See ya, Matt

TTQ64 said:
You are exactly right.
Look how many catholic priest were protected when they were raping little boys.
Look how long Sandusky was raping boys in the Pen state locker rooms.
I guess that's where they get their "locker room talk".
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Good point. Just as we have a few here defending the accused because they are the right political flavor or a favored sports or entertainment figure, we have had those who pretended not to see what was going on right under their noses.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
No, I am not. Contrary to what TTQ said, employers cannot fire you without cause if you belong to a protected class of employees. They also cannot fire union members without cause, and that almost always requires a long series of documented steps detailing the misbehavior. TTQ stated that the reason they want right-to-work is to be able to discriminate. That's not what it is; it's to prevent unionization and to weaken existing unions.... making it possible to pay lower wages, offer fewer benefits, and also to make it easier to get rid of unwanted employees without all the steps required by most unions.

If you are not a member of a protected class, you can be fired for no reason at all, absent an employment contract. If you are a member, you can still be fired just because they don't want you.... but there may be more documentation required, especially if several members of a particular class are laid off at the same time.
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I've mentioned on here I was fired a month ago. I was working for a start up where they told us our Series B was coming for about six months and then one day it was 'no longer coming' and they laid off 3/4ths of the firm. They laid off the entire sales team of which I was a part. It was probably eight of us. They just called us in one by one and did it. All were male. I think seven were white and one was Hispanic.

Now say there was a different mix than that. Could the firm have done the same thing? (I would think yes because this is a start-up and you know, or ought to, the risk that most start-ups don't make it when you take the job). I'm assuming an Hispanic male is a protected class but I'm not sure. But this discussion made me think if the group had a larger black contingent in it, for example. Could they have fired the whole team then?
 
cawacko said:
I've mentioned on here I was fired a month ago. I was working for a start up where they told us our Series B was coming for about six months and then one day it was 'no longer coming' and they laid off 3/4ths of the firm. They laid off the entire sales team of which I was a part. It was probably eight of us. They just called us in one by one and did it. All were male. I think seven were white and one was Hispanic.

Now say there was a different mix than that. Could the firm have done the same thing? (I would think yes because this is a start-up and you know, or ought to, the risk that most start-ups don't make it when you take the job). I'm assuming an Hispanic male is a protected class but I'm not sure. But this discussion made me think if the group had a larger black contingent in it, for example. Could they have fired the whole team then?
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I'm obviously not an attorney, but I would say given the mix of people... especially since most of them were white and male.... there would be no repercussions to laying everyone or even most of you off. Since it was an entire department, the sales team, the company could rightfully argue that the business's sales were down, they were faring poorly, and thus there was no need for sales employees. What is a Series B?

I am very sorry to hear that you lost your job. And what a time for year for that too, as if there's a great time of year to get canned. Have you found something else yet?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Evidently not.

Anyone who has ever gone to the hospital, or gotten a new physician, has had to sign a consent to treat form. As a health care provider, I cannot touch you -- even to just take your BP or temp -- without that consent. It's called "battery." If I performed something more invasive, such as draw blood, it becomes assault.
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in your mind does this have something to do with the thread?.....
 
Teflon Don said:
It is sad to see KKKhristiefan and Legion be at odds. They used to be so close. I could have predicted it though. KKKhristiefan betrays everyone she meets on the inter webs. Just ask Darla


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actually, it started while he was Big Money.......they've both gone downhill since.......
 
Sailor said:
Are you telling me, a person that supposedly has a gun like you do, does not know when, where and why self defense is allowable? Want me to school you on that also idiot?
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Legion has no guns......he hates guns.......I think his longest thread on this board is his tribute to events that should convince you guns should be banned everywhere......
 
PostmodernProphet said:
in your mind does this have something to do with the thread?.....
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Absolutely. We are discussing the legalities of touching/grasping/groping another human being without their consent. There are a couple of tards here who thought that I was wrong to deck my boss when he grabbed my tit in front of a customer. It was a reflexive action. Boss hit the floor, and laughed, and told the customer that I have a temper too. Customer left in disgust. I quit my job. I was pointing out that even your physician, your dentist, your chiropractor, your nurse must obtain legal consent from you to render treatment; otherwise it's battery under the law. The only exceptions are for EMS employees.

