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The title seems written to make you go “oh fat man bad” but the contents pretty clearly indicate that the guy was subject to workplace harassment.
I hope he gets his money.
When someone in a place of authority goes out of their way to make an example of you; it sticks with you and the rest of the team.
I worked at Disney and when you open an attraction someone gets the task to ‘sweep the queue’. On the book that means walk through the area where the guests queue for the attraction and make sure there are no issues (3rd shift takes care of cleaning and such). One of my A leads absolutely hated me because she and I butted heads regarding guest recovery methods. She had been there for decades and would not tolerate any pushback.
One morning I clocked in and was tasked with that role. She got out a push broom and made me literally sweep the queue. I swept till I had blisters. Even cast that weren’t there talked to me about it after the fact, so word got around.
Hard to say if it was his height that was the problem or the weight. Not enough details and no pics. Plenty of ads though. Should a workplace be forced to accommodate you because of got weight? It’s not a protected class so I’m more on the no side. If it was because of some other health issue, maybe. On the other hand, why not just let the guy go if he was unable/unwilling to work at the desk? Seems like either side could have called it quits instead of coming to this lawsuit.
People aren’t a monolith and all have different needs. Can we as a society finally get to a point where we acknowledge that, be ok with it, and accommodate everyone’s needs where possible? Otherwise, what’s the point of society?
It seems pretty clear the problem was requesting the accommodation.
So in your view, a person who’s discriminated against at work can just quit and go find another role? Or a workplace can just snap their fingers and materialise a competent worker who knows the role?
This isn’t a case where the office is just too small and there’s nowhere for plaintiff to do his job. There are spaces he can work comfortably. The guy complained and through the union got his needs accommodated. Then, later,
This resulted in a supervisor changing the desk assignment schedule for the month of July and “dramatically increas[ing] the frequency of assigning Williams to the aforementioned first-floor service desk that lacked the appropriate accommodations,” the lawsuit stated. “Thus, the SNFL apparently retaliated by forcing William to do exactly the one thing he knew detrimental to his health and safety.”
I guarantee you there were people in that library who had no problem working the smaller desk, but some power-tripping supervisor just had to “win”. A manager who views their employees as targets for subjugation has no place being in charge of anything, and it’s really weird that you’re in here arguing understanding for the boss.
