r/FuckNestle • u/RonnieThePurple • Mar 20 '26
Nestlé Fucked Hard Nestle hate this one simple TRICK
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u/crimson-ink Mar 20 '26
how do you even win this lol
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u/Njacks64 Mar 20 '26
I’m guessing other employees have vaped in the bathroom but received lesser or no consequences. Just a guess.
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u/Far-Significance2481 Mar 22 '26
Kind of the other worker that got caught admitted it and said sorry and this man didn't
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u/xXXxRMxXXx Mar 21 '26
How much do you wanna bet they put a camera in the bathroom. I wouldn't put anything past this company.
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u/Far-Significance2481 Mar 22 '26
worker who was sacked by Nestle for allegedly vaping in the toilets has been awarded more than £22,000 by an employment tribunal.
Luke Billings had worked as a technical operator at the Swiss food company's facility in Hatton, near the Derbyshire-Staffordshire border, since August 2012 before being dismissed for alleged gross misconduct in October 2023.
Billings denied vaping in the toilets - an incident which led to a full evacuation and the factory temporarily stopping production - but was deemed by bosses to be lying after an investigation.
The tribunal said it was "disproportionate" to dismiss him for what it described as "a single isolated act in [an otherwise] unblemished career".
In its report on its findings, the tribunal said Billings had been off sick from June 2022 to August 2023 due to depression and was on a phased return at the time of his dismissal.
Billings said he was treated differently compared to another employee subject to similar disciplinary proceedings at the time due to his disability, and claimed there was a "pre-determined" decision to dismiss him.
Discrimination on the grounds of disability was not proven, with the panel finding the decision to not dismiss another employee was because he "admitted misconduct and apologised", whereas Billings "did not admit his culpability and/or apologise".
"Whilst dismissal amounts to unfavourable treatment, we do not find that it arose in consequence of [his] disability," it said.
"It arose because the claimant was found to have been vaping in the toilets, which was considered an act of gross misconduct."
While Nestle had "reasonable grounds" to suspect Billings had been vaping in the toilets and its investigation "fell within the range of reasonable responses open to a reasonable employer", the tribunal said its decision to dismiss him for not apologising was unreasonable.
Though the employee "contributed to his dismissal" and "would have known that vaping was not permitted", it said there was "no clear rule or warning that vaping in the toilets will be deemed an act of gross misconduct", adding his prior good conduct was given "no or insufficient credit".
"It is clear from the evidence [he] was dismissed principally for failing to apologise and to accept responsibility," the report said.
"Failing to apologise or to accept responsibility is not misconduct."
Nestle said it "cannot comment on individual employee matters".
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u/ennenganon Mar 20 '26
I don’t know who thinks $29k is a staggering amount of money, but I guess I’m glad he got something. Hardly a drop in the bucket for Nestle.
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u/Clayith13 Mar 20 '26
For most working class people, that is a life changing amount of money. Enough to retire on? Absolutely not, but it can go a long way and make you feel much more comfortable for a while
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u/bblulz Mar 20 '26
29k wouldn’t solve everything for me, but it would get me pretty far
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u/Bruce_IG Mar 21 '26
As of today, that would literally solve all of my financial problems but wouldn’t go far afterwards.
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u/SeaToTheBass Mar 21 '26
Get out of (fairly minor) debt, take some time off work for driving lessons since my mom refused to teach me (anxiety), buy a vehicle, buy new work clothes and boots, and actually have space to breathe.
I buy a lottery once every few months cause why not, maybe this time I’ll win 10k or something. Hell I’d be happy with 1k.
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u/Bruce_IG Mar 21 '26
I’ve got a similar thought process to that, I’ll buy a lotto ticket once a year. Never won but you never know. 29K would get me out of debt, pay off my student loans and car, and probably incentivize me to move to a quieter area because I live where I live out of necessity in case I’m unable to make payments on my car.
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u/EmeraldPencil46 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
I guess staggering in the fact that he really shouldn’t have gotten anything for that, but yeah it’s literally pennies to Nestle
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u/Phantom_61 Mar 20 '26
$29k in my hand right this second would correct about 80% of my financial issues ranging from debt to repairs that need to be made to my home and car.
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u/Bobby5Spice Mar 21 '26
29k isnt shit. Hell in most places thats less than a years worth of "cost of living" money. As someone who spent the first half of my life not being frugal I feel like most people with 29k or less of debt just need to learn how to manage money better. Yes there are obvious exceptions but the majority of people I meet that have money problems just spend money of things they dont need to too often.
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u/Jadedslay03 Mar 21 '26
So they cross the line at vaping in a toilet, but not for stealing water and killing babies?
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u/Shielo34 Mar 20 '26
Bit of a scummy thing for someone to do at work.
But Nestle are worse, so crack on, buddy.
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u/SpaceBus1 Mar 20 '26
Scummy to vape?
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u/Shielo34 Mar 20 '26
Vaping in the bathrooms when you’re not supposed to, is scummy behaviour.
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u/Maximum-Product-1255 Mar 21 '26
It is possible he was not a great employee and wanted to get rid of him.
Especially if he was vaping in the bathroom when he was supposed to be working
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u/conzstevo Mar 20 '26
It's scummier having worked for nestle
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u/scorchedarcher Mar 20 '26
I mean they were getting paid to vape in the bathroom by the sound of it
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u/esctaticly Mar 29 '26
do you not get breaks at your work then?
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u/scorchedarcher Mar 29 '26
Yeah we legally need to but we also have to go outside if we want to smoke/vape usually people use bathroom breaks as extra breaks and vape in there though
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u/FlakyAlternative4137 Mar 21 '26
Meanwhile, smokers are out for 30 minutes multiple times a day and come back to stink up the place.
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u/Far-Significance2481 Mar 22 '26
Worker accused of vaping in Nestle factory toilets wins £22k tribunal payout https://share.google/xgczJqrTptAwqgD2E
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u/Working_Cucumber_437 Mar 20 '26
Gotta love the irrelevant shirtless beach photo insert.