CEO Allegedly Leaves Workers To DIE During Hurricane

[@YTPrenewed]

How is it not a federal law that workers are entitled to take the day off during a *literal hurricane?*

[@ihartevil]

They break the laws all the time including with lunch breaks

[@slothachunk]

That p.o.s. snuck out to save himself while telling workers to stay, gambling their lives for potential profit. I can't think of a better example of how corporate greed is literally destroying the citizens in this country.

[@antclerfont8478]

That's how ya know. That money is more important than the safety of their employees in some places...

[@dariusburkeofficial]

Time to abolish wage slavery

[@Bingo2992]

@@dariusburkeofficial No one is forcing people to accept the job.

[@X-Warrior.1119]

It won't be Easy... But Yeah I Get It?!...

[@antclerfont8478]

​@@Bingo2992Typical Corporate loving defense of an idiot like you. This ain't about the choice of people, if they can't bring themselves to pay enough to match the levels of inflation, it is most definitely on the corporations... These are the kinds of people that get away with every damn thing because of their connections helping them get away with it, all the while the residents and the people suffer.

[@bobbafett1849]

​@@Bingo2992these dead America workers were forced to stay AT their job.

[@robertdavidtingstrom118]

I don’t think he should have any employees anymore. He should have a prisoner number.

[@distanceismyplastercast]

Anywhere in Europe, this CEO would be going to jail for decades for 6 counts of negligent manslaughter.

[@kellyrusso4816]

Trump wants to get rid of OSHA

[@stevemcphail4746]

And the National Weather service too!

[@rhodawatkins4516]

​@@stevemcphail4746And FEMA!

[@randyping6036]

What a scumbag.

[@mathematicalmuscleman]

Business is about making a profit and pleasing their stakeholders and shareholders. Ethics hardly comes into the equation. America has one of the worst health and safety records for American employees.

[@antclerfont8478]

Just goes to show corporate greed in every facet of peoples lives playing a role

[@darkdan3379]

Corporate greed doesn't care...

[@AliceR27]

Employers like this should face jail time. I remember years ago in Pennsylvania asking employees in a Big Lots why they weren't closing and going home because a big snowstorm had started. They told me they were waiting to hear from corporate and couldn't leave until it was okayed. Employees are afraid of losing their jobs and corporate knows this. Safety should always come first, and when it doesn't, those in charge should face criminal charges.

[@sureshots98]

Negligent homicide is the charge the DOJ should be charging him with. "Nobody wants to work these days."

[@mygoodsins]

I’m so tired of this corporate greed

[@Izrek]

Remember: CEO deserve profits cos they take ALL the Risks.

[@marzinjedi6437]

I worked for a temp agency once and the boss told us at the first sign of any kind of danger to employees that we should abandon the job and report back to the agency and we would be paid in full for any work done !

[@ryanamendt8363]

That's because you work for the agency and not the employer at the job site.

[@starshake8998]

Prison time for someone seems to be in order.

[@georginaellison6280]

What's so sad about this story is that the employees were so worried about losing their jobs that it overrode the worry about losing their life. This happened on 9/11, the people in second tower had safely evacuated but were told to go back to work only for the second tower to be hit. There's no safety net for people to safely say, NO! I'm not risking my life! Change the laws!!😢😢😢😢

[@mixodorians12]

If it took the 30 minutes to walk home they would have all been caught in the storm. Forcing them to leave at the last minute was manslaughter.

[@waterbaby7808]

I remember seeing the footage of the workers and no one would die for their low paying job! Those people were fighting for their lives waiting on help. Factories focus on production and their people are NEVER the focus! Even if 45 minutes was given, how were they supposed to gather important documents, clean up their areas, shut down equipment and get home to get out of harms way! This guy is just saving his butt and maybe protecting his insurance but saying no one died on the property. Pathetic!

[@bluemacaw1473]

And yet these CEOs wonder why Americans are quiet quitting. They wonder why we as a country are making the decision to do our jobs -what we are paid to do, and stop the late nights, taking work home, killing ourselves, going above and beyond, andfor what?!? This is very typical of our employers' "thanks and appreciation" for everything that we do for our companies day in and day out. They don't give a crap about us. We are nothing more than a number to them.

[@lynneurbanik8703]

All these greedy CEOs care about is just their greedy ass families and no one else, no one, oh yes, their share holders, that's it.

