Ford Fired A $200,000 Kentucky Worker Over A $1.95 Cookie

[Joeiconic]

Yeah, there’s more to the story here. They wanted him gone. His high salary accrued over time, but it doesn't mean he continued to be a good employee.

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[Colo_Ranger]

That was my first thought too. I figured they were looking for a way to get rid of their high salary employees and this was it but then they offered him his job back. Either way it's pretty sad a company would do this regardless but there's obviously no loyalty now.

They offered him his job back to try and squall the ADA lawsuit that I am sure it's coming.

For 42 years I always brought my lunch to work along with a gallon (or two) of water in the summer. I was mostly on a construction site where nothing else was available. And no, I wouldn't eat the food from those Roach Coach's either.

I worked at Discount Tire and everyone who at off the roach coach went home with food poisoning. That was the last day I ate off the roach coach.

 

[Jason B]

I didn’t read the whole story, but that’s definitely possible. Nobody cares about their employees anymore. Everyone is disposable and if they can find a person or machine to replace you that doesn’t cost them as much money, they won’t even think twice. They don’t care if you’ve been there for 15 years and have a family to feed, this new AI program they just bought is going to save them some money at the end of the year.

“Sorry Jimmy, but we can’t afford to keep you anymore. You’ve been here for three decades and your work ethic is unmatched but this new program can do four times the work you do for half the price. Bye now!”

That's very possible. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people graduating from college with mechanical and electrical engineering degrees. Most can't find a job to saturation in the workplace.
But this is nothing new. When I worked manufacturing, there were 2 types targeted when layoffs came around.
The first was the easiest. Check hours billed vs hours that you were actually there. Any discrepancies found was immediate termination for time fraud. You can't beat that one in court.
The second was they approached all the elder workers and offered a severance if they accepted early retirement. If you didn't, you'd probably get laid off anyway (without the severance package)

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