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Sometimes "Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't seem so far away.
T. had worked as a senior advisor at the Paris consultancy Cubik Partners.
The company is known for having "fun" there, writes the British daily Telegraph.
According to various reports, there is a whole series of regular and irregular "rituals" in counseling that should make conferences less lengthy and training courses less dry.
Bullying and shared beds at seminars
More specifically, the company is said to have forced its employees to "attend seminars and end-of-week drinks, which often ended in excessive alcohol consumption," according to the Court of Cassation, the highest court in France.
The celebrations also included simulated sexual acts, sharing beds with colleagues during seminars lasting several days, as well as bullying with hurtful nicknames and other forms of harassment, reports the New York Post.
T. did not agree with this.
In court, he stated that he "behaved critically and refused to comply with a company policy based on the invitation to participate in various excesses".
T. was then dismissed from the company in 2015, he had previously worked for consulting for four years.
There they were not sad about the loss of T.
He is "professionally inadequate" and does not embody the "party atmosphere" that the consulting firm wants to cultivate.
According to the company, other reasons for the dismissal of T. were that he was boring, had poor listening skills and was difficult to work with.
Fundamental right to »dignity and respect for private life«
Now, seven years after his dismissal, the Paris Court of Cassation decided that the dismissal went too far.
The court thus conceded a different judgment from last year.
T. exercised his "freedom of expression" by abstaining from the obligatory parties, which he associated with "promiscuity, bullying and encouragement of various forms of excess and misconduct," according to the judges in their decision.
Cubik Partners' "fun culture" violated T's "fundamental right to dignity and respect for private life."
The dismissal was therefore not lawful.
The court ordered damages of 3,000 euros.
T. demands 461,000 euros in compensation.
The court wants to decide on this claim later, reports the »New York Post«.
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