Airline worker falls asleep, OP ED.

[Brian37]

Yeah Brian, because nobody ever shows up to work with a bad hangover. I'm certainly not saying this is what happened, but the idea that this is the airline's fault in particular or the fault of 'big business' in general is ridiculous. 

The only scenario that might save this person is if he had some extenuating circumstance that was communicated to a supervisor and he was subsequently told to get to work or lose his job. 

If you noticed my OP I never said don't fire ever. I am saying even without taking a nap that face you see behind the counter giving you a bad attitude isn't always the individual. Our current business climate pits the consumer vs the employee and with big business especially the assholes who run them are not there in the trenches with the employees. Their business models are based on optimal conditions and far more often than not are on paper not the reality the employee deals with.

The best bosses and managers I have worked for don't force you into  a script, give you what you need and stay out of your way and listen. The worst bosses are usually bean counters who sit in cubicals 5 states away and would not put their own family members through the crap they put their employees through.

Economic stability and a life outside the job and affordable living benefits everyone. Our global corporatism as a collective climate is doing nothing but sucking money to the top.

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I used to sleep every single day at work...however, I always did so on my own break time.  Lunch was snarf some food as fast as possible so I could squeeze in a nap.  

I HAVE overslept my break time.  This usually resulted in being woken up by coworkers teasing me pretty badly while I drooled on my desk.  But since I was doing it on my break, I never got in trouble for that.  I sometimes take 2 or 3 naps a day....(BTW, I am actually being evaluated for Narcolepsy as we speak.  My doc has referred me to a sleep center where my first appointment is next week, as she suspects my anxiety and depression are actually the result of a sleep disorder, likely narcolepsy as I have 3 living relatives with it).

Sorry, got off topic there.  But yeah, I feel bad for this person. If they were sleep while on the clock though....I understand why they were fired.  If they fell asleep on a break or after work, then no, they shouldn't have been fired.

Still not my point, even if they were napping when they were not supposed to, it really is no different than what I have seen with wide awake waitresses who get attitude from customers when the owner has been too much of a cheap skate to have enough employees on the clock. Again, I am not talking about never firing. I am talking about our long term national climate that makes people work longer hours for less pay. 

If you as an employer don't give your employees enough to live on, they are going to be too worn out on the clock or they wont give a fuck. Our business climate long term has eroded stability and while it benefits CEOs and shareholders short term, the wider the cost of living gap gets for more the worse off everyone will be, including the rich.