Broken Air Conditioner Causes Mesa Woman to Quit Job
A Mesa woman was forced to quit her job after working for a month in an environment with no air conditioning.
Cindy Desilets worked at iPacesetters, a call center that employed about 200 people. Though management insisted that they were working to fix a broken air conditioner in the facility, Desilets said no improvements were ever made to the unbearable working conditions that landed her in urgent care.
“I was weak, I was nauseous, had a hard time breathing. On Thursday it was just plain hot in there, I couldn’t take it anymore,” she said.
Her doctor wrote her a note excusing her from work, explaining that the extreme heat was detrimental to her health. Eager to return to work, Desilets called the office every day to find out if conditions had changed.
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