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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:03 PM Original message |
Wyeth Employee Balks At Outsourcing & Gets Fired |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. And we all trust these people enough to put stuff they make in our bodies? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope she ends up owning Wyeth. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. K & R, to the greatest. n/t |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. My feeling for what will happen |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Whether outsourcing is a violation is beside the point here. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Nothing illegal about a company being vindictive |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm not an attorney, but I did work in Human Resources in the liaison branch. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. "Protected activity" is a term commonly used |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Based on what you said, why didn't the employer fire her based on "protected activity"? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You're right. It's a dead horse. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If a company fires an employee "as an example to others", then that is selective, don't you think? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Employment is at will |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I respectfully disagree. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You're simply mistaken. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'm sorry, but I believe with all my heart in what I said, based on what I've seen |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'm afraid you are right. I went through a similar situation in the 90s under |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Your company was smarter than the company in the OP, although I'm sorry this happened to you. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. This case looks like a winner so don't settle, Laura. Go all the way, dear. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is not good |
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Azlady (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I almost wonder if she could have also |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And the company didn't want this to be a topic for discussion around the work environment. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. And that sure as hell wouldn't be good now, would it? n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Can't Say I Blame Them Really. She Sounds Like A Disgruntled Employee. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It sounds more like she got shit-canned for her outsourcing stance.... |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Muddled and incomplete records are extremely serious in the pharmaceutical biz. |
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Azlady (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I agree Raineyb - |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I used to work Quality Control for a pharmaceutical company |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. PLEASE |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. How is this scenario any different... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Funny how those few employees left who actually give a damn... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. I sympathize |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wyeth gave my mother breast cancer via Prempro and Premarin. nt |
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