(11-19-2017, 03:44 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(11-19-2017, 03:24 PM)TJBender Wrote: And I condemn their cowardice. If an employee chooses to flip off the President while wearing her company sweater, fire her. If she's on her own time and not representing herself as a member of the company when doing so, who cares? Employment begins at 8 and ends at 5.

She violated her contract. Why do you keep ignoring that?

Was she wearing a company sweater? Was she shouting, "F you on behalf of my employer"? Did she post it to the company's LinkedIn page and caption it with, "This is what X company thinks of Trump"? No?

Then it's none of the company's business. Things done on an employees private time that aren't under the guise of employment should not be subject to employer sanctions. It's the same reason that the guy who cussed out the Chick-Fil-A employee should still be employed. Social media is toxic in this regard. It used to be "that crazy guy who came in here shouting at me." Now that shouting match is on Facebook and YouTube, and someone recognizes that guy and gives out his name, and others jump in with his address and employer. The employer is now caught in the crosshairs, and that's when the employee's rights end up violated.

Being an employee is not cause for termination of employment. I don't get what's so complicated about that.

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