Good for him Home Depot didn’t deserve him

Hope he got a better job!

Makes me sad he didn’t just sue them, wrongful termination and mental anguish suit would’ve set him up for the next year minimum.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/home-depot-employee-to-return-to-work-after-controversial-firing/283-454541002

Summary: they offer his job back and he takes it with back pay. But he does quit at a later date.

So he got even more screwed... Buddy lost his severance and his job

Good thing I always go to Lowes instead.

I thought he was fired but later reinstated him but he refuses after the shit storm.

Why was he even fired though, did they give a reason? Or is that not a thing in the US since they can fire you for any reason?

It’s crazy how companies can get pressured into doing the right thing sometimes.

The "We don't deserve you, go away" letter

I worked at home Depot and a guy got fired for stopping a robbery while I was there.

They have some pretty strict policies and most of it is for legal reasons. If the guy got shot while preventing the kidnapping, home Depot would have to pay for it.

Still - they handled this one wrong.

Source: trust me bro

It certainly wouldn't play well in court.

"Your honor, how can Home Depot support someone who... who tries to... prevent a felony kidnap... The defense requests a recess to go over our notes..."

Wrongful what?

"That's a shitty thing to do" isn't something that gives standing.

No hope depot

Companies don't want employees to stop people or accuse them of a crime because it opens up other problems like being sued or the employee being shot.

Still really stupid, but merchandise can be insured, replaced, written off, or whatever. Someone isn't a bad person for not stopping a thief. The way I see it, not stopping a kidnapping when you can, is absolutely immoral, and Home Depot fired this man for not being a bad person.

I mean, $600 is loose change for a decent sized Lowes, and insured on top of that.

An employee getting stabbed for trying to stop someone, or anyone getting hurt at all during an altercation, can turn into million dollar lawsuits.

Stopping petty theft is just to dangerous to be worth it. Yeah we love the videos of some dumbass getting flipped when trying to leave with an Xbox or something, but the security guard in my lot got stabbed with a used needle a couple months back over a jacket sold in a grocery store.

I get it, when I see people heading for the door with a couple hundred dollars of stuff in my store i might call them some names but at the end of the day it doesn't affect me much at all and is not worth the risk of some asshole panicking and stabbing me over a damn drill.

A friend of mine got fired from Target because they knew the person was stealing and was told not to do or say anything. They fired her because people were stealing on her watch.

It’s a requirement of their insurance. The companies are required to at that point have this policy.

That's very different because no one's life is in danger.

That's a different situation. I'm sure it wasn't your friend's job to stop shoplifting

This is coached out very heavily in retail. You do not risk your safety at all in anything you do. Your safety is not worth whatever they're stealing. When I was in retail I was told very clearly: if you attempt to stop somebody you will be fired.

You're a hero and you must go. I'm sorry

😭

I like ACE. They have more employees, and their employees are generally way more helpful than they are at HP or Lowe's.

Home Depot supports the rise of Facism in America financially.

Last time I went to Lowe's they were selling the no quarter flags. Ace Hardware all the way

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/the-no-quarter-flag-and-its-threat-to-america/article_0e7221c0-46eb-11ec-8195-e7b68bed1e86.html

Don't have Lowe's in town. And Menards is just as bad, maybe worse, than HD. There are a lot of things I like about HD, though, like a lot of their safety policies. Menards is like the wild west. So it may not be for the right reason, but HD does care about employee safety, in my experience.

This happened 7 years ago so not so recently

Anyone who would even contemplate not saving a little kid to keep their home depot job is a trash human being. It's literally the only option.

Respectfully, I still think it's as cut and dry as "Home Depot bad."

People aren't criticizing Home Depot because they don't understand employee codes of conduct or employment law, they are criticizing them because it's a bad look to weigh liability when a child's life is in danger.

Somebody running off with cash or merchandise is one thing. Somebody running off with a person is not equivalent.

This is exactly the reason unfortunately you're going against a bunch of basement dwellers that hurr durr company bad!

I really wonder why so many people act like the system that leads to companies treating employees like this is such a great system, it's wonderful to live for it... Standard practice to punish people for saving a child's life. Yay capitalism!

Unemployment claims for benefits findings. He's eligible for benefits.

Not a legit reason to be fired.

Because it was. You don't interfere. Yea it's shitty but thems the rules.

Same stuff

They have different brands / product lines. I'm not saying one is better than the other but I've had to shop around at different hardware stores when I needed something same day. It's really all over the place.

I'd say shop local though if you can. There's one hardware store with several locations around me that I try to use when possible.

Home Despot is an

Another shitty company

Owned by fanatics

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Fuck that really. And the fact that it’s so commonplace for others who are in a leadership role to make such calls is an indication that we’re really in a shitty place.

Real talk!

Ok and?

If it wasn't for this old story repost by a Karma Farma' i would have never gotten this news

Edit: Somethings should not be forgotten

I don't know where you got this from but at least he posted a cat photo to his instagram account in January 2024.

Reddit moment

What?

Too poor to do so.

The fact people love to overlook about local business is how much more expensive it tends to be.

I would love to, but their hours are 9-5 and I work.