Lol yea. That was a HUGE piece of information left out of the original post. I wrote a larger reply above but her only option is to go scorched earth and threaten mutually assured destruction.
As someone who worked in education I was able to infer it was a religious school.
Is this treatment unfair? Absolutely. Is it a surprise? No.
I’ve worked in schools were excellent teachers were forced to leave because they were in a relationship with another teacher. Even though it was genuine and they were getting married. Yet useless teachers were retained because they were the principal’s cousin.
Teaching involves a lot of politics.
Again. Was this treatment unfair? Yes. Is it a surprise? No.
Yea. My best friend from college taught for 15 years. I've heard what it's like. It really is just glorified high school politicking
but with adults. A lot of petty BS. Religious schools are even worse because they have a built in clause to their contracts that amounts to ultimate power because all they have to do is claim impropriety. With how subjective that is they don't need a reason to fire anyone. They just apply it to anyone they no longer want teaching there.
Yeah, I definitely feel like it was intentionally left out, as people would be nowhere near as sympathetic if they knew she was working for a catholic school.
Yeah it was a sympathy farm - but also could be an account reputation grind. OP is probably going to use their account to astroturf when it gets closer to Election Day in the US.
I mean, it’s not that I don’t believe them, it’s that I think they knew working for a private school they had less options and protection and that people would be less likely to be helpful or sympathetic because honestly what do they expect when they work for a catholic school?
Doesn't even matter that it's a religious school if it's in the US. Absolutely lawful to fire someone for dating a sex worker in every state even if it's a normal company.
It's not weird. Almost all states in the US are legally structured for at-will employment meaning an employer can fire anyone for any reason that does not fall under a protected class, and "dating a sex worker" is not a protected class.
At-will employment also protects workers to some degree, as in other systems, it can be difficult for an employee to quit without penalties. At-will employment ensures workers can quit a job suddenly and without notice, with zero penalties.
There are countries in which businesses can legally withhold an employees last paycheck if that employee quits suddenly and without notice. Among other things.
At-will employment also protects workers to some degree, as in other systems, it can be difficult for an employee to quit without penalties.
Very few systems allow you to punish a worker for quitting. At-will hardly protects us against something so rare. Its entirely for the benefit of the employer.
Anyone saying it's also a good thing for the workers is huffing some premium copium. Outside of some crazy contract shit most people can quit their jobs on the spot without any penalties. Or they can "quit" and basically do nothing at work if the employer is forcing them. This kind of shit is why unions are important.
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u/Legion1117 6d ago
I either missed this in your first post or you neglected to mention this was a private school affiliated with religion.
You're screwed.
Start looking for a new job. NOW.