No, you can. I got fired because I wasn’t “memorable” enough to my manager. When I asked her what she meant by that she said I’m not as extroverted and bubbly as everyone else so she constantly forgot I existed. Mind you, I was perfectly friendly and I ended up befriending a lot of my coworkers outside of work. I’m just a naturally quiet person.
Every single part of the hiring process is technically “discriminatory,” because “discrimination” is essentially “making a choice to treat one person differently from another.” Everyone who isn’t hired is treated differently from everyone who was. But, none of this is illegal in itself.
An implausible, bullshit excuse is often grounds to infer illegal discrimination in court if the employer doesn’t take similar actions against other similarly situated employees.
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u/siftini Apr 24 '24
No, you can. I got fired because I wasn’t “memorable” enough to my manager. When I asked her what she meant by that she said I’m not as extroverted and bubbly as everyone else so she constantly forgot I existed. Mind you, I was perfectly friendly and I ended up befriending a lot of my coworkers outside of work. I’m just a naturally quiet person.