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Fri Jan-05-07 05:17 PM
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| 5. sounds like bs - what else did this guy do or not do n/t |
| - IBM Worker Says He Was Fired For Being A Muslim |
OhioChick |
Jan-05-07 04:00 PM |
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Thank God I work where I do |
nini |
Jan-05-07 04:09 PM |
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Hmmmm....I didn't know it was in the job description of engineers to clean pork knives |
MADem |
Jan-05-07 04:10 PM |
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Personally, I disagree with that. I would have fired him too. |
Xithras |
Jan-05-07 06:52 PM |
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Except the reason cited wasn't prayer. |
madeline_con |
Jan-05-07 07:56 PM |
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Once, really, unless he had to get to work super early or work real late |
MADem |
Jan-05-07 10:23 PM |
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Interesting article on this very subject, discussing "reasonable accomodation" |
MADem |
Jan-05-07 10:16 PM |
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I disagree... |
UncleSepp |
Jan-05-07 10:22 PM |
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My sentiments exactly. |
madeline_con |
Jan-05-07 07:51 PM |
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If he did fail to show up for work, the "pretext" IBM used for firing, |
pnwmom |
Jan-05-07 04:53 PM |
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The article says he claims he had an approved leave of absence. |
UncleSepp |
Jan-05-07 10:24 PM |
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Policy |
sgsmith |
Jan-05-07 05:15 PM |
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sounds like bs - what else did this guy do or not do n/t |
28erl |
Jan-05-07 05:17 PM |
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When I was at IBM I knew many Muslims. I call bullshit. nt |
VegasWolf |
Jan-05-07 05:21 PM |
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Nearly all of the posts doubt the claim, |
The Stranger |
Jan-05-07 05:50 PM |
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It's mainly because of his employer, I suspect |
MADem |
Jan-05-07 10:32 PM |
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IBM has a zero-tolerance policy against this stuff |
deadmessengers |
Jan-05-07 05:58 PM |
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my sister works for IBM and has ever since they bought Lotus and from what she |
chimpsrsmarter |
Jan-05-07 06:33 PM |
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IBM - Not So Nice Anymore |
OutNow |
Jan-06-07 01:55 PM |
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Yes, I saw that transformation too! Hey, I was in Austin for awhile! Longhorn. nt |
VegasWolf |
Jan-06-07 01:58 PM |
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Ah, I remember the time I applied for work at IBM... |
tonekat |
Jan-06-07 02:22 PM |
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