When the sirens went off the second time they told us to go back to work

[malaise]

Worker at Candle Factory

[ruet]

1. I Had a Feeling Tales Like This Would Surface.

"No one want's to work anymore". ...I wonder why.

[malaise]

4. He said at least 20 persons in the hospital said the same thing

Same shit with that 2nd tower on 9/11

[brewens]

8. I remember that story from 9/11 but never saw another confirmation. Someone told them to go back

to work after they started evacuating the building. I figure whoever did that died and that might be why I never heard anything else about it.

[brush]

7. Wonder how these awful managers with piss-poor judgment...

get promoted? SMH with disgust.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Because All Higher Management...

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...aren't highly talented. They're really not at the level of the truly excellent executives, talent-wise.
Some are just good at gladhanding & schmoozing.
So, managers below them get promoted for having the same attributes.
Then, lower level get promoted to supervisor or entry tier manager because THEY have those attributes.
I'm sure you've seen it. I sure have!

[brush]

14. You are so right. I've certainly seen it. The schmoozers know...

whose ass to kiss. And in the field I was in, magazine and newspaper design, they kicked the schmoozers upstairs quite often as they weren't that good at actually doing attractive, eye-catching design.

[judesedit]

24. They're called "yes men". It runs rampant in "good ole' boy" companies"

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Yes, Sir! Great Observation!

See what I did there?

[leftieNanner]

30. "Gladhanding & Schmoozing"

My husband worked at a company where an underling started smoking so he could go hang out with the boss on breaks.

And the guy was promoted.

For a while.

Then, because he was a useless asshole, he was fired.

Imagine that!

[ProfessorGAC]

32. At Least He Was Exposed

They might have promoted him again to get him to a different department!
I have to say that I only questioned the talents of a few executives in the 35 or so years when I was directly exposed to VPs & chief officers. Most were good in their niche, some were outstanding.
The director level, however, was a different matter. And I had lots of contact with that level because for my last 18 years I was at director level. In my direct experience, way more Peter Principle at that level than at the next couple levels up.

[leftstreet]

2. Good Godz n/t

[FM123]

3. Horrifying. Heartbreaking.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

5. Quote from somewhere?

Reports I've seen and heard were that the workers were told to go to a safe room.

[Me.]

6. Wow...If That's True

"They" are in big trouble

[NQAS]

10. Really?

Republicans seem to be exempt from any criminal responsibility. Plus they’ll declare bankruptcy. It will all be pretty sordid but I doubt anyone is going to jail.

Or I’m just too damn cynical.

[onecaliberal]

27. No they're not. Republicans have already killed 800,000 people and counting. They're still not

done and they still don't care.

[BeckyDem]

9. omg

[USALiberal]

11. Do you have a link?

[malaise]

19. See #15 n/t

[11 Bravo]

13. While certainly feasible, I'm going to need a little bit more than that.

[EleanorR]

15. link

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-tornado-factory-workers-threatened-firing-left-tornado-employ-rcna8581

MAYFIELD, Ky. — As a catastrophic tornado approached this city Friday, employees of a candle factory — which would be destroyed — heard the warning sirens and wanted to leave the building. But at least four workers said supervisors warned employees that they would be fired if they left their shifts early.

For hours, as word of the coming storm spread, as many as 15 workers beseeched managers to let them take shelter at their own homes, only to have their requests rebuffed, the workers said.

Fearing for their safety, some left during their shifts regardless of the repercussions.

At least eight people died in the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, which makes scented candles. The facility was leveled, and all that is left is rubble. Photos and videos of its widespread mangled remains have become symbols of the enormous destructive power of Friday’s tornado system.

[malaise]

16. Thanks for the link

[EleanorR]

20. You're welcome

It's an appalling story. This might vary state to state, but in some cases if you leave work without permission they can fire you for job abandonment, and that means no benefits.

[malaise]

23. I watched an interview with an employee who dug himself out

He said they had a points system and people who left would also have lost points.
Capitalism loves slave labor- greed kills again.

[AngryOldDem]

28. If it's an at-will state, they don't even need a reason.

Makes you wonder why people fought and died for labor laws, doesn’t it?

[crickets]

18. Damn. nt

[Alexander Of Assyria]

21. Risk death by preventable causes or risk job? What right do these people have to force such a choice

[uponit7771]

22. omg

[traitorsgalore]

34. I knew that'd be the case after researching Mayfield and finding out 80% vote R

I knew worker's lives would be worthless in their minds.

[raccoon]

17. Sue the bastards! Nt

[txwhitedove]

25. I grew up in Oklahoma where loud warning siren was common.

It means stop and take cover. Crack open windows to relieve pressure and go to an inside room or under something, duck and cover. Don't they stress that anymore?

[leftieNanner]

31. Oklahoma is accustomed to tornados

Perhaps these other areas are not. It is my understanding that these were unusual storms.

[dutch777]

29. Let's see criminal charges of reckless endangerment and civil suits for pain and suffering.

And that would just be for starters. Unfortunately that does not raise the dead, heal the impacted friends and family or provide all that much comfort for the injured. And the corporations just write the multi $ millions off as an "operational expense".

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. For this thread

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