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Lawsuit Alleges Reddit Fired Employee for Taking Medical Leave, ‘Toxic’ Culture (www.404media.co)
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A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave after fainting, but was fired upon returning and accused of poor performance. However, the lawsuit claims others made similar mistakes. It also alleges Reddit's new leadership under the CFO has created a "toxic, political, and not inclusive" culture, which two other employees also left over. This highlights challenges employees faced with the changing culture at Reddit.

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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don’t ask for your employer to meet your time off needs. Tell them that your time off needs are going to be met.

Then you get fired, and in this economy, probably end up homeless.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Make it a country where it's illegal to fire someone on medical leave, where firing them after they come back entitles them to unmotivated dismissal compensation, where they get unemployment pay even if they get fired.

Might sound like a fairy tale to people in the US, but countries like that do exist.

[–] invno1@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago

Go Union and that cannot happen.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's real systemic, there's a lot of restrictive things all wrapped around everything that keep labor under the thumb of owners and their minions. If enough people stand up for their humanity, there will be a tipping point. Revolution doesn't come without risk.

Seize the means of production.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see any riots. Seems to me that nobody cares—not even the people being made homeless.

[–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Be the change you want to see in the world. You have nothing to lose but your chains.