by Shale Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:25 am
I saw this on the news yesterday. This guy is quite young and probably has other lifeguard jobs available to him so he doesn't have to work for such a company that does not make exceptions to its rules when a person's life is at stake.
"City officials felt the situation called for Lopez to go and help the man in trouble. 'The city's position is if there's an actual emergency, the lifeguard should assist instead of waiting for a perceived emergency,' Hallandale Beach spokesman Peter Dobens told NBCMiami.com."
Yep, ppl with a sense of justice have already been contacting city officials. Wonder when contract renewal time is coming up. This debacle will likely cost the company.
"Several coworkers said they quit in protest. ...
Company president Jeff Ellis said that one employee was fired and three had resigned."
I did that once and it felt so good. My supervisor was fired for doing the right thing instead of following policy and as soon as they did that, I quit. (I was young and direct care jobs were plentiful)
"If he was well-intentioned and tried to do what he believed was the right thing, even if he deviated from policy, I'm not sure termination was the right thing to do," Ellis said in a statement."
Looks like company prez Jeff Ellis was crawfishing out of his hardnosed policy when he had no workers for his contract. I think his daughter was out working the stands after there were four lifeguard vacancies. IDK who will want to work for this company if there are other options.
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