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[–] [S] 52 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

”Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life”

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  • [–] [S] 36 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    We just got our first charges in South Australia under our new Industrial Manslaughter laws.

    Lachlan Carslake's life was apparently worth less than the cost of a $50 full face shield to Geoff and Winnie Philips.

    Remember: Your employer, no matter how chummy and friendly is a piece of shit that will throw your life away for a few dollars. ALL EMPLOYERS WILL DO THIS, NO EXCEPTIONS.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 hour ago

    It absolutely is not all employers lol, my last one, before I became an independent contractor working for them for extra flexibility, is more or less responsible for me still being alive.

    Was in a very, very bad place and wasn't being a good employee whatsoever as a result, many companies would've fired me and it would've been completely justified financially and legally. They offered to help me out instead. If I'd been fired, I would've honestly considered offing myself.

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  • [–] [S] 40 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Otake's mother was seen in tears, saying, "My daughter is not coming back".

    I feel so sorry for their family. Imagine losing your child because their employer didn't want to risk losing a single day's sales

    A sales manager reflected on the incident, saying, "Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life".

    The company's director was also quoted saying: "This is a matter of profound sorrow, and I offer my deepest apologies to the bereaved family."

    It's easy to say all this in retrospect. Two families lost their children because of this, no amount of retrospective analysis and apologies can make them come back.

    If the company truly cared for the human lives they needlessly destroyed, they'd have never sent them back into harm's way.

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    "store worker dies"
    Weird how people just die with no cause like that

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 hours ago

    Profit motif.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 hours ago

    So the other person who died was the person who ordered them to go back in?

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