This is the standard for company vehicles. It’s an insurance thing. Legally Verizon could have fired him.
“This is the standard for company vehicles. It’s an insurance thing. Legally Verizon could have fired him.”
You’re absolutely right. It was a judgment call on Verizon’s part. I think if I were that employee’s supervisor, I would have given him a written record of a verbal warning. No harm done, no need to make a federal case out of it.
On the other hand, had something bad happened as a result of the feline rescue attempt, punishment would be more severe and in accordance with the damage done.
Sorry for the cat, but Verizon would have a serious legal liability issue here.
The world is run by lawyers and insurance companies. Blame them.