re: Man told job not to celebrate his birthday. He was awarded $450K following unwanted party

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Or the guy has sort of mental issues,


In other words, weak and pitiful.

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This is the kind of stupid, narrow-minded, reactionary take that makes me addicted to this board.

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I hope and pray you never have to deal with panic attacks.

I also pray that I’m never so weak and pitiful

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Oh, please don’t call down karma.

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This, anxiety is no joke.

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A) He specifically requested accommodations. He wasn’t asking for extra credit on his performance evaluations or anything like that. He just didn’t want a surprise birthday party.
B) They ignored his request.
C) He had an adverse reaction.
D) He was fired undoubtably for the adverse reaction.

This is a slam dunk disability discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit. $450k sounds like the company got off easy.

Gotta say, I agree with this verdict. He told them it gave him anxiety, what he said would happen actually did happen, and then they fired him for it.

For all of you who are cheering this guy on for winning his settlement, why?

Sure, it was a dickhead thing to do, but just writing a check for $450,000 seems a little excessive, no?

What’s the justification?

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Sure, it was a dickhead thing to do, but just writing a check for $450,000 seems a little excessive, no?

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He got fired, dude. The company is in the wrong, but he bore the burden of a termination on his resume which probably has damaged his employment prospects.

Considering the lawyer gets a third, that means he keeps about $300,000 of the settlement. He was fired 3 years ago, so that comes out to $100,000 a year, which when you factor in lost income and the punitive damages he would be reasonably entitled to, $100k a year sounds about right.

Edit: I mean, how fricking hard is it to not throw a surprise birthday party for a guy who has just told you not to do so because it will trigger a panic attack?

Sounds like an episode of The Office.

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Good Lord, this country has become so weak. The entire mental health industry is a bunch of snake-oil flim-flammery. It makes me laugh how many people have convinced themselves that they can't get through the day without some therapist or shrink holding their hand (for a fee, of course.) Pathetic.

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You’re right, mental illness has never existed before the last 50 years. They should just lobotomize these weak, pathetic individuals.

Probably not an “intentional” antagonization. Probably just dumb HR failing to inform management and workers to not take health-related requests lightly.

Whoever was in charge of birthday celebrations probably doesn’t have first hand knowledge of the severity of anxiety disorders and thought “what the hell, let’s throw it for him anyway.”

That, or, they simply forgot his request.

Synopsis: Michael ignores Toby's admonition not to throw an unwanted birthday party, resulting in a hostile workplace complaint and a visit from Jan.

Dwight's plan for assigning parking spaces goes awry.