An NHS worker in the United Kingdom received nearly £ 30,000 ($ 55,000 CAD) after being compared to Star Wars Bad Guy Dark Vader at work by a former colleague.
Lorna Rooke said that in 2021 a colleague had taken a Star Wars-The personality test on the theme of Myers-Briggs in his name which compares the participants to one of the characters in the franchise.
Rooke, an employee of the blood donation bank, received Dark Vader – the Lord of the Sith widely considered as one of the most powerful and hated bad guys of the franchise – like her personality lookalike, but says that she was not present when her colleague, Amanda Harber, took the quiz for her, saying that she had left the room to answer a personal telephone call. Harber then released the results among their colleagues, reported the BBC.
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Myers-Briggs is a well-known personality indicator test that divides people into 16 categories according to introversion lines, how intuitive they are, whether focused on thoughts or feelings and how they perceive and judge their environment.
A employment court in Croydon, London, judged that the incident was “damage” because it harmed Rooke and having affected it negatively reported the BBC.
Following the quiz, Rooke was made to feel largely hated, which contributed to his weak mood and led him to feel anxious at work, found the court.
The characterization of Dark Vador has been described by the quiz as a “very concentrated individual who brings together the team”. Nevertheless, the judge noted that the categorization was too negative.
“Dark Vader is a legendary villain of Star Wars The series, and being aligned with his personality is insulting, “said judge Kathryn Ramsden.
The sadly famous bad guy is half human, Demi-Machine, seduced by the dark side of the force.
Because the test was carried out by one person for another, without his knowledge, and the results were broadcast among a group, Ramsden said that he was not surprising that the applicant was upset.
Rooke started working for the NHS Blood and Transplant Service in 2003, where she was used as a training and practice supervisor to the Dark Vador incident, which, according to the media, was a factor contributing to its resignation.
She won the prejudicial case but lost for other allegations of unfair dismissal, discrimination in terms of disability and reasonable non-procedure of adjustments.
In total, Rook was paid £ 28,989.62, which is equivalent to $ 53,288.76 CAD.
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