Three posts into 2020 and we already have our second nominee for the year’s worst employer. And this one is just plain awful.
From Salt Lake City’s Fox 13 News:
A mother is filing a lawsuit against a Salt Lake City-based company after she claims they fired her once they learned her son had cancer.
Becky Claussen has worked for a Salt Lake City Company called The Summit Group for 13 years.
Working remotely in Virginia, Claussen said things changed after her 10-year-old son Cameron was diagnosed with Leukemia in April.…
Claussen took paid time off and when she went back to work, she said her job assignment changed and she received an email saying, “I think we both know you can’t perform the account manager position adequately under the new circumstances.”
In July, Claussen said her boss flew from Utah to Virginia to meet up.
“I went down to the hospital lobby and I met with him,” said Claussen. “That’s where he told me they were ending the business relationship.”
In that moment, Claussen said her boss fired her.
Returning to Cameron’s hospital room, Claussen explained what had happened—he then turned to her and said, “I’m sorry I got cancer cause it made you lose your job.”