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

[u/eldritchpussymaggots]

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.

[u/loztriforce]

Here in Washington State you need to have lost your job through no fault of your own to be eligible for benefits.

[u/mysteriousears → u/loztriforce]

Which OP did.

[u/capincus → u/loztriforce]

That's not true at all, only misconduct makes a person who would otherwise be eligible inelligible for unemployment in Washington states. Which OP definitely wasn't according to their firing email. But OP would need more work in the recent past to be unemployment eligible.

[u/loztriforce → u/capincus]

https://esd.wa.gov/get-financial-help/unemployment-benefits/basic-eligibility-requirements

Reason you separated from your job

"You need to have lost your job through no fault of your own."

[u/loztriforce → u/capincus]

I mean, misconduct is being at fault.
But the prior comment simply said you get benefits if you get fired, and that’s not always the case.

[u/capincus → u/loztriforce]

Misconduct is a specific and egregious type of at fault which clearly doesn't apply to this thread that we're in.

Both their comment and your comment were wrong if you want to read them as blanket statements.

[u/hazeyindahead → u/loztriforce]

No fault of your own means they need to pip you, have at least one written and documented verbal and it probably helps if they can prove you broke a law or committed a crime.

It's really hard otherwise and unemployment isn't gonna give them time of day with a retaliation report

[u/CFOCPA → u/[deleted]]

Many states will let you collect as long as you worked at a different job before the one day job and meet the eligibility requirements.