First, everyone PLEASE keep the politics and religion out of this thread.
Like most everyone I am seeing more and more people get the ax for voicing their opinions in public venues (Facebook, etc.) and the reasons given are a little scary, at least to me. Before going off on me let me say I do NOT think an employee should bad mouth the employer, management or any person in the company / organization. That has always been a firing offence in my book and still is as far as my thinking goes.
What I am talking about is people being fired because they don’t share the employers ideology over some or even the majority of non-work related issues. I don’t believe if you are working at say a John Deere factory that putting something on Facebook about the Zimmerman/Martin problem, one way or the other, should have anything to do with your job. I would say the same for someone working in a Catholic hospital as an orderly expressing their views on birth control. It has nothing to do with the job.
It seems that companies started taking over employees lives when the war on smokers began and it has marched forward into all aspects of non-work life to the point that doing a good job, promoting the company or business is no longer enough, now you must share your bosses ideology. As an example, a copy editor
at Essence magazine was let go because he said he supported efforts to prevent voter fraud. This is after 11 years of outstanding performance according to his direct supervisor. Again, it has nothing to do with the company, his job, or his performance, he simply didn’t share the same ideologies.
That is just one small example but I see them all over the place on a daily basis and even see where companies are now demanding that employees hand over their passwords to their private accounts that are not seen by the general public. My take, it’s gone way too far over the line. What do you think?
Like most everyone I am seeing more and more people get the ax for voicing their opinions in public venues (Facebook, etc.) and the reasons given are a little scary, at least to me. Before going off on me let me say I do NOT think an employee should bad mouth the employer, management or any person in the company / organization. That has always been a firing offence in my book and still is as far as my thinking goes.
What I am talking about is people being fired because they don’t share the employers ideology over some or even the majority of non-work related issues. I don’t believe if you are working at say a John Deere factory that putting something on Facebook about the Zimmerman/Martin problem, one way or the other, should have anything to do with your job. I would say the same for someone working in a Catholic hospital as an orderly expressing their views on birth control. It has nothing to do with the job.
It seems that companies started taking over employees lives when the war on smokers began and it has marched forward into all aspects of non-work life to the point that doing a good job, promoting the company or business is no longer enough, now you must share your bosses ideology. As an example, a copy editor
at Essence magazine was let go because he said he supported efforts to prevent voter fraud. This is after 11 years of outstanding performance according to his direct supervisor. Again, it has nothing to do with the company, his job, or his performance, he simply didn’t share the same ideologies.
That is just one small example but I see them all over the place on a daily basis and even see where companies are now demanding that employees hand over their passwords to their private accounts that are not seen by the general public. My take, it’s gone way too far over the line. What do you think?
