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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 weeks 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] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I get the leaving card. What about the employment claim?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Her name is literally karen

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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] 6 points 3 weeks ago

No it does not. Left plenty of crappy jobs without ceremony

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks 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”.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

The card in the thumbnail is missing a comma after "sorry"