... ?

Maybe you should see how she works BEFORE you make that call.

Pathetic.