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[–] 138 points 3 months ago (9 children)

”Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life”

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  • [–] 79 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    We just got our first charges in South Australia under our new Industrial Manslaughter laws.

    Lachlan Carslake's life was apparently worth less than the cost of a $50 full face shield to Geoff and Winnie Philips.

    Remember: Your employer, no matter how chummy and friendly is a piece of shit that will throw your life away for a few dollars. ALL EMPLOYERS WILL DO THIS, NO EXCEPTIONS.

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  • [–] 54 points 3 months ago

    It absolutely is not all employers lol, my last one, before I became an independent contractor working for them for extra flexibility, is more or less responsible for me still being alive.

    Was in a very, very bad place and wasn't being a good employee whatsoever as a result, many companies would've fired me and it would've been completely justified financially and legally. They offered to help me out instead. If I'd been fired, I would've honestly considered offing myself.

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  • [–] 110 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Otake's mother was seen in tears, saying, "My daughter is not coming back".

    I feel so sorry for their family. Imagine losing your child because their employer didn't want to risk losing a single day's sales

    A sales manager reflected on the incident, saying, "Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life".

    The company's director was also quoted saying: "This is a matter of profound sorrow, and I offer my deepest apologies to the bereaved family."

    It's easy to say all this in retrospect. Two families lost their children because of this, no amount of retrospective analysis and apologies can make them come back.

    If the company truly cared for the human lives they needlessly destroyed, they'd have never sent them back into harm's way.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I mean to be fair it's not the company director; it's the store manager. Presumably the company's C-suite wouldn't want this to happen as it'd expose them to liability.

    Edit: See below.

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  • [–] 68 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    So the employer murdered someone...

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    According to the article, two people died but it's very ambiguous who the second person was.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago*

    According to the article, 8 people died and 5 more were injured in the explosion.

    Five minutes after Otake and her co-worker reentered the building, the explosion occurred, killing them both.

    Eight others also died and five people sustained minor injuries.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

    "store worker dies"
    Weird how people just die with no cause like that

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Probably had to do something with the earthquake.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago

    And they wonder why young people don't want to work over there anymore

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    "Looking back the sales proceeds were not worth a human life... At the time though, it was totally worth risking it though..."

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago

    Awful. Just fucking awful.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Why would they even follow that order?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Sounds like the building wasn't considered unsafe. A number of other people were also killed or injured in the explosion, so I assume people had started to be allowed back in.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    So the other person who died was the person who ordered them to go back in?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Nothing will be learnt

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    [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    A sales manager reflected on the incident, saying, "Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life".

    Hindsight isn’t going to bring them back. What a tragic waste of life.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Looking back?! A normal person would know that in advance.

    I know exactly what I'd say when the boss ordered that: "That's YOUR money. You want it, you go get it. If I go in there, it's abandoned property, and it's MINE. After all, I took the RISK."

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    PT: Two イオンモール熊本 capitalists killed employees by forcing them to go to a damaged building.

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