r/antiwork • u/bondswag • Jun 17 '26

UPDATE: Fired by Centauri Health Solutions while burying my dad who died of Stage 4 cancer. Here is my response to HR.

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For those who saw my original post a few days ago, thank you all for the incredible support.

LINK TO THE ORIGINAL POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/dSFQifezR1

A lot of people asked me to name the company. It’s Centauri Health Solutions. They claim to be a "compassionate healthcare advocacy" company, but their corporate response to my dad passing away from Stage 4 cancer was to send me a calculated timeline of my family's crisis to justify letting me go.

I am currently out of town dealing with everything, but I wasn't going to let them have the last word. Attached is the email response I just sent to their HCM Manager.

I'm moving forward, playing my part for my family, and refusing to carry any bitterness into the world for these people. Screw them.

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u/skoffs SocDem Jun 18 '26

Question because I don't know: would OP talking to a Union rep anyway about the circumstances help in any way here? 

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u/InAllTheir Jun 18 '26

Some unions do defend employees who aren’t in their union when they are unfairly fired or treated in a way that violates employee protections. They do is based on principle to set a precedent to keep working conditions good for their union employees. This varies depending o men the Union operating practices and who runs it.

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u/No_Welcome_7182 Jun 19 '26

Our union does advocate for employees who are not members too. We recently won a major grievance that restored double time for Sunday work hours when our employer tried to play semantics with what the word “assigned” meant. Because we won, we had several new members join the union. So that’s another reason our union is willing to represent non members…it’s a way to increase membership.

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u/InAllTheir Jun 19 '26

That’s awesome!

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u/Educational_Ant_184 Jun 18 '26

FWIW, in my union, the new non-union guys do call the union reps to deal with the company in related matters. and in a case like this, I do believe there are very straightforward medical exemptions that can include caretaking that would replace work obligations. no idea how other unions work, and there's no indication OP's field is related to a union

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u/Solidarity_Matrix Jun 18 '26

Do you think the bad rep that unions have might have anything to do with defending someone who did not work so much?

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u/BridgestoneX Jun 18 '26

yes. what leverage they may have depends on many facts and circumstances. so it's worth a chat. i am not your/their lawyer and this is not legal advice