Did Celiac Disease Help Get Hedge Fund Star Fired?

Read the Bloomberg article. Her claims had nothing to do with celiac disease and are of no interest to celiac sufferers. Her claim is that she was fired due to several things including leaving a meeting because she was SICK. SICK, period. Whether it was celiac or diabetes or just the flu, doesn't matter. Some companies don't cut workers any slack for missing meetings or taking sick days. That's a real problem, but it has nothing to do with CELIAC specifically. She had an unmanaged disease and the employer didn't accommodate that.

Read the Bloomberg article. Her claims had nothing to do with celiac disease and are of no interest to celiac sufferers. Her claim is that she was fired due to several things including leaving a meeting because she was SICK. SICK, period. Whether it was celiac or diabetes or just the flu, doesn't matter. Some companies don't cut workers any slack for missing meetings or taking sick days. That's a real problem, but it has nothing to do with CELIAC specifically. She had an unmanaged disease and the employer didn't accommodate that.

Ms. Rohrbeck said she lost her job after asking for accommodations because she had been diagnosed with celiac disease. Her claim is that her unmanaged celiac disease required her employer to accommodate her. She will likely be claiming that the condition amounted to a disability. So, yes, it very much had to do with celiac disease. You must have missed that part; it's the end of paragraph 4 of the very Bloomberg article you are citing.

Here are the relevant portions: "In her complaint, which was settled this year on undisclosed terms, Rohrbeck questioned Baupost's record of retaining women, especially after childbirth...Her case, however, involved more than allegations of sexist behavior. She said she lost her job after asking for accommodations because she had been diagnosed with celiac disease." Is that the part I missed?