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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
Penquin47:
Regarding Dora telling people that Faye is fired: Hanners works at the coffee shop too. At a small business like that, I would imagine the first thing Dora did when other employees got into work is tell them what happened. If for no other reason than because they'd ask "Hey, where's Faye?"
DillyDolly:
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Jan 2015, 21:12 ---And there it is, rolling in.
Dora is being as tactful as she could possibly be in this situation.
Suggestion she should have left it ambiguous over whether she was still fired? That would be crappy.
Telling her via text? Sorry, but you've got to be flipping joking. That is the most tactless thing I can think of.
Walking in would be shitty. Saying anything that gives her false hope about her job would be shitty. Doing anything suggested by people accusing her off being shitty would in fact be shitty.
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Shitty is pulling Hannelore into it. She has a gazillion anxiety disorders and isn't that close to Faye. Marten would have made more sense to talk to as he's been very close with both of them and handles this stuff way better.
Tova:
I think you are underestimating Hanners.
Meilu:
--- Quote from: swapna on 29 Jan 2015, 21:02 ---
--- Quote from: jheartney on 29 Jan 2015, 20:46 ---The insurance bit was quite decent of Dora. It's not something she had to do.
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Well I wouldn't go that far. Not doing it would make her a horrible person, and it doesn't cost her anything (Faye doesn't get paid). It's not something she had to do, yes, but 'not ruining somebody's life even though you could' doesn't get you a lot of brownie points.
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Not doing it doesn't make her a horrible person, and it does cost her money. It may not be much, it depends entirely on how her small business group insurance plan is structured. It's also a little risky to not fire her immediately, given that Faye could turn around and point to the incident as being prior to being fired and claim to have been clean ever since. Firing her for being a recovering alcoholic is a different beast than firing someone for drinking on the job. I'm not saying Faye would do that, just pointing out there's legal nuance that's potentially problematic even in employment-at-will states.
DillyDolly:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 29 Jan 2015, 21:17 ---Regarding Dora telling people that Faye is fired: Hanners works at the coffee shop too. At a small business like that, I would imagine the first thing Dora did when other employees got into work is tell them what happened. If for no other reason than because they'd ask "Hey, where's Faye?"
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While this is true, how many bosses do you know would expect their current employees tell an ex employee they are still fired? Makes it even worse when you think about it.
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