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I agree, this seems to be the biggest take away. The company fired him exceedingly quickly. This is what "at-will" employment looks like. Seems a lot of people

by Klinky 6y ago

I agree, this seems to be the biggest take away. The company fired him exceedingly quickly. This is what "at-will" employment looks like. Seems a lot of people getting angry at ghosts/ideas("cancel culture"/"mob mentality" - a mob against "mob mentality") or people doing technically legal things(taking a picture in public, calling a business to voice a complaint). Those ghosts/people didn't actually fire the guy, his company did. It'll be impossible to stop trolls. You can't just say "knock it off guys", nor can you ban people from taking pictures or voicing an opinion. However, you could put some restrictions around firings, but many would view that as stifling business, so this is the outcome instead. What may or may not have been a knee-jerk firing, but that's the cost of "at-will" employment. Also, there is a devils advocate point to be made in that corrupt police unions have created difficulties with removing bad cops from the field, so this can be a double-edged sword. Overall employer/union accountability needs to be higher when it comes to who they hire and who they fire.

thu2111 6y ago
It's not just firing, however. The article discusses the case of the guy who owned the company, whose daughter (whom he employed) posted some bad stuff to Twitter years ago. He fired his own daughter but this was insufficient: not only did virtually all his customers abandon him immediately but his landlord revoked his lease (how can a landlord do that? I have no idea). So basically his entire business was destroyed overnight in response to something he didn't even do himself. A lot of these firings are driven by fear of customer boycotts. And the customer boycotts are driven by fear of more boycotts/outrage/etc... it's a circle of destruction.
- Klinky 6y ago
  She's his daughter, a product of him, and likely to continue to influence him and receive biased treatment in the future. Familial ties are much harder to break than business ones. Had she not been his daughter, firing alone may have been sufficient. However, one of her tweets even incriminates the whole family. "God already punished you for being black, so why would you make it worse by being gay. #shitpeopleinmyfamilysay!! Haha" They found themselves in hot water after posting about their allegiance with BLM, which has been a marketing bandwagon as of late. This leads to people digging into how sincere these businesses are, and finding a cache of noxious racist tweets by the director of a business, who is the CEO's daughter, is basically going to sound the death knell for a small business. Maybe before posting about your family's business' allegiance to a hot-button cause related to black people and racism, think about deleting all those racists tweets you made years ago talking about how black people should be eradicated, using the n* word with monkey emojis, and your posting of swastikas. Think about how this could impact the people around you, including your family, your customers, and other businesses who support you. I don't blame their landlord for wanting run away from any association with her toxic tweets, and likely there is a clause within their lease agreement allowing the breaking of the lease due to certain behavior.

by Klinky 6y ago

thu2111 6y ago

It's not just firing, however. The article discusses the case of the guy who owned the company, whose daughter (whom he employed) posted some bad stuff to Twitter years ago. He fired his own daughter but this was insufficient: not only did virtually all his customers abandon him immediately but his landlord revoked his lease (how can a landlord do that? I have no idea). So basically his entire business was destroyed overnight in response to something he didn't even do himself. A lot of these firings are driven by fear of customer boycotts. And the customer boycotts are driven by fear of more boycotts/outrage/etc... it's a circle of destruction.

Klinky 6y ago
She's his daughter, a product of him, and likely to continue to influence him and receive biased treatment in the future. Familial ties are much harder to break than business ones. Had she not been his daughter, firing alone may have been sufficient. However, one of her tweets even incriminates the whole family. "God already punished you for being black, so why would you make it worse by being gay. #shitpeopleinmyfamilysay!! Haha" They found themselves in hot water after posting about their allegiance with BLM, which has been a marketing bandwagon as of late. This leads to people digging into how sincere these businesses are, and finding a cache of noxious racist tweets by the director of a business, who is the CEO's daughter, is basically going to sound the death knell for a small business. Maybe before posting about your family's business' allegiance to a hot-button cause related to black people and racism, think about deleting all those racists tweets you made years ago talking about how black people should be eradicated, using the n* word with monkey emojis, and your posting of swastikas. Think about how this could impact the people around you, including your family, your customers, and other businesses who support you. I don't blame their landlord for wanting run away from any association with her toxic tweets, and likely there is a clause within their lease agreement allowing the breaking of the lease due to certain behavior.