[@michaell8722]

The person, by delaying employee’s departure from the worksite did two thing: 1. Put the workers lives in jeopardy by making them stay at job site despite flash flood warnings. 2. Unnecessarily put rescue workers lives in harms way by having to rescue employees

[@staceydrew8760]

What does it say about a country where as you are more scared to lose your job than your life

[@birdlover7776]

Exactly

[@tonylmn]

@@staceydrew8760 Don-old tRump will run the country like a business.

[@ekrenz5268]

There is plenty of trash like this who do and get away with atrocities like this.

[@deborahsimmons4572]

Expect the same treatment from employees if the idiot is elected. Dump is for the rich, screw the working class. Vote for Democracy.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@IvarDaigon]

He should be charged with criminal negligence... It's no different to forcing your staff to work when the building is on fire..

[@Kvlvt]

Million dollars says he is a Chump Supporter 😡🤢💩🐖

[@reubenmorris487]

CHrump supporter.

[@realamerican5016]

This guy should be arrested for manslaughter.

[@deltasyn7434]

Sounds like that CEO is going to jail.

[@plumbbobconstructionpants5599]

Highly doubtful. The government at all levels exists solely to serve business interests now. Guys like this are basically untouchable. They might slap him with a fine that would be big money to a normal citizen but won't even amount to the change in the sofa for the owner.

[@Citizen_GE]

The important thing is they were able to make a few more plastic widgets before the flood hit. 😡

[@multitudeofidols]

Which were probably washed away, so the work that costs them their lives was literally for nothing.

[@478Johnnyboy]

there is no way i’m staying at work when a hurricane is on the way. You can’t spend the paycheck if you’re dead and I’m not waiting until they say at the last minute that you can leave when wind speeds and flooding is so bad you can’t leave anyway if you wanted to.

[@carzheycowens3055]

See, its ppl like this business owner that make me hope someone catches up with him. There seems to be no guilt, no remorse and a utter lack of humanity from this guy and across this country! How can we move forward as a country when we have ppl like him in our mist!? When will enough be enough!?

[@IAMGiftbearer]

How disgusting! He should be charged with manslaughter. These big companies are getting out of control. Could you do a segment on the Biolab incident in Georgia? Myself and others are having to go for medial treatment because its chemical fallout is spreading far and wide and the media is treating it as if it's over. Not even close! It's being overshadowed by the hurricane and yet its effects may last alot longer.

[@LoveableLincoln32]

He should be in jail!!!

[@kittywalker2944]

This is truly unconscionable. Not only did he endanger them, but he kept them from being with their families who likely needed their assistance to secure their home and property. Greed ruins. 🇺🇸💙

[@joshpitman8938]

I believe Sharon has her hurricanes mixed up. It was Helene not Milton however I work for a company on the other side of the mountain in western NC and we were in fact told about the danger of hurricane Helene on Monday of that week and work was canceled Wednesday evening because of the dangers of flooding. With that said no one alive here had seen anything like Helene in our region. It was 100+ years since anyone experienced anything this bad in this region of Appalachia. Everyone thought it was an overblown storm warning and an exaggeration which is usually the case, but this time unfortunately it truly was catastrophic. We all thought we had safety up in our mountains but Mother Nature showed us that anyone at anytime could be next.

[@franziskani]

The company was under a flash flood warning. Those do not even need hurricanes. if the terrain makes that more likely (hills) regional strong rain and some blockage of creeks can be enough. That people disregard the warnings is unfortunate - but did not happen in YOUR company, so obviously the warnings were different this time. Professionals have to meet higher levels of scrutiny. It was pretty clear from the data and forecast that it was going to be bad, of course they could not predict who would be spared and who would be hit additionally. And as the storm turned and got stronger fast (while being on land which is unuausl) the warnings were upgraded, the company already in an area with flas flood warning should have monitored that. Workers obviously could not do that.

[@desr421]

Ain't nobody FORCING me to go to work during a hurricane!

[@CanadianSmoke]

"No one died on the property"... callous.

[@JoeGlenn-w9b]

Maybe pay the families a full pension for the deceased workers?

[@pallasa2032]

More than that they need to pay life insurance twice over that’s so inhuman

[@robertlindey2538]

When was the last time "America was great?" When we had "company towns," children doing hazardous work, no overtime, no sick leave, people working 16 hours per day, no safety regulations, and of course----no labor unions?

[@AdamtheRed-]

Yep. America was great when only the rich had rights and power. Edit: to them. Not great for us.

[@johmyh14]

That's what DonOLD and Project 2025 wants to go back to.

[@judybrennan7930]

You nailed it !!! thts in a nutshell what republicans want

[@CharlesMartin-wt8pd]

That's what the G.O.P. wants!

