• halyk.the.red
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    512 months ago

    Did anyone else have a ton of trouble making sense of the headline? Granted, I’m not exactly sober right now, but that seems confusing.

    • @Dexx1s
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      542 months ago

      Made no sense to me neither till I read the article…

      The company gives people a card signed by other employees whenever they resign or whatever. Only 3 people signed it so they didn’t give it to her. She then sues.

    • @[email protected]
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      182 months ago

      I figured “leaving card” is probably an English term, which is why us yanks didn’t get the title.

        • *Tagger*
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          42 months ago

          She went to the employment court to sue them over her dismissal

    • @[email protected]
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      112 months ago

      I love that Lemmy is more “old Internet”, in that we are devoid of the corpo echo chambers, and we do have these confusions. It helps us all grow and learn. I was very confused as well. No comment on ABV of various bloodstreams.

  • Rentlar
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    382 months ago

    The plaintiff here sounds like a insufferable enough colleague to not want to write a card to, regardless of gender.

  • Andrew
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    332 months ago

    Apparently, she’s appealing the ruling - she wants to speak to the employment tribunal’s manager. (not really)

  • Flax
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    102 months ago

    Her name is literally karen

  • magnetosphere
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    82 months ago

    I’m going to guess that the three people who did sign the card are either spineless doormats or just did it to get the card off their desk as soon as possible.

    Either way, I wish her luck with the job hunt. I’ll bet employers can’t wait to hire a paranoid, hypersensitive pain in the ass who sues at the drop of a hat.

    • @[email protected]
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      242 months ago

      I would just sign the card because it’s the path of least resistance and makes no difference to me. How much of a doormat I am plays no role. Lol

      • @gedaliyah
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        132 months ago

        It’s basic decency to me. You don’t have to like someone to be courteous.

        Maybe it has different social significance in UK

        • @[email protected]
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          42 months ago

          Based on the article, she might have been hated not just disliked.

          She said another employee had asked her: “Are you taking the piss, Karen?” The tribunal heard that this was after Conaghan suggested she had “done all of the hard work” and it was his “turn to do some”.