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A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 46 points 1 hour ago

60-year-old

That's why. I guess Ford won't have to pay him some retirement package.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

100% this is 'we want to fire this guy because he made somebody one or two or three levels above him on the totem pole look really foolish'.

Its the same bullshit as 'oh you don't get your security deposit back because ... we decided you scratched something, somewhere'.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 12 points 1 hour ago

Yeah. If your company is looking that closely into your behavior, they are looking for an excuse instead of a reason.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 137 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Who puts cookies in the break room and expects you to pay for it.

It's cookies.

They're cheap.

Treat your workers.

Treat your colleagues.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 hour ago

Gotta milk every last cent out of us. Honestly the absurdity and cruelty only make the revolution come that much faster and if they are cruel enough we won't even have any moral hangups about it (for those that would).

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 hours ago

Lolz. Public corporations don't care about your well being. If there is an ROI on any action, it's worth taking and if that means no cookies because it ensure the shareholders get a fraction of a percent return, then no cookies for you.

I'm working hard to leave my current corpo. They're down to the "bring the dry pen back to get a new one" stage of bean counting. That's a sinking ship to disembark from ASAP.

[–] devaly@ani.social 62 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Should sue for defamation and damages

[–] iltoroargento@startrek.website 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago) (1 children)

I think Kromm should give them a first hand lesson in the riddle of steel...

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

For modern cars, it's the riddle of aluminum

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 20 points 2 hours ago

Law suit territory. Time for a comfortable retirement.

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 hour ago

Seems like a slam dunk case. What a joke of a company. Hope they fire everyone who thought it was smart to fire this guy. Huge waste

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 29 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Union didn’t help him at all

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 7 points 29 minutes ago

Uhhh.... It didn't help him as much as it should have, but my understanding from watching a video about this yesterday is that he already got paid back for the time after he was fired because of the union. So, it did help him some.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 25 points 2 hours ago

UAW is an awful organization that's basically a "good old boy"'s club. Most reps are just a revolving door of former execs from the Big 3 anyway who work with their buddies to keep workers at bay.

Getting off topic but I'm all for increasing Union membership in this country, but think we also need to discuss the rot that's in the ones that do exist.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But the executives can get away with making decisions that kill innocent people to save a few bucks.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 2 points 10 minutes ago

But the executives can get away with stealing an employee's pension that he actually earned.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ford is really kicking ass lately. In a bad way

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 points 10 minutes ago

The mental image i got is that they are kicking their own ass using a broken leg. Pretty accurate if you ask me - it hurts doubly every time you do it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

What are they on the honor system in their break room?