The famous Hershey company is not only firing employees who did not get vaccinated, but is asking them to sign a 9-page confidentiality agreement on the way out the door. A representative for the chocolate manufacturer said employees who have not been vaccinated are being “Separated from the company” reported WHTM-TV in Harrisburg.
However, it’s a bit more than being “separated.” Hershey announced its company-wide vaccine mandate policy for salary employees in August. It went into effect on October 4th. Those who did not comply are being fired.
“Not only is Hershey firing employees who did not comply, but it is also asking the employees on the way out the door to sign a nine-page confidentiality and release agreement that would remove their rights to sue the company and to talk about their experience there” The Epoch Times reported.
Allegedly many employees have declined to sign the agreement, which means they will not get the “special separation payment” it offers. The Epoch Times reported pay was determined by an algorithm, and for some workers, it was as much as two months’ pay.
One Hershey employee said the whole ordeal was harassment. “What does that have to do with me keeping a job? From the time we started this ordeal, we have had seven meetings about my vaccination status. It was like harassment. I felt like I wanted to crawl under a rock when I was done” they said.
Another said “ I really thought I’d be OK. I thought, you cannot question my faith. Nobody can question that. I thought this was behind me until September, when I met with an HR representative. It was an interrogation on your religious beliefs. They twisted your words and tried to put words in your mouth. It was terrible” said employee Kim Durham.
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Won’t be buying any Hershey’s anymore
Another place to boycott.. smh
I would tell them to kiss my fanny and shove their pos document. In time the courts will find all of actions illegal. I use to buy a lot of Hershey’s when I craved chocolates but I’ve found some wonder chocolate products recently and they are no longer needed.
perhaps if your not vaccinated you should not eat chocolate. It would be bad for your health. What a world we live in. All this must be a bad dream. I am going back to bed and try it again when I wake up.
We all need to fight back!! Boycott is the best weapon we have for now!!
Can see the lawyers lining up, get the popcorn ready, time to dust off the check book Hershey.
This is very disturbing! Peoples rights are being destroyed right and left over an “experimental “ medication that honestly , cannot even be called a vaccine! It does not eradicate the disease, doesn’t keep you from passing it to others! It’s a flu shot basically!
I guess I will have to stop eating Hershey candy!
Wow…Talk about crazy. Let me knock you down and then kick you to prevent any blowback. Two months pay won’t last, but a lawsuit for unjust firing could be a nice nest egg.
Time to boycott 100% of Hershey products as well as All Subsidiary companies and their products. I wouldn’t have signed it either.
lets go Brandon.
This 9-pg BS is nothing more than to protect their butts as they KNOW what they are doing is not only unconstitutional, unethical but immoral as well. They should NOT sign but fight to replace management.. Hershey has always been a favorite of mine, but blackmailing:extorting employees can certainly help me conquer my craving for chocolate.
This is insanity at its worst. Why would they ask a person to take a vax that does not work. How large is this corruption. Biden is a hoax, Fauci is a fraud and Gates is not a Dr. So why in the fuck do we allow them to dictate anything?
Well they just lost me as a customer.
Never again will I buy their products.
Fuck them
Good for them. They are a private company that can enforce that. Of the employees don’t like it, they can quit and find another job. Simple as that.
Hard to believe we are in the United States. And companies think they can force people to get something that does not even stop the virus or it’s mutations. I honestly hope that these employees gather a class action suit against this Marxist company. I will no longer support the Hershey company
Welp their company their choice. Go work somewhere else.
Their chocolate is dirty anyway, no loss there.
Looks like it’s time to stop buying Hershey products. Wrong move Hershey.
Don’t sign anything and sue them into oblivion.
Boycotting heresy products what a shame when the
rest of the world is opening up
Hate to do this for a P A . company but
the choice is between that person
and his or her DOCTOR SUE THEM
#BoycottHershey
Hersey’s is acting like they’re Anti-American, anti-America, anti-freedom, anti-personal liberty, now we all should be acting in kind and be ANTI-HERSEY. God bless America 🇺🇸
Done with Hershey and company
Mr Hershey would be so disappointed. Read his autobiography. He was a generous man. Even when he had nothing. Now look what his company has come to. He’s rolling over in his grave at this atrocity.
From the Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King documentary… ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQab8WDXxss )
“… a shangri-la grew… its families found steady and rewarding work, its children found good schools, good sport and good futures. All citizens have the chance to find a sweet life in a fantasy candy kingdom.”
Shangri-la no more. Doubtless bitter, not sweet, for those fired employees.
Time to come up with a, “Let’s Go Brandon,” phrase for Hershey.
You know, I’m going to be getting really healthy. All the junk food places like Hershey and Coke forcing vaccine mandates and going woke… supporting Communism. I won’t be partaking in any of their garbage. Just eating more and more fresh fruit and veggies bought straight from the farmers…I guess I should be saying thanks Hershey for giving me the strength to scrap your crap from my diet.
With companies like Hershey NOT following the science, the only thing they understand is a hit in the bottom line.
I can see a host of lawyers lining up for these cases, which Hershey should lose for “unfair business practices” and discrimination
Spoken like a true 12 year old.