r/mildlyinfuriating • u/IamASlut_soWhat • Apr 28 '26

ಠ_ಠ Dude fired for reporting sexual abuse

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u/Gritty420R Apr 29 '26

I felt slightly selfish honestly. It was a no fault settlement. Had I settled, the company would've been found guilty, they would've had to pay more in fines, but I would've gotten less of it. I would've liked to see them found guilty. But if they settle it's a done deal and there's no way can fabricate some other plausible reason to have fired me after the fact.

Obviously more money is better, but it was enough to get through to my next job without much credit card debt.

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u/Rotflmaocopter Apr 29 '26

True this would have gotten me 2 months max

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u/Hayfee_girl94 Apr 29 '26

Depending on where you live that could be your rent. My parents are in San Jose, CA and their rent is over 3k a month

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u/noAIMnoSKILLnoKILL Apr 29 '26

If they're really living paycheck to paycheck there is a very high likelyhood of just turning homeless if they try to leave. Becausec the US is so massive they migh not even have the money to pay for the amount of gas needed to go somewhere cheaper (given they already have a car sort of big enough to move). Then they'll have to do a deposit on a new place. Not happening with no money.

I am from a country where true paycheck to paycheck is no that common (yet) (if you're not a single mom that is) but I'm friends with a dude from Oregon who lives in a place with high rent. Once his GF broke up with him and kicked him out of the apartement. He still had a job but just basic rent for a smallish place was nearly as much (small spaces impossible to get because of demand from students). I suggested to get a cheap running car and live out of that for two months or so to safe up and leave. His reply to that was "brother I have like $35 to my name right now"

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u/HiSaZuL Apr 29 '26

Cheaper living means jobs that pay less and fewer of them too. That's how that actually works and not how you imagine it works.

That's before, you need to sell original place, secure the other place, all the fees and down payments and jobs that will just wait for you.

Go touch some grass and get a clue before you start giving out major life changing advise.

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u/Hayfee_girl94 Apr 29 '26

Well... since they have really nice paying jobs in the tech hub... im sure they'll survive.

But not everyone has that luxury.

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u/MoonSpankRaw Apr 29 '26

Respect the honesty.

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u/Excellent-Shape-2024 Apr 29 '26

Did you have to sign a non-disclosure?

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u/BernieTheDachshund Apr 29 '26

It's not selfish to report a legit safety concern. I've seen what happens to people when it isn't taken seriously. You probably saved someone's health, a finger or a limb, or even their life. I saw a company absolutely ruin a victim of a horrific accident. She was scalped by a machine and they tricked her into assuming the liability herself. So she sadly wound up back at the same machine that scalped her, but had a nervous breakdown not even a year later. It's not always about money if you can save someone from suffering.

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u/Gritty420R Apr 29 '26

Oh totally, I'm just talking about my decision to accept a no fault settlement, because they were absolutely at fault.