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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by grimgoldgo on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:56AM (#36596502)
So, free speech doesn't extend to criticism of the government? People should lose their jobs because they said mean words on Twitter?
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by wiseowise on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:00AM (#36596552)
You’re free to say funny words on twitter, they’re free to fire you for it. Everyone wins.

Or you think you can be obnoxious clown without repercussions?

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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by grimgoldgo on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:23AM (#36596823)
> Or you think you can be obnoxious clown without repercussions?

Seems to be working for Elon, tbh.

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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by subsistence234 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:08AM (#36597745)
If you're the owner of your company, the company won't fire you. You can still harm your company (and thereby yourself) by attacking your biggest customers on social media.
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by coldtea on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:55AM (#36597658)
Who needs government censorship when you can outsource it?
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by khazhoux on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:15AM (#36596731)
She insulted one of her company's client. So yeah, you risk your job when you do that.
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by pewpew2020 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:58AM (#36596526)
This is not about free speech, this is about company policy.
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by coldtea on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:58AM (#36597677)
On his private twitter? While NOT posting about the company at all?

It was a customer of the company that got offended. Should he know every customer of the company? If the company has 1000s of customers, are they all off limits? Are you supposed to know who they are?

If you work for AT&T and an AT&T customer (of the millions it has) is a jerk or you have some political disagreement with their views, do you get to tweet about it on your personal twitter account? Should they be able to complain and get you fired?

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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by 0cf8612b2e1e on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:17AM (#36596749)
Aren’t most a Americans at-will employees? You can be fired for being too ugly, let alone things which might damage a company relationship.
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Re:I Posted Myself Out of a Job by morelisp on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:13AM (#36598681)
I don't think anyone is debating VMWare's legal right to fire her, just the wisdom of such a decision.

If I was a big tech company especially one trying to find people interested in working lower down the stack, I wouldn't go around pissing off leftist furries.

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