Naw man. Sometimes internet justice is justified.

You left out the part where the son messaged the fired guy and implied that is was a good thing that his kid died.

This is warranted, and I’m going to go leave a review right now in your honor.

My new VP doesn’t understand why I don’t want to share all the company info on my social media. I think she thinks I am either mean, stupid, or way too old fashioned.

Even if Congress were to enact a “mind your own business” law, it would be as impossible to enforce as many other workplace discrimination laws (for instance, age) already are. About the only way to change that would be to go to a system like the Germans have, where every decision to fire or even not to hire someone goes to a hearing before a government board, which can veto it.

There are times when it’s tempting to do exactly that, but in this case even the board might let your opponent win.

Elizabeth you can be private on Twitter and without your permission, people can’t follow you. You can’t block people but you can mute them so you don’t have to see their comments (basically they are talking to themselves). The only hassle with being private on Twitter or any social media is that you are limiting your comments (posts) to those who you follow and who you allow to follow you.

I can’t prevent anyone from following me on Twitter, since it’s public, but I won’t follow them back. If a company requires me to connect my personal social media to them, they better tell me in the interview, because that’s an absolute deal breaker. STAY OUT OF MY PERSONAL LIFE.

Agreed! Firing or even chastizing an employee is something professional managers do behind closed doors – not over Facebook or other social media. If this story is true, the company handled it poorly.

And the boss clearly needs more fiber in his own diet, if this is how he reacts to a joke….