Forced to work with cork: An employee was fired for singing too loudly

A French supermarket employee was fired from his job for pushing the bill so hard by putting things on the shelves, that his colleagues complained about having to work with traffic jams.

“We do not forbid you to express your joy or good humor through singing, but you must understand that the volume of the voice must be reduced for this outward appearance,” the director of the establishment would have written to the employee concerned at the end of May, according to La Voix du Nord. Monday.

On Tuesday, in front of the Auchan department store in Louvreville in northern France, the union was to organize a choir to come and protest the dismissal of an employee, whose morning temper could have led to his dismissal.

According to the French media, there is absolutely nothing bad that could have shocked Eric Dronsart, the union’s delegate. It has always been there, it is part of the work atmosphere.

According to union data, the employee had worked for the company for twenty years, and he would not have received any warning prior to his dismissal. However, some colleagues had lodged complaints with the management, stating that they had to come to work with traffic jams, said La Foix du Nord.

However, to denounce the process, the union would have invited employees and customers to come and sing in front of the establishment in support of the employee, who has been on sick leave ever since.

“It is not just a symbolic act, this event takes place in a social context that has become tense within the company, and we are completely dehumanized. We cannot accept that, ”said Eric Dronsart.