11-27-2022, 08:35 PM
If I own a business I will treat employment by it a privilege to be lost for under-performance or misconduct.
One day my late father told me that he had fired someone for making false statements on his insurance claim for insurance that his company supplied. I assured my father he was right to fire that employee on the spot for ripping off a vendor, even if it is an insurance company. He didn't feel entirely good about it, which indicates his character. I too would have hated to fire someone for that. But I had no stake in the decision as I had no connection to the schmuck who basically stole from a vendor. Cheating an insurer is theft.
Yes, working for a company that I own or manage is a privilege if I should be in that role. You are not going to drive a company vehicle recklessly. You are not going to use foul language in the presence of customers. You are not going to do discriminatory behavior. And, yes, you will get vaccinated and you will wear a mask. You will be expected to show me when you are inoculated, and I will be sure to give you time off, if necessary, to get inoculated. You will wear masks to protect yourself, your fellow employees, and your customers while on my property or doing company business. I am also going to ensure that you get appropriate guidance to encourage you to avoid high-risk activities in the time of a plague.
I have more right to do that about a lethal plague than I do about your religion or politics.
One day my late father told me that he had fired someone for making false statements on his insurance claim for insurance that his company supplied. I assured my father he was right to fire that employee on the spot for ripping off a vendor, even if it is an insurance company. He didn't feel entirely good about it, which indicates his character. I too would have hated to fire someone for that. But I had no stake in the decision as I had no connection to the schmuck who basically stole from a vendor. Cheating an insurer is theft.
Yes, working for a company that I own or manage is a privilege if I should be in that role. You are not going to drive a company vehicle recklessly. You are not going to use foul language in the presence of customers. You are not going to do discriminatory behavior. And, yes, you will get vaccinated and you will wear a mask. You will be expected to show me when you are inoculated, and I will be sure to give you time off, if necessary, to get inoculated. You will wear masks to protect yourself, your fellow employees, and your customers while on my property or doing company business. I am also going to ensure that you get appropriate guidance to encourage you to avoid high-risk activities in the time of a plague.
I have more right to do that about a lethal plague than I do about your religion or politics.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.