Boss Told Me To Stop Giving Dying Co-Worker CPR, Says Service Rep Last month, a Time Warner Cable customer service rep died at her desk. After any unexpected death, people searched for answers, explanations, someone to blame. But in this case, there may have actually been something foul afoot. A local news station reports that after a co-worker began giving CPR to 67-year-old Julia Nelson, a supervisor allegedly told her to stop and "get back on the phone and take care of customers." Nelson slumped at her desk at the Time Warner Call Center in Garfield Heights, Ohio, and wasn't breathing by the time paramedics arrived. But before that happened, a co-worker rushed over and began administering CPR, the woman told WOIO, only to be asked to stop. Employees at the scene have confirmed this report. The woman was also told later by another supervisor that she could be "held liable if something goes wrong." Full story here: http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/1...?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl11|sec1_lnk2|104571
That's just sad. I don't know about over there, but the whole "could be held liable" thing doesn't figure into someone administering first aid, in Australia. I've got my first aid certificate and we're told, over and over again, that you can not be held liable UNLESS you do something obviously stupid. If you're trying to save their life, it doesn't even matter if you break their ribs or leave them paralysed (in the case of pulling someone who may have neck injuries out of harms way or in order to save their life). Life, they say, is more important than some broken ribs or a wheelchair. *shrugs* The boss sounds like a moron, but you can't really know for sure unless you were there.
Same here, most states have what're called, "Good Samaritan" laws. As long as your intent is to give aid, and you don't act recklessly and cause greater harm, no liability attaches to your actions.
This is pathetic. And Time Warner's defense of the supervisor's actions is even more pathetic. Who tells an employee to go back to their desk and take calls instead of administering CPR to a dying co-worker? :smt009:smt009:smt009
A greedy ass company afraid of a huge settlement by lawsuit. Mf'ers rather see you die than lose they job.
