Fired Over Giving Trump Middle Finger

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

 

No freedom of speech?

Edited November 6, 2017 by Beachlover

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 minute ago, Beachlover said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

 

No freedom of speech?

 

Dissent? Not tolerated in America. Toe the line. The Supreme Leader commands blind obedience.

[Sonea 138]

12 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

 

No freedom of speech?

Its a private company. That being said, they will probably regret the negative press they are getting now. Also their website was attacked.

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Just now, Sonea said:

Its a private company. That being said, they will probably regret the negative press they are getting now. Also their website was attacked.

I understand, but what she did, she did in her private time. That's insane, that their website is attacked. Seems both are extreme.

13 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

Dissent? Not tolerated in America. Toe the line. The Supreme Leader commands blind obedience.

Seems kinda dictatorial.

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 minute ago, Beachlover said:

 

Seems kinda dictatorial.

 

The word you're looking for is "Trumpelian."  LOL. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

11 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

I understand, but what she did, she did in her private time. That's insane, that their website is attacked. Seems both are extreme.

Seems kinda dictatorial.

 

24 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

Dissent? Not tolerated in America. Toe the line. The Supreme Leader commands blind obedience.

 

27 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

 

No freedom of speech?

The thing that got her is that she posted it on her social media like "look at me I'm in the news". So the company got bad press from it and fired her for cause. She says that she is going to fight it but I don't see how she can fight it. 

Edited November 6, 2017 by cyberfx1024

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4 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

 

 

The thing that got her is that she posted it on her social media like "look at me I'm in the news". So the company got bad press from it and fired her for cause. She says that she is going to fight it but I don't see how she can fight it. 

Her Twitter account was not linked to her job right? 

[Dashinka 23,238]

Weren’t there folks fired who were protesting in Charlottesville?  In my opinion, both this case and those cases were justified.  Freedom of Speech is only a limit for the government, not for private businesses.

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

3 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

Her Twitter account was not linked to her job right? 

Are you in a higher level position in a company? I  can pretty much tell by your posts that your not, because you would then understand that whatever you do on social media is pretty much a direct reflection of the company. Good or bad it is a direct reflection on the company.

[natty bumppo 289]

4 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

 

 

The thing that got her is that she posted it on her social media like "look at me I'm in the news". So the company got bad press from it and fired her for cause. She says that she is going to fight it but I don't see how she can fight it. 

Actions have consequences.

Employers today are looking at social media during the hiring process and constantly throughout employment.

Freedom of speech protects you from the gov't ... not the private sector.

 

When you work for someone you "ride for the brand". What you do ... how you act ... tells people about yourself and the brand you represent. 

Don't want to garner the attention of HR for your off-hours escapades ... don't brag about it.

 

 

 

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13 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Are you in a higher level position in a company? I  can pretty much tell by your posts that your not, because you would then understand that whatever you do on social media is pretty much a direct reflection of the company. Good or bad it is a direct reflection on the company.

Actually I was, but I'm not working right now. So no and yes.

 

I'm not into social media even when I was working as a manager. But that doesn't matter, I know plenty high ranking managers who avoid social media to protect their privacy.

 

Edited November 6, 2017 by Beachlover

[natty bumppo 289]

4 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

I'm not into social media even when I was working as a manager. But that doesn't matter, I know plenty high ranking managers who avoid social media to protect their privacy.

I'm the same way and so are many of my peers.

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

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Briskman had been working as a marketing and communications specialist for a Virginia-based federal contractor, Akima, for six months.

gee, i'd think a marketing specialist would know better than to do that, especially when working for a federal contractor...........

[natty bumppo 289]

26 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

gee, i'd think a marketing specialist would know better than to do that, especially when working for a federal contractor...........

must have thought she was special

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I wonder how many MDL would be hollering freedom of speech,  if she had made some overtly racist comments and plastred them all over Facebook