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No PR release would not have been in the best interest of the organization. The organization is appropriately doing damage control for their own good.
You can try to contact the media and express your opinion about refusing.... but I don't think they will really care.
Bingo.
Quite frankly the company can't really say anything. The mob is NOT going to listen to them anyhow.
If we believe their statement (and according to public opinion when you read through the various comments on news sites people think the company is still full of crap) there were other reasons that the employer did not consider the request.
If the employer tries to explain those-- even in a public forum-- the chances of rational thought looking at both sides of the explanation are slim to none.
People are mad over a much larger problem. They are mad over highly publicized corporate scandals that have happened over the past decade, people are mad about the economy, losing their own jobs, unemployment, amongst a plethora of other things. This company, whether they should or should not be, are an easy whipping boy. Far easier to scream, yell, intimidate a company of approx 20 people versus a corporation that would feel no impact of some public outrage.
On the plus side in all of this from news articles it appears the woman is no longer on death's door, but her prognosis is years not months.
"In recognition of their unique circumstances and level of hardship created by his wife’s illness, Haynes Management is reaching out to our former employee to determine if there is a way we can be supportive to his family during this time. This decision is consistent with our values as a family owned business and our commitment to being a responsible member of our community."
Their hypocrisy is astounding and is nothing more than a desperate PR ploy generated by a company whose reputation has been damaged beyond repair by their calculated decision to eliminate any financial risk associated with Mr. Sorabella's dying wife. Period.
Listing competitors in the new papers, etc... would imply that the media is taking a side. That's not the purpose of the media. It is to report the news.
Customers can decide how they want wo react without being spoonfed ideas.
Wrong, wetohex. It has squat to do with a reprehensible business owner. This is a sub-human behavior problem, and no law can stop it. Just good old fashion public reaction hurting the owner where he truly cares..the bottom line.
The "problem" here is that their premiums will go sky high now that this woman has experienced this illness. I stand by my original post that we need a different type of insurance system to spread the risks around more. I worked for a small company about 2 years ago that experienced much the same thing. An employee's 10 year boy suffered a rare form of cancer. My rate as an individual shot up $90 month upon annual renewal! I could no longer afford it, so I dropped it. There is something wrong with a system that brings this burden on a business. Their premium should not be raised like this when someone gets sick.
Everyone on this forum gets angry, but is avoiding the root cause of the problem.
Yeah, cancer patients can be dropped off at 8pm and picked up at 3Pm at some cancer wards.
Glad I'm not married to you. I shudder to think what would have happened, had I not been there, when my husband had a life-threatening reaction to his first treatment. I was the one, not the overtasked nursing staff, who noticed he needed help and quickly.
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A good chunk of people on this forum do not appear to be actual business owners-- and will more than likely never be faced with having to make a decision such as the one made here.
I'd be comfortable in predicting that many of the people on this forum can see this exact thing happening in their own jobs.
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I think the frustration in the readers' comments come from a middle class that is sick of being treated like garbage by their employers.
Yes. We're expected to be loyal, yet are shown no loyalty. We're expected to be flexible, yet when we ask the company to be flexible, the answer is 'no.'
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I will bet the rent that things like this happened before to other people. This is just the first time in recent memory that it has garnered national attention. I would be surprised if we don't hear more stories like this.
I'd be willing to bet it happens on a daily basis.
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Listing competitors in the new papers, etc... would imply that the media is taking a side. That's not the purpose of the media. It is to report the news.
Ever heard of the op/ed page?
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People are mad over a much larger problem. They are mad over highly publicized corporate scandals that have happened over the past decade, people are mad about the economy, losing their own jobs, unemployment, amongst a plethora of other things.
They're mad because their employers treat them like dirt ... They're afraid that a common-sense request like working flexible hours to take care of an ill spouse will cost them their jobs.
I had to look it up since I never really got into the physical paper. It appears that the op/ed page is not even written by the papers but by third party editors who express their own opinions and not of the paper... Correct me if I am wrong.
With Universal Health Care, this wouldn't be a problem.
The guy will probably go bankrupt, too.
Health issues are the number 1 reason for bankruptcy in the US.
They're mad because their employers treat them like dirt ... They're afraid that a common-sense request like working flexible hours to take care of an ill spouse will cost them their jobs.
I agree with you Ohiogirl.
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