[@multitudeofidols]

I don't even get why they want employees to stay when conditions are so bad. Their work is going to be destroyed and you might have to hire new employees anyway, so why not just let them go until it clears? The advantage is at least you won't look like an insensitive arsehole and avoid getting sued.

[@rainmaker4851]

We Americans need to start taking justice into our own hands.

[@sallyprzybil2404]

No! We need to strengthen our laws and have fairness, compassion and common sense in our employers. This company should be sued by all the families!

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

I am reminded of the supreme court case where the court said a company can order a man to his desth for the job (if I remember correctly, it was a truck driver driving in extreme cold conditions). I wonder if that case will affect this one.

[@franziskani]

Yes and Amy Whats her name decided pro the company. I remember that the truck company had a maintainance contract which was kinda lame. So help did not come. The trucker was supposed to stay with the truck to reduce the danger of theft. At some point he went to a nearby gas station.

[@kimkain]

Disgusting, sue big time!

[@gerrylk9]

Sue for 2 billion dollars

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

Trillion

[@WATSONMUTH]

@@MegaToonzNetworkfucktilion

[@Mr_Timi1]

It's a hurricane, 45 minute doesn't seem like enough time to get out of the way.

[@mattwhitely1067]

The guy should be going to jail

[@blackbird4046]

That's depraved-heart* murder at minimum, up to Murder 1. * _"In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is a type of murder where an individual acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such acts result in a death, despite that individual not explicitly intending to kill. In a depraved-heart murder, defendants commit an act even though they know their act runs an unusually high risk of causing death or serious bodily harm to a person. If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a "depraved indifference" to human life and the resulting death is considered to have been committed with malice aforethought."_

[@realamerican5016]

This guy is pure evil and I hope he loses every penny he has. He obviously cares more about money than his workers.

[@michaeltijerina2915]

They were ordered to evacuate but this fool made them work till they die

[@tlotlegomolelekwa4463]

Such a free country

[@Jacana2k6]

I hope all his workers find a better place to work at. I hope all his business customers find a better company to do business with. I hope the victim's families including the ones that had to be recused find justice that they deserve.

[@TheKamilkrawczak]

Conservative with family values I'm just guessing

[@NickTheNRG]

If you don't own a company, that's a swat team and a life sentence. It's very jarring to hear a story that could be summed up as "Man Gets Sued for Murdering 6 People; Lawsuit Most Likely to Be Unsuccessful".

[@_Bosley]

He should lose everything he has if this is true.....

[@jenniferwilliams9548]

Holy shit I did not know the CEO left prior to the catastrophe , while denying his workers a safe exit. I'm sure there are surveillance cameras inside and outside that can be reviewed

[@albdamned577]

“Copyright violations” on an apology video😂. Tells you there priorities …

[@MAOofDC]

This is typical upper management behavior from corporations. I was working for Hard Rock Cafe a few years ago when a blizzard rolled into town. The General Manager made the assistant manager and staff stay and work through the blizzard that just shut down the whole city. Meanwhile he was still at home saying he couldn't come to work that day because of the weather and the assistant manager needed to cover for him.

[@josephnerk9718]

It only goes to show that it appears that money and profits has move value than human lives. How could one leave in 3/4 of am hour to prepare for a hurricane, those outer bands would be around. Such heartless behaviour. These guys have children, do they think about them before making decisions about other people

[@CanadianSmoke]

This is a clear-cut case of, profits over people. Unions protect the workers, management scrabbles for profits at any cost.

[@judyluvrevolution6314]

this CEO forced employees to work during a hurricane while he left the building so he knew it was a dangerous situation their deaths could have been prevented if the CEO let them go when they asked to leave

[@BOLTZtheCLOWN]

Didn't something like this happen a while back with a fire?

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

This shit happens during every weather emergency. Nothing happens to the people that cause this.

[@shadowjudge921]

IDC what my boss says, I'll gladly quit my job if it saves my skin during a hurricane. There needs to be a federal law that requires businesses to shut down during hazardous weather.

[@birdlover7776]

Agree

[@realscience948]

Would he make them pick up garbage during a tornado?

[@shannonkona]

Sounds like his lawyers wrote the apology.

[@philliphessel6788]

That’s when it’s sensibly either, “Take this job and shove it!” or, “You abandon the property and it’s ours, because we’re the ones risking our lives for it.”

[@starshake8998]

Both of those positions take money to defend successfully in court.

[@philliphessel6788]

@ starshake8998: I don’t claim that bourgeois ‘justice’ is sensible.

