My Daughter Was Fired Today [View all]
She was a log/compliance manager for a trucking company for just short of 5 years. Since the pandemic she worked remotely for over a year -- very successfully if her department's metrics are any indication. She supervised her employees (who were also working remotely) and received good performance reviews and raises, going from hourly to salary. She and her husband (who is an owner/operator for the same company) bought a farm about 2 hours away, with the company's knowledge. She's been living there since last September, doing her job and functioning just fine.
Fast forward to last November, when her employer hired a new safety manager. He came from a large trucking company to "reorganize" and help the company improve its metrics with FMCSA (they are currently undergoing an audit). Based on some of the conversations she's shared with me, the guy is a Grade A misogynist. He basically treated her like his personal admin assistant. He abhors technology, doesn't like virtual meetings and said he hated remote workers because you couldn't trust anyone who wasn't in the office (where he could watch them). He posted a position on the company's website (which contained a lot of her job duties). When he asked him if she needed to "interview" for it, he said he "wouldn't consider giving her an interview unless she came back into the office."
He announced 2 weeks ago that EVERYONE was coming back into the office on March 1st. She made arrangements to move back to her house here. She's been coming up to the office every Wednesday for in-person meetings preparatory to returning, and he's been giving her lists of tasks to finish in anticipation of that.
Today, he and the head of Human Resources called her and fired her. When she asked why this was happening given that she was coming back into the office per his request, he said he was "downsizing" her department and didn't want her to have to find a new place to live (I guess forgetting she told him she had a house here). He said she wasn't being fired "for cause," they wouldn't dispute unemployment and would give her severance and paid vacation.
She is gutted. I'm wondering if anything is actionable, given that KS is a right-to-fire state.
I want to punch this snake right in the throat. She says he pretty much fired her because he didn't like her and I don't know what to say other than "I'm sorry."
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