I hope the management gets wrongful death suits launched against them

Didn't the triangle waistshirt fire happen because the employers were fucking assholes and locked the fire escapes? This is like that, but with water instead of fire.

The ONLY Reason this happened is Because instead of INVESTING in FLOOD PROTECTIONS we made them pay TAXES!

Charge the manager with a separate count of murder for every employee that died due to their orders.

The worst part is the Trump appointed SCOTUS basically made this legal to do.

EDIT: This comment of mine was misleading and unfair. Neil Gorsuch was not on the SCOTUS when he decided a truck driver forfeit his job without means of legal recourse by choosing to abandon his trailer and prevent death from Hypothermia.

I worked at a major destination-store focused on fishing and hunting products.

We had a hurricane hitting and the manager on duty made it clear that anyone going home to help out their families would be fired. Then when he got the call that water was rising near his house, he took off.

I've never hated a manager more than in that moment. When I was in management later, I made sure that I took all the shitty holiday shifts so my staff didn't have to work until 10pm on Christmas Eve and then be back in the building changing prices for the after-Christmas sale at 2am on the 26th.

Wait till you read Impact Plastics' public statement...

Man if it's a state of emergency let the mgr sink with the ship.

It so sad, they probably complied because they needed their jobs.

Sorry boss. I don't die for nobody. Oh you want to fire me? I'm sure the Department of Labor and OSHA would love to hear about how you forced us to stay in a dangerous environment under threat of termination. I'm sure that'll end super swell for you.

Evacuation Warnings should carry a legal responsibility to close all nonessential businesses until the immediate crisis is over.

Honestly, even the Waffle House manager should hand over the keys to the Fire Chief. Those guys know how to cook, and clean up after themselves, should the need arise.

Archive link to the story. There should be some consequences to the management who didn't allow them to leave when the flash flood warning was issued.

Man if I'm moving my parked car to avoid rising waters, I'm not re parking. I'm out of there.

We really need to break our conditioning that employment is the highest priority in our lives. That employers can dictate whether we take live saving action depending on how many pennies it'll cost them.

And this isn't to victim blame. What happened to these people is a travesty and the company holds the blame for it, 100%. It's more to point out that we're the only ones that can take action on this. Nobody (certainly not corps) is going to break this mindset or norm on our behalf. Look out for yourself and your peers. You're more important then your employer's bottom line.

I know they were scared to lose their livelihoods but there’s no way my job could have that level of control over me. ” Sorry fuckfaces but biblical stuff is happening outside, I’m out”