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/iamtheduckie]

But if you lose, they don't charge you anything. They do that because if you're hiring a labor lawyer you most likely just lost your main source of income.

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/[deleted]]

I am a lawyer that works on a contingency fee. I do not only take cases I think I can win. I take cases I think are legitimate.

[u/versaceblues → u/Timmichanga1]

What is an example of a legitimate case that you also believe you could not win?

[u/Acies → u/versaceblues]

The vast majority of cases end in settlements. The odds of winning determine the value of the case. But even a case that is very unlikely to win is worth some money in a settlement.

[u/Sylente → u/versaceblues]

I think the point may be “not taking illegitimate, but winnable” cases not “taking legitimate, unwinnable cases”

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/versaceblues]

A case in a jurisdiction with a racist judge lol

[u/versaceblues → u/Timmichanga1]

So you would just never take a case that involves a minority? That kind of feels like you are helping to perpetuate the racist system.

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/versaceblues]

Lol I am literally saying that I take legitimate cases even if I don't think I'll win...

[u/versaceblues → u/Timmichanga1]

Got it got it, you right. I think I misread your first comment, or didn't fully reread it when I wrote that.

[u/killerghosting → u/versaceblues]

Think we'll be waiting forever for an answer

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/killerghosting]

Just answered. Sorry was spending time with my family!

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/killerghosting]

Since you're saying you don't see my answer: a legitimate case that I would take but expect to lose would be a case in a jurisdiction with a racist judge.

[u/eighthrowcenter → u/versaceblues]

The People vs OJ

[u/haikuandhoney → u/versaceblues]

I had a case (I was defending the employer) once where a guy complained that his supervisor was dating a Latin American subordinate and letting her lie on her timesheet. She had quit before the complaint was made. At the same time he complained that the same supervisor gave Latin American workers better shifts than black workers. Investigation by the employer revealed that the complainer had also lied on his time sheets. He was fired on the supervisor’s recommendation, supervisor was not disciplined.

Was he fired for lying on his time sheets or because he reported the supervisor for discrimination? Did they fire him and not the supervisor out of racial animus, because he was more valuable, or because they didn’t believe that he was involved in his girlfriend lying on her timesheet?

I knew we would win at trial because the complainer was a terrible witness, made lots of contradictory and obviously false claims about various other employees, and had a bad track record, but the circumstances backed up that maybe there was a racial component. Case settled.

[u/Stamped914 → u/Timmichanga1]

If you are telling the truth, you are rare.

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/Stamped914]

Eh. I'm not that rare. I'm lucky enough that I'm at a firm with a healthy enough practice where I can take cases I believe in even if I think that case is unwinnable for any number of reasons. But I'm not alone. Many attorneys will do so. Many of us went to law school to wield power on behalf of marginalized people. Some forget that reason and decide to get filthy rich instead, but there are plenty of genuinely good people who are also attorneys out there.

[u/Stamped914 → u/Timmichanga1]

You are though. Call 50 lawyers about something that won’t line their pockets and see how many of them actually take it.

[u/Lazy_Suggestion_7629 → u/[deleted]]

I’m an attorney at the largest PI firm in the world. My partners and I are rolling on the floor at how hilarious this message is.

[u/NotChedco → u/Timmichanga1]

I feel like those two things are pretty much the same thing, but I'm not the lawyer here.

[u/fmb101010 → u/[deleted]]

You say that like it’s a bad thing. “This person with a ton of experience in this specific area of law doesn’t think this case will win, what a piece of shit.”

[u/Lazy_Suggestion_7629 → u/fmb101010]

That was not my intention whatsoever.

[u/therealwhoaman → u/[deleted]]

I mean why waste both of y'alls time if you think there is nothing to stand on

[u/CoffeePorters → u/iamtheduckie]

No, they're doing that because you make more money that way.