Submitted by Big-Cockroach-5986 t3_yhd240 in pittsburgh
Personal_Western_380 t1_iufdjjk wrote
Reply to comment by __she__wolf in Anyone confirm if Fifth Season is shutting down their business? by Big-Cockroach-5986
I am so sorry to hear that. My son actually was looking at 5th Season for employment. Was the equipment dangerous or was it chemicals?
__she__wolf t1_iufezqy wrote
Mechanical equipment with no safety equipment, crawling over a scissor lift railing 3 stories tall and reaching over to get on the catwalks, carrying heavy equipment up and down ladders, multiple (severe) chemical burns because there were no SDS sheets or proper attire given to us in order to properly handle dangerous chemicals. My last straw was a getting poisoned by a gas that left my lungs permanently damaged. It was a “good ol’ boys club where women weren’t respected. Multiple reports of sexual and racial jokes and discrimination. I could go on and on about the misconducts of that company.
Edit to add:
They were also dumping chemicals into the sewer and drains that should have been disposed off safely and properly.
We were also throwing away pounds and POUNDS of perfectly good produce that could’ve been donated. I suggested 412 Food Rescue and even came in on my day off, unpaid, to set up an appointment but they poopooed my idea. (Again, would not take any female ideas or advice seriously.)
They were more concerned with hiring farmers that had worked for celebrities for the notoriety, than promoting from within with perfectly qualified employees who have been with the company from the beginning and sacrificed their physical well-beings (literal blood, sweat, and tears) for the sake of the company because we believed in it.
This job absolutely ruined my body and my physical well being. I can no longer do what I am qualified to do and had to give up my passion because I’m simply not physically able to do what I love to do because of the permanent damages that were done to my body because of this job.
Primary_Tap_6615 t1_iufxdix wrote
Also another former employee and can confirm all of what is said above. I documented a lot of my time there, was verbally and physically abused on multiple occasions, have permanent life long injuries that I require PT for in a regular basis.
Personal_Western_380 t1_iufoyc4 wrote
What the hell? This sounds like a sweat shop. CMU involvement? Sounds like a bunch of frat boys.
__she__wolf t1_iufp1t0 wrote
DING DING DING DING!!!
Inevitable-Tip-6155 t1_iugt51x wrote
I thought the tech eliminated people on scissor lifts, no?
bork_at_the_moon t1_iuhy5xr wrote
It did. These two employees left before the Braddock facility was operational.
__she__wolf t1_iuj5mky wrote
And thank GOD we did!
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Primary_Tap_6615 t1_iufyfli wrote
All of it.
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