Make sense now?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
I'm obviously not an attorney, but I would say given the mix of people... especially since most of them were white and male.... there would be no repercussions to laying everyone or even most of you off. Since it was an entire department, the sales team, the company could rightfully argue that the business's sales were down, they were faring poorly, and thus there was no need for sales employees. What is a Series B?

I am very sorry to hear that you lost your job. And what a time for year for that too, as if there's a great time of year to get canned. Have you found something else yet?
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Thanks but it's ok. So many people work at start ups here dreaming of working for the next Google, Facebook etc. The reality is most of them fail. I've worked in corporate America before and done private individual investing. I wanted to try to the start up route. I went in eyes wide open.

I'm interviewing now and should have something here shortly (lol, at least I hope. this City isn't getting any cheaper living on savings)

Sorry, should have been more specific. Series B round of funding. Most firms start with seed money or a Series A round of funding. My firm had that. They told us for months the Series B was over subscribed blah, blah, blah. I knew they were full of sh*t, haha. So it was not a surprise at all when the layoffs came.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Absolutely. We are discussing the legalities of touching/grasping/groping another human being without their consent. There are a couple of tards here who thought that I was wrong to deck my boss when he grabbed my tit in front of a customer. It was a reflexive action. Boss hit the floor, and laughed, and told the customer that I have a temper too. Customer left in disgust. I quit my job. I was pointing out that even your physician, your dentist, your chiropractor, your nurse must obtain legal consent from you to render treatment; otherwise it's battery under the law. The only exceptions are for EMS employees.

Make sense now?
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sure......you're saying that since you were a nurse you had your boss sign a consent form so you could draw his blood......got it........
 
tinfoil said:
LOL
Another smug media douchebag goes down.
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I would be amazed if there are still any dunces left that think white male privilege is not a real thing.

Ailes, O'Reilly, Lauer, Franken, Moore, Trump, Weinstein, Seagall, et al. obviously felt they could get away with this crap....for years on end....that they were held to a different standard and had more privilege - a free pass - to be assholes.
 
christiefan915 said:
Why don't you tell the board how I came on to you and you spurned my advances because you learned I had uterine cancer, dumb shit?
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Lot's of lying and horseshit innuendo goes on on this forum. And you know what? From what I can tell, 90 percent of the lying, the innuendo, the bogus gossip, and libel are coming from....righwing dudes!
 
Cypress said:
I would be amazed if there are still any dunces left that think white male privilege is not a real thing.

Ailes, O'Reilly, Lauer, Franken, Moore, Trump, Weinstein, Seagall, et al. obviously felt they could get away with this crap....for years on end....that they were held to a different standard and had more privilege - a free pass - to be assholes.
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why can you be an asshole, but nobody else can?......
 
Cypress said:
Lot's of lying and horseshit innuendo goes on on this forum. And you know what? From what I can tell, 90 percent of the lying, the innuendo, the bogus gossip, and libel are coming from....righwing dudes!
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You win the internet today!
 
PostmodernProphet said:
why can you be an asshole, but nobody else can?......
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I take it as a badge of honor that a foul mouthed, sexist swine like you thinks I am an a-hole.

I have the respect of the people that actually matter to me here. I don't need resentful rightwing losers, racists, and sexists to like me.
 
Cypress said:
I would be amazed if there are still any dunces left that think white male privilege is not a real thing.
Ailes, O'Reilly, Lauer, Franken, Moore, Trump, Weinstein, Seagall, et al. obviously felt they could get away with this crap....for years on end....that they were held to a different standard and had more privilege - a free pass - to be assholes.
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The outrage here and at large from those who think that these guys were either wrongfully-accused or not given due process is the foul and fetid exhalations of the dying dinosaurs.
 
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