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

Why did they stay? So what that the boss said they had to stay, we need better laws for the mentally disabled. The boss that made them stay and then left apparently knew it was dangerous thats why they left. Sounds like murder to me.

[@stevenredmond7455]

The bit that says he’s lying about the 45min stuff as he said 5 were rescued by helicopter. No employee was in his thoughts at anytime. I hope the judge or jury realise this.

[@danieldwyer]

Wow, he looks like a Villain from a Jame's Bond movie. "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

[@reubenmorris487]

All these CEOs, upper management, and executives seem like sociopaths...

[@imnotmike]

Psychopaths, actually. CEO is _the_ top job that gets filled by literal psychopaths. Superficial charm, egocentricity, persuasiveness, lack of empathy, independence, and focus all all attributes of psychopathy that make them the perfect CEOs.

[@elizabethguzman6024]

Is he really heartbroken? No he’s not, but now it’s hurting him. 45 min isn’t enough time.

[@lynneurbanik8703]

Bet he is a true,true trump supporter

[@paulaburrows8660]

That is so very American

[@pam18ram]

What could’ve possibly been that important that he didn’t have his employees out of their ASAP? Nothing nothing but money, greed lack of compassion. I wonder how much they were getting paid?

[@mattwhitely1067]

45 minutes what a piece of shit noone should of even been there it fn dumb wow.. once again he should go to jail.. its force majuere anyway with his contract so dumb

[@RobertMartin-s2v]

Last to leave ehhh??? But 5 had to be rescued by helicopter at the plant after he was gone??

[@Taj-Mahal]

F that. We had an hr person like that that expected us to come in during a winter storm. She got the finger. I was cough,cough sick that day.

[@62Madison]

Sadly so similar to the nine people who died during KY tornado candle factory in Mayfield, another right-to-work state.

[@sswwooppee]

Some “family”.

[@user-vf3qd9jg1u]

Trump supporter

[@mattwhitely1067]

They didn't die on company grounds is the weakest bs ever kept them there long enough to be killed just not on company grounds.. its fn digusting

[@fegrace_1]

RIP to the people that passed away and to their grieving loved ones! With that said, it sounds like he said they didn’t die on the property to release his company and their insurance policy from liability! Jobs and things can be replaced and rebuilt but we all get one life so that is important to keep in mind. The pandemic offered both life and death lessons, how soon some forget!

[@peterblair7876]

Of course he did. Every billionaire knows that workers are easily replaced.

[@davidf3821]

This is a typical type of employer, and the greed shown by many is with no limits. He would not be an exception but more like the rule. We need much better laws protecting employees. It’s not enough to just have some anti discrimination laws that are rarely enforced but relatively nothing after employees are hired.

[@nicholaspowell7931]

How do you keep someone in your heart if you do not have one

[@laxx1559]

Let me guess. The company is charged with a crime, and will pay a small fine.

[@sallyprzybil2404]

That’s an awful story…they imprisoned them in that building! They should be sued! There’s no excuse!

[@CanadianSmoke]

I'm curious... did any of his employees call in that morning and state that they would not be "in" that day for they would be busy protecting their families... were they threatened with the possibility of being fired?

[@tonybest8964]

Sorry no job is worth that, myself i would have left anyway!!

[@tonylmn]

Run the country like a business?

[@bunyipdragon9499]

Never !

[@mikeparez]

Their should be a federal law about workers allowed to call in paid with zero repercussions

[@rebelbatdave5993]

AMEN! SAD!

[@michaelg.854]

Money will always be more important than the lives of the workers in America. Money seems to be the only thing that matters in America. I'm sure you will have politicians asking for your money throughout today. It is all that matters in America.

[@heidifreet6149]

Let me guess they weren’t allowed to have a union. Employers get away with ignorance and treat their employees like they were only put on this earth to labor and strain their bodies ti fill orders. They aren’t machines!

[@nicholaspowell7931]

So the ceo is saying he will do nothing

[@mrbrooklynite]

Yeah well my family would see justice. They go after fema but not this dude rightt not a rich dude right .

[@johnswansen192]

Love seeing JR. Got to start watching the Watch.

[@LauraChCa]

His grandaddy was 100p a slave owner

[@tioswift3676]

Source?

[@colbydiamond9151]

❤ Praying for the worst for him, and his. ❤

[@andyvonbourske6405]

we are heartbroken about our lost......... of income due to "some" employees deciding to leave their post and die.

[@Lobo-tommy10]

Trump must be held accountable for this terrible act.

[@nicholaspowell7931]

His life is not worth any those that died

[@ThomasMullaly-do9lz]

You gotta luv capitalism