01-03-2023, 02:53 PM
(01-03-2023, 02:23 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: There's no doubt that most employers treat their employees poorly and that's a problem. But things are just different when they're on a national stage. A corporation treating their employees with brutality or insensitivity is an isolated incident that can be denied or smoothed over if an individual employee complains. When that same insensitivity occurs on a national stage, you can't really hide it.
Just a few months ago, a co-worker of mine was killed in an extremely horrific on-site accident. I did not know him. As word spread, the entire place, which consists of thousands of employees, was dismissed. In the past, there have been other examples of deaths, all unrelated to work in the building. Years ago, it was a running (distasteful) joke among use that if one of us were to die, we would undoubtedly be shoved aside quickly to maintain production.
The latest incident was handled much differently in terms of communication and downtime. Work definitely resumed relatively soon, but the pause was clear and deliberate, and unprecedented.
Times have changed, and with he speed that information travels coupled with public sentiment on how employers treat their workers, these things are handled as gently and tactfully as possible.
Play will resume just like work did. The dangers that go with any physical activity will still be very present.
Even so, no employer or league in it's right mind or with a HR department worth it's salt will watch something like this happen without overt observation and acknowledgment of the tragedy that occurred.
The season will resume soon, no doubt. It will not however, resume without sincere and empathetic discussion coupled with likely public countermeasures in place should something like this happen again.
