MoD worker sues after colleagues fail to give him 'good luck card' when leaving his job
A Ministry of Defence worker at NATO headquarters sued for harassment after he wasn't given a 'good luck' card when leaving his job.
James Eyles was 'upset' not to have his time on the base formally marked, an employment tribunal heard.
The accommodation stores manager claimed he had been targeted because of his disabilities - which included PTSD, depression, anxiety and paranoia.
However, the panel dismissed his claim, ruling that being given a card by colleagues was 'discretionary' and that he wasn't the only one on his team not to have his departure recognised.
Good luck everyone...
Overall, the tribunal concluded that none of Mr Eyles' claims were well-founded and many of them did not happen at all.
He still works for the MoD.
We'll need it...
5 comments:
I don't know the details of the case - but sometimes people feel they have been treated poorly and it's not because they are black, or Muslim, or Christian, or 'non binary', or anything else on the intersectional pyramid of social characterisations. They are just people who are not liked.
"... his disabilities - which included PTSD, depression, anxiety and paranoia..."
(My italics)
I wonder what else (he thought) was wrong with him.
And he still works for the MoD.
I think this might explain some of our problems with public sector productivity, perhaps.
When I retired from my county Police force, I was given a "Happy Retirement" card, with a note that my colleagues had had a whip round to buy the card, which cost £1.99, so I owed them 47pence!
Penseivat
I suppose that a card with the message "mind the door doesn't hit you on the arse on your way out" would have saved all that fuss . . .
DJ - I agree and not being liked probably causes some of the supposed problems, especially as there are now so many names available to make it more medical.
Peter - yes the public sector can act as a shelter for too many people who feel able to bring their problems to it and stable employment holds them there.
Penseivat - ha ha - Mrs H laughed at that too.
Jannie - good idea, a card and a goodbye health and safety warning in one.
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