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I have a situation that is so out there I almost wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t happening to me. The company I work at has three branches and around 100 employees. The owner of the company has a brother who needs a liver transplant. Two weeks ago, a company-wide memo went out that all employees would be required to undergo testing to see if they were a suitable liver donor for the owners brother. No exceptions.

Last week at the branch the owner works out of most of the time, his assistant went around to schedule days off for everyone so they could go get tested. People who declined were let go. One of these people was born with liver disease and therefore ineligible to donate. She had a doctor’s note. Other people also had medical reasons as well and some were just uncomfortable with the request and didn’t want to do it. One was pregnant. They were still terminated. My employer’s assistant has said that because our employment is at will, he can legally fire us.

I’m in remission from cancer. I’m ineligible to donate and any kind of surgery would put a major strain on my system. Even if I was healthy, I would still object to possibly being forced into donating an organ just to keep my job. Soon they will be scheduling people’s days off for testing at my branch.

I know this situation is nuts, but I don’t know what to do. I know I could just go for the testing and then be declined, but I don’t think I should have to do that. I’ve had enough with hospitals. Other coworkers who don’t have medical conditions are afraid they won’t be declined because they will be a match. I’m looking for another job but in the meantime I don’t know what to do and I and many of my coworkers are really stressed out.

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  • 12
    Jesus Christ what country are you in where something like this could be even remotely legal? I would advise you to consult it with a trade union, if none is active in your company you could try contacting local syndicalists, they usually know how to deal with such things.
  • 12
    This is barbaric. Get all together and get a team of lawyers to sue the living shit out of them the owner needs to sell his own organs... This is unacceptable and should be brought on (local/national) news outlets.

    I understand where the owner is coming from to do this, he wants to save his brother. But that cannot go with forced donorship of organs!
  • 2
    Well... you know what they think of their employees now :(

    That would be lawsuit city in many countries ....
  • 7
    How to tell you don't live in a country without workers rights, even then this is a whole other level of assholeness not even I would think is believable in this day and age.

    Seriously, if work is voluntary, everyone should walk and let the place fall over. Without workers a company has no profits.
  • 1
    What the actual fuck is this ʕ◉.◉ʔ
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    What country is this ?
  • 0
    I'm guessing this isn't the real reason. They just want to let go of people. Knowing most people would decline, it's an easy way to get people to leave. It's still shady af so I'd pack my bags and leave anyway.
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    @bananaerror

    Uh wut?

    Why would you construct this whole system of getting people tested and giving them time off to do it .... just to get them to quit.

    When the alternative is to .... just fire them?

    That not sense.
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    @N00bPancakes I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. In what world is it okay to force employees to do a compatibility test and fire them if they refuse?? They don't need a law/union to tell them it's wrong, so they must have an agenda here. They must do.
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    @bananaerror

    I'm guessing their most obvious agenda is their self interest in getting people tested so someone can help out their family member.
  • 0
    Get everyone to quit. If that wouldn't be affordable just hand in a petition that this should be stopped or you will leave anyways.

    I don't know how job availability is for you but this seems totally unacceptable to me
  • 6
    CaPiTaLiSm Is GoOd AnD SeLf-ReGuLaToRy
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    @piratefox best joke ever isn't it
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    What the fuck am I reading
  • 2
    @piratefox of course it is, it regulates itself into feudalism :^)
  • 2
    @msdsk how could it? We don’t have any proof of it, but growth is clearly infinite! It’s not just a delusion, mom, I swear! Scientists will invent a fucko-wacko machine which eats all the pollution and issues we generate!
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    @piratefox oh simple, we just need to go to Mars :^)
  • 6
    The same story 2016

    https://askamanager.org/2016/04/...

    I think this dude just copies out something intersting and posts it here
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    @HitWRight @N00bPancakes also explains the lack of replies/updates from the guy to people
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    @msdsk with no government in place on Mars everything will go right*
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