THANK YOU LISA !!!

Really! There are good folks on both ends of the spectrum.

Her stupid comment reminds me of that jerk who drove through a Chick-fil-A and berated the worker behind the drive-up window for working for a “hateful” company. He too wasn’t just an “average” worker. And took his frustration out on someone who had little-to-no say on what the CEO said or believed. (and she was very professional – all the way in her dealing with the jerk)

It isn’t for the stupid comments they make – it is for the stupid judgment they show that they deserve to be fired.

Recently, at my own place of work, a lawyer (again one who should know better) found another “excellent job opportunity” and left. I can’t help but wonder if her leaving had something to do with all her remarks – and they were quite often and loud – about stupid Trump voters. These comments had been going on since the election last November. If they told her quietly to leave they did her a favour instead of outright throwing her out. Yes, she was that obnoxious too.

Hey Maria,
PC liberal leftist here. I agree with the firing of the CBS employee.
I hope you’re not in HR, BTW.

Liberals aren’t the only ones who suffer from the delusion that privacy is even possible on the internet.

CBS is a media and news agency. The woman in question is a lawyer according to the article.

Firstly, lawyers are or should have been trained in how to say things in difficult (trial) situations without making such a massive screw up.

Secondly she works for CBS. Which means not only should she know how to not say unconscionable stuff (the post was FINE until the “I don’t care” part,) she should have had a clue that it would reflect on her employer.

She’s not a low level worker in a non public facing department who blew off steam.

She’s a lawyer. She should have known better. Particularly in the current climate of being aware that people are being fired for social media.

This should not be news to someoene who works for a news agency. Even if she’s not in news and she’s in talent (I don’t care enough to google her to find out what she actually DID for CBS.)

I agree for HRJeanne, I have terminated an employee for making a facebook comment that was derogatory about a company owner after a fire in the facility. Most companies now make employees sign a Social Media policy and this employee’s comment would have clearly violated that policy if one was in place.

It doesn’t matter if other people remained employed for speaking and acting in “much more unacceptable ways”. CBS decided that they would not allow this person to remain employed at their company, and they made this decision. Companies make these decisions all the time, and it has nothing to do with what other companies have done. She clearly understood that her comment was problematic because she took it down. Just not soon enough. All speech has consequences.