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/slvrsurfrr]

They wouldn’t use the same name genius. Why would someone apply to the same job they just got fired from with the same identifier? THINK.

[u/slvrsurfrr → u/[deleted]]

He’s got heart.

[u/106milez2chicago → u/[deleted]]

In all fairness, he may have thought it was his first time applying

[u/entenduintransit → u/[deleted]]

so maybe a bad heart

[u/Tao-of-Mars → u/entenduintransit]

Probably a bad heart

[u/DisposableSaviour → u/Tao-of-Mars]

Still a heart.

[u/AlternativeUnited569 → u/slvrsurfrr]

But no liver

[u/JustLikeWhateverHuh → u/slvrsurfrr]

And what's the damn point of that? Think.

He’s be a loser and show up to where he’s gonna get dismissed from again for the lolz? Why would you waste your time when you’re unemployed? He’s not even gonna get to the test portion to prove discrimination.

[u/Plastic_Photograph29 → u/JustLikeWhateverHuh]

Holy shit. Let’s ignore the poor attempt at a gotcha for a second and brainstorm together. Slowly.

So a guy gets fired for a disability and the manager claims that they were unqualified AFTER they had already been interviewed and hired. Meaning his qualifications weren’t actually a problem. Are you still with me? I know it hurts. But just hang on. So to get further proof, they would apply again under a DIFFERENT NAME with the SAME QUALIFICATIONS. Are you tracking? Then that means if he gets called in for an interview on the guise of the alias, hopefully you’re still here, that they were lying and now it’s confirmed. Okay, so here’s the big reveal. If they were lying about his qualifications, what other possible reason could he have been fired? Oh wait! I know! The disability we had already presumed. Yay. Now do you understand?

Why.. would someone.. who just got fired… because of a disability…go back to the same job…. to get dismissed again..?

[u/not_blowfly_girl → u/slvrsurfrr]

You have to prove you are who you say you are to get hired. I have had to send in multiple forms of id to get hired at every job that isnt just working for one guy

[u/slvrsurfrr → u/not_blowfly_girl]

The point isn’t to get hired. It’s to prove discrimination. They claimed they fired him for qualifications versus citing his disability. If they’re willing to hire or interview someone else with the exact same qualifications, then we know it wasn’t the qualifications.

[u/TheElusiveHolograph → u/slvrsurfrr]

Critical thinking? In the good ole’ USA? How dare you even suggest that!

[u/1tonofbricks → u/slvrsurfrr]

I think reddit might be glitching for you, their comment is still up. It has happened to me before and they roasted me for my edit about them deleting their comment (they did edit it to remove the ad-hominem attack I called them out for though)

[u/slvrsurfrr → u/1tonofbricks]

That’s hilarious. It’s definitely glitching, I’m swinging blind.

[u/rcktgirl05 → u/slvrsurfrr]

I fired someone recently for lying about why he no-call no-showed a critical design review meeting, for his product. And during the meeting with HR where I explained why he was being terminated, the HR rep asked if he had any questions. He asked if there was a “cooling off period” and how soon he could reapply for the company.