I honestly don’t know what to do, especially anything that would have a practical and positive result.
Florida is a right to work state. That means, AFAIK, nobody has to have a reason for firing you.
However, there are exceptions, such as the firing is still subject to laws of discrimination re: race, faith, etc.
There’s not an obvious or easily provable thing here, from what I can tell.
I did suggest talking to one of those lawyers who only gets paid if you win, if that’s even applicable here, because they won’t take a case unless they think there’s a chance of winning.
The guy who owns the football team (Ross) is getting negative press lately for political reasons, but that’s not who he works for. He works for the company that runs all the food and beverage.
I’d like to publicly shame them for firing a diabetic who dared ask for health insurance. But I’m no “influencer.”
Honestly, he just wants a steady job with benefits.
His degree is in nutrition. His experience is in restaurants and large concessions (convention centers, stadiums.) (Yes, I’ve thought about WDW if we ever wanted to move lol.)
I will be the first to critique or criticize Brian. But his work ethic is impeccable - to his detriment. He always does extra. It never pays off. From many conversations, i know that he knows the food service industry as well as i know retail. As far as personality goes, I’m the one from Jersey with “a mouth.” He is a respectful, Southern guy and employees from several jobs ago still love him and still keep in touch. They’ve followed him from job to job.
He was just freaking blind for two months and all he wanted to do was go back to work and show that 38 years of type 1 diabetes doesn’t mean he can’t do what he wants to do.
He is really down right now, to the point he doesn’t even want to discuss it much, he’s just filling out online applications like mad - which hardly ever leads to anything. The days when you could just walk into a place and ask if they’re hiring are long gone.
And we’re both tired of falling into the hole again, like would happen every year after football, and have months of digging out when he’d be back to work, with all the months of stress and odd jobs in-between.
/venting
