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I'm pro free speech and hate when people get cancelled for their beliefs. I don't think firing was appropriate based on the story told in the article, but also
by xupybd 3y ago
I'm pro free speech and hate when people get cancelled for their beliefs. I don't think firing was appropriate based on the story told in the article, but also recommend not acting like the author. Not to avoid being fired but to follow the basic life rule "don't be a dick".
- josephcsible 3y agoI wouldn't call this being "cancelled". IMO, getting fired can only mean being cancelled if it was for something not work related.
- xupybd 3y agoYeah I think you might be correct. I used the wrong term but I guess what I don't like is the idea of calling someone's boss to get them fired for saying something mean online. On the other side I'd not want people on my team to represent my work place like this. If I was a coworker I'd rather see them removed. Those tweets were gratuitously unprofessional in the setting of a work conference.
- Yizahi 3y agoIt wasn't work related, no? She wrote from the personal account, not from the @vmware or something. I'm not pro insults on twitter. But I think much bigger problem than the insults is the way corporations try to claim everything as "work related". If that specific account or whole media (Twitter) had been explicitly mentioned as her job responsibilities, then I guess corporation was in the right, claiming that it was for work. But just trying to blanket control whole human lives during the employment period is bad. Bad for us, employees.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoShe attended the conference on behalf of her employer (literally the first line on her post), and insulted people at this conference, this is 100% work related.