Re: Discriminated at work because of your car?
[Re: ZIPPY]
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01/27/20 11:35 AM
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I got warning tickets stuck to the windshield about a half dozen times.
That's pretty funny. I guess the parking enforcement crew were youngsters.
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Re: Discriminated at work because of your car?
[Re: BSharp]
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01/27/20 01:05 PM
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ZIPPY
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I got warning tickets stuck to the windshield about a half dozen times.
That's pretty funny. I guess the parking enforcement crew were youngsters. Yeah, they couldn't even identify their own vehicles....
Rich H.
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Re: Discriminated at work because of your car?
[Re: ZIPPY]
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01/27/20 01:32 PM
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At the Mopar Centerline office where I worked 2005 - 2008, the closest parking spaces were marked for Chrysler products only. At that time I was daily driving my (quite presentable but not perfect) 1972 Dodge Polara. I got warning tickets stuck to the windshield about a half dozen times. I remember that Green yacht in the parking lot!
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: Discriminated at work because of your car?
[Re: Ashsdad]
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01/27/20 02:14 PM
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It is not unusual for companies to have as part of the job requirements for outside sales or positions representing the company where a certain image was desired, a decent late model vehicle, typically needing to be a newer than a certain number year. Normally, there is a stipend provided to be used for this.
If a contract was signed, or this requirement was included in the job requirements at the time you were hired, you are on the hook to do it or move on. If this was a complete surprise or had never been an issue for anyone else, maybe you need to have a discussion with HR to find out what's going on. Maybe the company needs to provide you a vehicle that they deem appropriate for their representative to be seen in.
If this is not an outside position and they just don't want a piece of crap on their lot, then you have to decide if you want to fight this or figure out why they want to get rid of you.
ETA...Twitter? The garbage can of America? Probably BS.
Last edited by CMcAllister; 01/27/20 02:16 PM.
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Re: Discriminated at work because of your car?
[Re: BradH]
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01/27/20 07:45 PM
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One of my family members is a VP of a fortune 500 company. Their employer has a home office with regional offices around the county. This person works at one of the regional offices. Their boss, the CEO, works at the home office.
This VP typically drives a late model luxury SUV. They also had a 12 year old "beater car" to use as a back-up vehicle. On one fateful day, their SUV was at the dealer being serviced, so they drove their old beater car to the office. (It was probably a $2,000 car) They never expected anyone to notice the vehicle they were driving. As they stepped out of the car, the CEO happened to walk past. The CEO stopped walking, took a long look at the car, looked at them and then asked, "Are we paying you enough?"
A few days later, they gave me that beater car. I drove it for 5 years!!
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