Fired for "disrespectful" Facebook post about my company!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never mind the legal aspect of this, I hope you realize what you did was stupid and immature.

+1

+2 Accept that you just paid a "stupid tax" and do better at the next job. When you are a salaried employee, you will have to do work that is uncompensated and "not in your job description." If you don't like it, you are free to quit. Whiners, especially online, are not respected, no matter how may "likes" they get. The rest of us think you are a fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We haven't gotten a raise in almost two years, and when they need someone to work overtime, they don't ask for volunteers, they just schedule you. Among other things. I vented about this on Facebook, and some of the people I work with saw it (some "liked" my post - I'm not alone!), and I guess someone told my boss. I got fired for this! This doesn't seem right, can I be fired for this? Help!

What else did you vent about?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, there is at least one NLRB case on the issue of "likes" being concerted (they are, and it's the same as engaging in a conversation).

Yup, that totally makes sense to me. The whole point of "likes" is that you are showing that you _agree_ with the status update! That's the same thing, these days, as if the OP made her statements in the lunchroom and asked for a show of hands for those who agreed with her. Those who raised their hands = "liking" on FB.

Hmmm....I'm just wondering, because I've screwed up on facebook before and by accident, liked something, or sent a friend request. Especially on my iPad, if you hover over something it's pretty sensitive. this wouldn't apply to OP since she blatantly wrote an update, but I'm wondering if someone could argue they didn't mean to like something. Seems like it would be pretty plausible.

Of course. All those "likes" could turn into "unlikes" or explained as accidents. OP will be left standing alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

I was thinking more about their need to share everything on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

I was thinking more about their need to share everything on social media.

I'm a "millenial" and I would never write anything negative about my company on the internet, period. That's just asking for it, frankly, and I really don't share much on social media at all. Don't group our entire generation together. Can't wait til you baby boomers all retire and GTFO of the workforce with your stereotyping. Also, while I'm thinking about it, when you retire, please stay off the roads too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

I was thinking more about their need to share everything on social media.

I'm a "millenial" and I would never write anything negative about my company on the internet, period. That's just asking for it, frankly, and I really don't share much on social media at all. Don't group our entire generation together. Can't wait til you baby boomers all retire and GTFO of the workforce with your stereotyping. Also, while I'm thinking about it, when you retire, please stay off the roads too.

And you talk about baby boomers stereotyping...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

I was thinking more about their need to share everything on social media.

I'm a "millenial" and I would never write anything negative about my company on the internet, period. That's just asking for it, frankly, and I really don't share much on social media at all. Don't group our entire generation together. Can't wait til you baby boomers all retire and GTFO of the workforce with your stereotyping. Also, while I'm thinking about it, when you retire, please stay off the roads too.

And you talk about baby boomers stereotyping...

I think she was being a bit tongue in cheek

[Anonymous]

OP, follow the labor lawyer's advice and call your local NLRB office. Ignore the rest of this discussion.

signed,
another labor lawyer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

I was thinking more about their need to share everything on social media.

I'm a "millenial" and I would never write anything negative about my company on the internet, period. That's just asking for it, frankly, and I really don't share much on social media at all. Don't group our entire generation together. Can't wait til you baby boomers all retire and GTFO of the workforce with your stereotyping. Also, while I'm thinking about it, when you retire, please stay off the roads too.

i'm GEnX so you'll be waiting a lot longer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

it is a function of growing up in an environment where mistakes are amplified and never forgotten.

it is tougher and tougher to come back from them or getting second chances.

I don't blame millenials - it is function of the times that shaped their formative years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:stay off facebook and twitter and social media unless you have 'fuck you' money or 'fuck you' status.

i.e. that you are so much of a baller that if someone at work gives you shit you can tell them 'fuck you' because you are the eliot ness of that bitch.

why the eye roll? it is true and it is not an old concept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about OP's age. At 41, this is a no-brainer for me. Hell, you don't even complain on your work email account.

Probably a millenial.

The Millenials at my job are so by-the-book it is sad. they couldn't bend a rule, much less break one, if their lives and careers depended on it. years of helicopter parenting, I guess.

it is a function of growing up in an environment where mistakes are amplified and never forgotten.

it is tougher and tougher to come back from them or getting second chances.

I don't blame millenials - it is function of the times that shaped their formative years.

PP here. True, I agree. It is unfortunate because sometimes it pays to not be so rigid.