Abusive displays of power like this need to be curbed. Ideally with a union, less than ideally with dragging the owner out into the street.
Ironically the company actually admits stealing wages from her in the article.
“I have considered whether, under the circumstances, a lesser sanction may be appropriate,” wrote the company’s head of operations, Graham Petersen, before concluding that it would not be.
No you didn’t, you freaking tool. If you had, you would have known that firing someone over a damn sandwich is ridiculous.
Dear ${EMPLOYEE_NAME},
I really hope the new Labour government stands for what they’re named after and starts closing these employment loopholes that take advantage of these migrant workers. It’s egregious some of the stuff going on in London regarding “low skilled” workers tbh (always has been, but it’s 2024, we should be doing better)
I read most of this article and it’s really interesting. Since she worked for an outside cleaning company, staff sandwiches were not hers to take. Instead of communicating this to her they just fired her.
Our sandwiches would be waste after a meeting - even the people working in the same office wouldn’t want them after an hour.
That owner class mentality shines here
Good thing they specified the type of sandwich.
Haven’t read the article but totally, everyone should understand who does the real work around here.
