The hill you die on in your career

[Anonymous]

I'm a whistleblower, and was terminated. It's almost like I couldn't not do what I did. Do you feel that way? It's a long road. Most people and organizations ignore you and/or don't help you. But you don't mind, because you must do this.
Maybe someday I will post more on DCUM about my story. It involves an employer that is mentioned on this board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a whistleblower, and was terminated. It's almost like I couldn't not do what I did. Do you feel that way? It's a long road. Most people and organizations ignore you and/or don't help you. But you don't mind, because you must do this.
Maybe someday I will post more on DCUM about my story. It involves an employer that is mentioned on this board.

OP here. Yes, I am suing. The road is long. I am five years out from filing suit.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t quit your job, do what they ask, but under protest. If they fire you for protesting, it’s wrongful termination, and you’ll have standing to sue

Do not listen to this. Firing someone for protesting a job duty is not wrongful termination.

Firing someone for protesting against a piece of legislation, is, if the state is the employer.

Protesting is different from refusing to carry out your duties, even when the duties are things that the Stasi would approve of

And there are lots of ways to punish someone other than firing them. You've obviously never been made miserable in a workplace - and been encouraged to leave, based on terrible treatment - if you don't know that.

Which is why I said to do the job but under protest.

And if they punish her in retaliation for exercising her 1A rights it’s a slam dunk hostile work environment suit.

Yeah, what everyone dreams of - a hostile work environment that you can maybe bring a lawsuit over.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t quit your job, do what they ask, but under protest. If they fire you for protesting, it’s wrongful termination, and you’ll have standing to sue

Do not listen to this. Firing someone for protesting a job duty is not wrongful termination.

Firing someone for protesting against a piece of legislation, is, if the state is the employer.

Protesting is different from refusing to carry out your duties, even when the duties are things that the Stasi would approve of

And there are lots of ways to punish someone other than firing them. You've obviously never been made miserable in a workplace - and been encouraged to leave, based on terrible treatment - if you don't know that.

Which is why I said to do the job but under protest.

And if they punish her in retaliation for exercising her 1A rights it’s a slam dunk hostile work environment suit.

Yeah, what everyone dreams of - a hostile work environment that you can maybe bring a lawsuit over.

Would you advise she just quit? Don’t quit OP. Do your job. Fight for change. Document everything.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t quit your job, do what they ask, but under protest. If they fire you for protesting, it’s wrongful termination, and you’ll have standing to sue

Do not listen to this. Firing someone for protesting a job duty is not wrongful termination.

Firing someone for protesting against a piece of legislation, is, if the state is the employer.

Protesting is different from refusing to carry out your duties, even when the duties are things that the Stasi would approve of

And there are lots of ways to punish someone other than firing them. You've obviously never been made miserable in a workplace - and been encouraged to leave, based on terrible treatment - if you don't know that.

Which is why I said to do the job but under protest.

And if they punish her in retaliation for exercising her 1A rights it’s a slam dunk hostile work environment suit.

Yeah, what everyone dreams of - a hostile work environment that you can maybe bring a lawsuit over.

Would you advise she just quit? Don’t quit OP. Do your job. Fight for change. Document everything.

No, I would not advise she quit! I would advise she do her job - and if she can't, then find another job - while advocating for change as best she can. If she isn't worried about losing her job, she can protest more strongly/aggressively. If she is worried about losing her job, she has to take that into account.

I'm reacting to the people who seem to think that OP can either NOT do her job, or protest out in the open without suffering any consequences - or, if she does suffer consequences, just sue, easy peasy, life's just fine.

It's HARD. OP knows it's hard. That's why she's saying there, in the first post, that this is hard. It's unconscionable that Republicans have put ALL of us in this terrible situation.

I'd like to know what we can do to support OP and the other librarians who are struggling to do their best through this nightmarish time.

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Anonymous wrote:You should do it, and document it. Loudly.

Like, show your first stack of 10. Show yourself reading (time lapse/cute video), show yourself placing them onto shelf.

Show the empty shelves with the 10 books on it (plus multiple copies I assume).

Don’t show ID or your face.

Disagree. Have the courage of your convictions.

Be sure to burn a Bible and an American flag too.

Some people clearly don’t know what America is all about. In America, you don’t get to censor others based on your religious beliefs. If you can’t live the American way of life, you might be more comfortable in Russia, Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia.

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Anonymous wrote:You need to comply or resign. This isn't censorship. This is protecting our children from people like you and their woke ideology.

No, the conversation in this thread is protecting America from dangerous proto-fascists like you.

In America, you don’t get to ban people from saying that some families have two moms just because you’re so insecure. And, if you cared about protecting children, you’d support all kinds of families and you’d support the health care advocates by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

You are about protecting racism, hate and homophobia. You are about harming America. You should be ashamed.