hardly surprising... the company sells financial products to the general public, they are supposedly 'professionals' and have an image/reputation to maintain. Banter or not they're going to crack down on this kind of thing as it is negative PR and they're going to be concerned about it.
Cyclist crash 'joke' tweeter sacked from stockbrokers
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You would be surprised by the amount of people that get sacked due to the works Cristmas party be it paid for by the company or just organised by a load of work mates, so yes you can get sacked for something outside work.
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Yep, A past co worker of mine was sacked for getting into a offensive slur with someone outside of work on his way home, whilst still wearing works shirt, someone complained and he was sacked the next day.
Let's be honest, if his firm didn't kick up a stink, nobody would even know who he worked for. I think a more suitable punishment would be a public laughing at. Invite all the lycra nazis to Liverpool street, strap him into one of those kiddy bicycle trailer things, and let everyone point and laugh at him for a couple of hours for being a bell end.
The dude's 21, he's still naieve and stupid. He made a booboo and it's being blown way out of proportion. I'm not condoning what he said, but we've all been there. Taking away his job and potentially his career is a bit OTT.
The dude's 21, he's still naieve and stupid. He made a booboo and it's being blown way out of proportion. I'm not condoning what he said, but we've all been there. Taking away his job and potentially his career is a bit OTT.
yeah except it was a woman who actualy did run over a cyclist and not stop.
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A few years ago somebody had said I'd posted inflammatory remarks on Facebook about where I worked so I gave my username & password to the Manager and told him to knock himself out. He had somebody with him who knew how to use Facebook and he came back 30 minutes later apologising. It doesn't matter whether it's Facebook, Twitter or OCUK, you have to be careful what you post.
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I'm in 2 minds.
1) It was stupid to post this especially if you know your employer can read your tweets and you should post and behave online as you would in person and suffer the consequences accordingly.
2) It has nothing to do with the employer what someone does in their private life. Although they have a responsibility to uphold a certain code of conduct and duty of care onto others.
It's clear the guy is a little young and naive - however it reinforces the point that people should be held responsible for what/how they act/behave online.
1) It was stupid to post this especially if you know your employer can read your tweets and you should post and behave online as you would in person and suffer the consequences accordingly.
2) It has nothing to do with the employer what someone does in their private life. Although they have a responsibility to uphold a certain code of conduct and duty of care onto others.
It's clear the guy is a little young and naive - however it reinforces the point that people should be held responsible for what/how they act/behave online.
a company I used to work for tired to slap me on the wist for something I posted on here many moons again. The only reason why they couldn't pursue it further was that fact that they couldn't prove this account was mine, or in fact if I wrote the post. I got grassed up by another manager who knew it was me on this forum. Also that I didn't bring the company's name in disrepute meant that it was a non starter. The only really beef was that the post was written during work time.
Me personally, I think posting stuff is a good way of blowing of steam and stress at times. We all have those moments when we feel like going ape crazy at someone but is it not better to post something than to let it build up?
There is also a level of professionalism to be considered too and depending on where and who you work for, post needs to be appropriate manner. i.e. A police officer should not be posting Bristish First ****.
Me personally, I think posting stuff is a good way of blowing of steam and stress at times. We all have those moments when we feel like going ape crazy at someone but is it not better to post something than to let it build up?
There is also a level of professionalism to be considered too and depending on where and who you work for, post needs to be appropriate manner. i.e. A police officer should not be posting Bristish First ****.
it seems he didnt hit anyone (no one came forward at least) so hes just been sacked for the jopke. not for hitting anyone.
An employee at a former workplace of mine (before my time there) punched one of the owners in the jaw during an xmas party - a total sucker punch too. The business took legal advice, which basically summarised that they would have trouble sacking him as he was under the influence of alcohol that the business had supplied. I forget what the resolution was, but suspect they had to pay him off to leave.
As for the OP topic; seems harsh based on the facts presented.
You're acting like he said something extremely offensive and insulting
I could understand it if he'd said his employer were a bunch of ***** who treated their employees like **** (even though that appears to be true!
)He didn't insult anyone, didn't attack anyone, didn't make any references to his employer at all, just made a (crap) joke about hitting a cyclist, who really cares? Firing him for this is (IMO) far more negative publicity than a silly comment made which didn't hurt anyone.
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Nope.
His contract will have some very small print clause regarding not bringing his employer into disrepute and possibly even one regarding social media use.
He signed, he breached it, he's toast.
Welcome to tge private sector in the 21st Century.
OP's case is a potential crime that will make the company look bad as it explicitly mention going to work is essentially more important than another person's safety, the Singapore case was just a snob being a snob, and the mob didn't like it.
Online IS the real world.