is this a sackable offence?

Housey · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:20

Depends if your HR lead has the surname Himmler.

Zogger · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:22

desires said:
Drawing A cartoon Hitler with the words 'Hitler is gay'. If said picture got into the hands of hr would it be a sackable offence or just a telling off?

is hr short for hitler?

One · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:22

Raymond Lin · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:24

Try it and report back.

Boycey0211 · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:25

'is' probably should be 'was'

Not sure if bad grammar is a sackable offence though, sorry.

danza · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:28

I'd have my CV up on the main job sites ASAP if I were you.

OhEsEcks · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:34

"Hitler is gay" is such a lazy insult. There's an entire dictionary of fantastic words that could be used to describe the man. Instead, someone chose to label him a homosexual, as if being a homosexual is something as villainous as attempting to wipe out an entire people.

Mr Badger · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:34

Why was it drawn, what was it drawn on, was it done at work and why would it get into the hands of HR?

If there's a story behind this that involves some sort of formal complaint being made about discrimination...

andy_mk3 · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:35

Tadpole Hitler.

dowie · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:36

HR generally aren't going to be proactive over something like that... I'm sure if a senior manager or a gay person complained about it then it could become a sackable offence otherwise I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.

DanielMMS · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:37

Context is everything. More detail required.

Burnsy2023 · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:37

To actually answer the question asked, depending on your job, this could be seen as gross misconduct and therefore a sackable offence.

Rroff · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:39

Yeah context is needed.

Amp34 · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:39

OhEsEcks said:
"Hitler is gay" is such a lazy insult. There's an entire dictionary of fantastic words that could be used to describe the man. Instead, someone chose to label him a homosexual, as if being a homosexual is something as villainous as attempting to wipe out an entire people.

Aren't there a lot of questions over Hitler's sexuality, including Eva Braun not being his true lover. He may in fact have been gay...

Just argue it's a historic image ...

Scuzi · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:40

Did you leave it on the desk of a homosexual Jew?

Jono8 · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:40

Are you 12? That would be the only possible explanation for why you would do this and if you are 12 you must only have a paper round or something so no I wouldn't worry.

arknor · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:41

desires said:
Drawing A cartoon Hitler with the words 'Hitler is gay'. If said picture got into the hands of hr would it be a sackable offence or just a telling off?

is this job "school child" hours 9:00-15:30 ? Pay a few GCSE's if your lucky in a few years

SpaghettiOs · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:42

Jono8 said:
Are you 12? That would be the only possible explanation for why you would do this and if you are 12 you must only have a paper round or something so no I wouldn't worry.

Agreed. Even if it wasn't offensive in context, I'm sure HR would love to ask why someone who considers drawing picture of Hitler funny is on their payroll.

One · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:51