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Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:23 am
by TxD
From the article:
"This is yet another story in which a major company punishes employees for trying to protect it from entitled thugs who think they have the right to take what they want."
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/01/01/s ... l-n2168169
Re: Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:37 pm
by OneGun
Academy's response is not proportionate to the alleged violation. In the news media, one of the employees said they never received training on the store's policy. Second, the employee did have good intentions, stopping a thief from stealing a pistol. Third, why not just counsel the employee and let them return to work? These black & white policies are similar to the "zero tolerance" policies used in schools. You don't develop good employees by firing them any time they make a mistake.
Re: Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:41 pm
by Grayling813
OneGun wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:37 pm
Academy's response is not proportionate to the alleged violation. In the news media, one of the employees said they never received training on the store's policy. Second, the employee did have good intentions, stopping a thief from stealing a pistol. Third, why not just counsel the employee and let them return to work? These black & white policies are similar to the "zero tolerance" policies used in schools. You don't develop good employees by firing them any time they make a mistake.
Lawyers, not common sense, control organizations.
Re: Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:54 pm
by jmra
Does anyone believe that heads were not going to roll regardless? Someone was going to get the axe once the gun walked.
Re: Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:00 pm
by C-dub
I read about this a couple days ago and thought the article I read implied that they did not try to stop the person , but rather only followed them to get information for the police to be able to apprehend them.
Re: Academy sports employee fired for trying to stop pistol thief
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:00 am
by The Annoyed Man
Grayling813 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:41 pm
OneGun wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:37 pm
Academy's response is not proportionate to the alleged violation. In the news media, one of the employees said they never received training on the store's policy. Second, the employee did have good intentions, stopping a thief from stealing a pistol. Third, why not just counsel the employee and let them return to work? These black & white policies are similar to the "zero tolerance" policies used in schools. You don't develop good employees by firing them any time they make a mistake.
Lawyers, not common sense, control organizations.
It’s lawyers, guns, and money.
