'I got fired for being sick': Employee gets fired for ER visit, boss loses customers

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    Font - "I got fired for being sick and in the hospital so I got back at my former boss"
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    Font - I got fired for being sick and in the hospital so I got back at my former boss I worked as a gymnastics coach. I just started working there for a month or two. And in a month I started getting really dizzy (regularly outside of work) and I would lose my balance best way to describe it as my brain lagging. I'd look one way and it'd take forever for my eyes to adjust looking that way. And I left early 30 mins early once because I could not stand and if I coached I didn't want to pass out or
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    Font - left then went to the hospital. I never threw up and the dizzy was bad. While I was in the ER my boss fired me. Didn't say hope you feel better or anything. Just fired me. So I told the people I know there and the people i'm close with who go there I told them what happened and they were appalled at why they fired me so they left and quit going there or sending there child there. Quite a joy to watch her place fall apart. :)
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    Font - Old SpiceSmellsNice 12 hr. ago Did the hospital figure out what happened to you? 333 Reply Share
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    Font - LikeABundleOfHay. 13 hr. ago How is it legal for them to fire you on the spot like that? What country are you in where thats possible? 316 Reply Share
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    Font - PimentoCheesehead. 13 hr. ago "At will employment" is a thing in the US. With certain exceptions, your employer can fire you at any time and is not required to give a reason. Even in situations where you're theoretically protected from being fired, very often it's difficult to prove wrongful termination. 430 Reply Share
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    Font - LikeABundleOfHay 13 hr. ago That sounds dystopian. 189 PimentoCheesehe ad - 13 hr. ago . Well, yeah. Reply Share 169 Reply Sha
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    Font - MackumTheKnife 12 hr. ago Sounds like a lawsuit to me
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    Font - Rob_T_Firefly. 11 hr. ago If you can, consult with a lawyer and see if you have a case for a wrongful dismissal suit. Even in at-will states, firing someone for getting hospital-level sick is possibly frowned upon by the law and you may be entitled to some sort of recompense.
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    Font - Cherry_Crystals 11 hr. ago I guess she showed her true colours then. She is a selfish boss since she didn't even give you a chance to recover and come back. I don't get how having to go to the hospital is even your fault
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    Font - Helpful_Assumption 76. 11 hr. ago I have bad vertigo, and it sounds just like this. I have emergency meds, but it sounds like you might have something similar. I also coached private club and high school!
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    Font - whiskeybusinesses808 8 hr. ago I have very similar symptoms and was diagnosed vertigo migrane but it could be something more severe. Go get an MRI and see a neurologist stat. I'm glad you got revenge but take care of you!
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    Font - jewelophile 37 min. ago I'm sorry you got sick but I find it hard to believe a whole business fell apart because an employee who'd been there for less than two months was fired.
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    Font - Wild Billl33t 11 min. ago Call your local labor board.
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    Font - herecomes_the_sun 12 hr. ago edited 11 hr. ago Can I ask what you mean by a "miss spot"? As someone who participated in and also coached gymnastics, that sounds incredibly dangerous and depending on what you meant by this, i have some very strong opinions. Did you still try to spot someone when physically that ill? Edit: I can't read, sorry for coming in hot
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    Font - PickleLeC 11 hr. ago They said they "didn't want to miss spot" them, not that it actually occurred. 13 Reply Share
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    Font - herecomes_the_sun 11 hr. ago Thank you! Then OP was being responsible and I'm glad they got their petty revenge!

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