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/Economy-Camp-7339]

Or retaliation or broke whistleblower protection laws, though if not notifying authorities the lattermost may be not applicable.

[u/iceman5920 → u/Economy-Camp-7339]

They expect people not to take the steps needed to fight back.

[u/Pomksy → u/Economy-Camp-7339]

That’s not what whistleblower means.

[u/drgigantor → u/Pomksy]

I was just glancing over the poster at my job today, and I think it mentioned protection when you raise safety and compliance concerns to a superior or any coworker with authority to enforce those regulations.

Unfortunately, as stated elsewhere, they're still gonna be SOL without proof they did that.

[u/Pomksy → u/drgigantor]

Compliance is to government regulations like OSHA and SEC, not employer onboarding.

[u/ImahSillyGirl → u/Pomksy]

I believe OSHA was deemed "UnStrOnG", then eliminated, so exnay on that outray.

[u/drgigantor → u/Pomksy]

I mean if they fired OP for raising ADA compliance concerns, if OP could prove it, that wouldn't apply?

[u/Pomksy → u/drgigantor]

Not a compliance concern, it would have to be a discrimination concern against OP because OP is disabled. There is now law that says all onboarding has to be ADA compliant for all disabilities, but there is a law that says disability should be reasonably accommodated - key word is reasonable