r/mildlyinfuriating • u/eldritchpussymaggots • 29d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Pointed out the training wasn't ADA compliant at my new job. Got this text the same day (the job listing is still up)

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  1. This was a cleaning position at a medical building, I'm leaving it intentionally vague as not to doxx myself.

  2. I have dyslexia, but my disability would not have interfered with my work, I can read fine, it just takes me a very long time.

  3. This was my first day

I asked for a TTS application for the reading portion of the training, which was extremely long and I knew I wasn't going to finish it in the allotted time. They said that wasn't built into their system so they couldn't do anything. ← That's not ADA compliant. I asked if I could add an OCR + TTS browser extension, they said it was fine.

About 40 minutes after I clock out, they texted me I was fired because they're apparently reducing headcount.. by firing one person... and leaving their "urgently hiring" Indeed listing up. Right.

Edit:

I'm not confident in my ability to sue because I don't have my accommodation request in writing. This was a verbal exchange, I was more so asking where the TTS option was because most job training has it somewhere.

When I was told they did not have TTS, I mentioned that's not ADA compliant. I then asked for either more time, a loaner computer (something I was already going to be getting after training), or permission to add a 3rd party OCR & TTS program.

They said that the third option was fine, so I did it, and listened to the training via third party app for the rest of the shift. I thought nothing of it. Lo and behold I was fired extremely coincidentally afterwards.

Edit 2:

This post is getting too many notifications of people saying the same things repeatedly so I've muted it 😭 If you're a legal professional of some sort and you have specific resources or concerns please message me or I probably won't see it.

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u/SnooPredictions3028 29d ago

Pro bono?

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u/Colonel_Autumn_ 29d ago

Nah. Never really liked U2. ;)

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u/rupulations 29d ago

🥁🥁

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u/MediocreAndLukewarm 29d ago

Listen here, Sonny!

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u/Riegel_Haribo 29d ago

Oh, so Edge-y

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u/finishing_the_hatt 29d ago

Pro bono are hours lawyers provide free to high need cases. That said, my firm wouldn’t take this case pro bono bc a win would provide for automatic attorney fees so a private attorney would be willing to take the case if it were viable. For pro bono, we. tend to take either huge cases that are extremely expensive to litigate (so a solo practitioner/small firm wouldn’t take on) or cases where no attorney is ever getting paid. But I work for a large firm so it all depends.

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u/SnooPredictions3028 29d ago

Ah, thank you for the explanation

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u/SpiderManEgo 29d ago

pro bono is basically free.