Written up for a political statement that made employees uncomfortable...

[catrose]

Last edited Fri Jul 30, 2021, 09:54 AM - Edit history (1)

So my adult son, after battling cancer all through 2019 into 2020 and then staying unemployed throughout the year, got a temporary job as a contact tracer for a large social media company.

Someone in work chat said they weren't sure about getting vaccine because who knows what it would do to you. He responded "Well, we do know what Covid will do to you." And a manager wrote him up for making a political statement that made others uncomfortable. "Others" unspecified, of course. Now his job's in danger.

On a Covid tracing team, that was a political statement.

I'm not feeling so good.

EDIT: Thank you all. I went to bed before seeing responses. I appreciate the sympathy, of knowing I'm not the crazy one, and I'll pass on your suggestions. Us gig workers tend to have zero recourse, especially in right-to-work heaven, but we can try. (My last employee gig was 1995.)

[Skittles]

1. ?? he was stating a FACT

sounds like it is the MANAGER being "political"

[MLAA]

2. Unbelievable.

Must be one crazy manager who chose to write that up in stead of writing up the idiot who wasn’t getting the vaccine.

Here’s hoping your son finds a better work environment soon!

[Pobeka]

3. and "weren't sure about getting vaccine ..." wasn't the political statement that mattered?

Boy, that's messed up.

Hope your son is able to keep his job. I see nothing political in his statement, just a stated fact.

[NoRethugFriends]

4. Florida or Texas? (or neither)?

[Hoyt]

5. Hope things workout. He was right, so there is a chance that if it goes further, the next

guy up the chain (assuming there is one) will say, "Well, he's right and we want people vaccinated. Maybe I'll talk to his manager about being an ignorant fool."

[sprinkleeninow]

6. Manager, have a change of heart.

But from mine to yours and son's--?️

[summer_in_TX]

7. A lot of contracts for testing and tracing

were given out to Trump supporters.

[Captain Zero]

8. I think he should submit a protest to his HR file

A protest of the write up. Submit it in writing to his HR file. You can submit information to your own HR file. I did it a couple times in my work life.

[Sherman A1]

10. Agreed and I would appeal to a someone higher up

And continue to do so.

[smirkymonkey]

9. WTF?

I would definitely tell you son to start documenting everything right now and possibly even consult with a lawyer. That is just so effed up. Where (what city/state) does your son work?

Do these people know that he has a compromised immune system and that it is important for him to be safe at his workplace? This kind of thing just infuriates me. These people are so selfish!

[Sherman A1]

11. Precisely

[Fla Dem]

12. That manager should be written up.