Warehouse worker reports safety violations to OSHA, only to then get written up for having an "attitude" problem: 'They make you the problem instead of actually fixing the problem'

This warehouse employee was labeled "difficult" by his manager after he pointed out serious safety concerns.

Of course, if this were a healthy workplace environment in which the safety of employees was prioritized over everything else, then this worker would be praised for having come forward with legitimate issues. After all, the blocked exits and broken equipment that clearly were ever-present in this place of work should have been examined, and the worker should have been commended for raising his voice in support of safer conditions for everyone.

Instead, his manager chose to write the employee up in his file for being difficult and essentially insubordinate. It just goes to show that it's so much easier for upper management to reprimand an employee for raising valid concerns rather than actually take a closer look at the legitimacy of those concerns. When this manager should have been trying to rectify the situation in a way that would be beneficial to his employees, he instead opted to ignore the concerns and condescend.

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