Is quitting your job because your manager treated your friend badly a good reason to leave?

what if it was illegal? my boyfriend is planning on quitting his job because his female friend was fired for being pregnant and going on maternity leave.

No. How does how your friend was treated effect your job? I could understand quitting or finding another job if you personlly were being treated badly, but leaving because your friend was treated badly is kind of childish and irresponsible. You have to take responsibility for your own actions and cant be held reliable for others. Im not sure what the whole story is so its hard to judge who was in fact in the wrong here. If your friend was treated badly for no reason what so ever or personal reasons - he/she should have reported their manager to the managers suupervisor or owner of the company. Its more likely though that your friend isn’t so innocent in this situation also though. Not that it means they deserve to be treated badly - but managers are only human and they cave under stress also and make mistakes.

I think it depends on the circumstances. In general senses I don’t think you should quit your job because your friend was mistreated. If you genuinely cannot work in the situation you’re in because it upsets you too much, though, I think I might consider it.

That being said, however, I do think other things should be considered first before quitting. (ie: bill payments, etc) As much as you may want to support your friend, you need to support yourself first. If you have bill payments to make, you’ll need to find a new job first and give a notice. Otherwise, you’ll have to stick to it.

So your boyfriend wants to leave his company, because his boss fired a female co-worker for no reason other than she got pregnant.

I’ll say that employer is disloyal. That’s right. Loyalty works in two directions. A manager must be able to rely on that his employees act decently, but the employees must also be able to rely on their bosses fairness and decency.

I would not want to work for a disloyal employer. Your boyfriend can’t rely on his boss being fair. That’s a dissatisfying situation.

Tell your boyfriend to find another job first, and then, when he has found it, to go and tell his boss that he’s got a better job and that he’ll quit. He doesn’t need to say why. He can just pretend that he’ll gain more money or have to work less for the same amount. Or have a shorter way to work or get any other benefits that his current boss never offered. People change their job for reasons like that, all the time. There’s nothing wrong with searching for a better job even if you have a job already. Just make sure he knows his period of cancellation, if there is any.

If the company has a policy allowing for maternity leave, his friend may have grounds for a lawsuit. Firing her for becoming pregnant is not only disloyal, as Astrid said; it is also gender discrimination, which is prohibited by law. It’s even possible that your bf has legal standing to join in the suit, since it could be argued that the discriminatory act created a “hostile workplace” to which he, too, was subjected.

Now that’s illegal that’s discrimination

i wouldn’t quit unless you have another job lined up. with the economy the way it is and how hard it is to find jobs anymore. but i totally agree with i’m lonely and how that is discrimination and your boyfriends female friend should contact a lawyer or talk to someone to see if anything can be done so it can a.) help her get her job back and b.) possibility help another female out in the future that may be in her boat.

I’d wait for the lawsuit to get filed and then wait for the manager to get fired. Nevertheless, this is your boyfriend’s decision. I don’t see how a bunch of strangers weighing in on his decision is a good idea.