“AITA for getting my interviewer fired?” —u/R_Rover_2013
The comment section
No one thought OP was the a-hole. In fact, many urged OP to go further and report “Eddie” to his former employer again for contacting her after he had been fired.
“He sent one email, But I didn't respond.” replied OP, “I still have it in case I'll need it later. who knows what might happen because he is so upset with me. he also knows my name and address so I try to be careful.”
“You need to report that RIGHT AWAY.” urged u/CT200L, “Don’t wait until it’s too late. This guy is trouble.”
“I concur. Report this to the company and law enforcement.” said u/lolunnb.
“Eddie sounds like a creep and it doesn't seem like the first time either. You might help someone else by speaking out so they can build a case against him.” said u/Deep90.
“I’m sure he was fired due to this being a recurrent issue. Not just one very inappropriate interview. It’s not your fault he behaved very inappropriately and obviously shouldn’t be in a position of power” said u/asecretnarwhal.
“Right? ‘Poor man, facing the consequences of his actions!’” added u/Aphreyst.
“Why do all of these posts involve people agreeing that the perpetrator did something wrong but thinking that they shouldn't have faced consequences for it?” asked u/sabometrics.
“My parents think I'm looking for excuses not to work which is not true but I've been having hard luck for months.” replied OP.
“Yeah that's just creepy that he kept her contact info on hand. I'd probably file a report with the police as well. Should have added that into my judgment response!” added u/jammy913.
“I mean he probably would have gotten fired even without prior issues because I'm pretty sure some of those questions are straight up illegal and most employers aren't keen to hang on to a liability.” said u/majere616.
“One of my former coworkers asked if one of our applicants was planning on having babies. My current job asked me how old I was. I’ve also heard people ask things like ‘what country is your family from’ and ‘do you have any disabilities?’ Most of these questions were asked at a large biotech. (The age one was at my current job, where I’m waitressing in between jobs, not sure what I want to do). I gently pointed out to them that they can’t ask those sorts of things (except the family question, that was asked by the mf Vice President of the company, so I left that one alone). How they’ve never been sued is beyond me.” u/VelocityGrrl39 shared.
“Exactly!” agreed u/Preposterous_punk, “She didn’t raise a fuss and demand he be fired. She helped the company a good deal by informing them of his horrific interviewing style. When they received the information, they opted to fire him. Not telling them would have been actively protecting him from the consequences of his actions, and why should she do that? She owes him nothing and she didn’t lie, just reported the things he chose to do.”
Read the original thread here.