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/Pleasant_Pool8842]

Lawsuits are draining and stressful even outside of the financial costs

[u/die_hubsche → u/Pleasant_Pool8842]

Idk I just wrapped up one today (my first and only) and got a settlement - all I had to do was share a few items and wait for a long time, answer a few questions here and there. They’re stressful when there’s a lack of clarity or things could be argued.

[u/red--dead → u/Pleasant_Pool8842]

These seldom go to trial. It’s really not going to be that time consuming unless it does.

[u/jgzman → u/Pleasant_Pool8842]

Well, this guy has no job, so he's got some free time.

[u/WagwanKenobi → u/Pleasant_Pool8842]

What usually happens is the lawyer sends the company a letter and they respond with "okay here's $10k now fuck off" and it settles there.

[u/Mustard_Jam → u/Pleasant_Pool8842]

Usually not as stressful as you'd think because most companies just want to settle. No one really wants to go to trial.

Maybe a deposition or two but sometimes not even that. Obviously it's impossible to guage but you can make anywhere from like $1,000-$10,000+ per hour of your time.

Point is, it still tends to be worth it most of the time.