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<blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9407324" data-attributes="member: 7044459">This weekend there was an assassination attempt on the former President of the US. Social media has, as one would expect, been nuts ever since.Cancellations are in full swing too. Many people making light of the attempt, making jokes at the former President's expense... Etc.(Not a normal Joe Blow) Comedy Rock Duo Tenacious D have canceled their tour due to pressure exerted on them from venues following one of the members making a joke about it during a show.As for normal folk, there was a New York woman, who made some comments regarding the attempt on her FaceBook page. Someone found the location where she worked(A major hardware store chain), went in, confronted her on video, and then shared it online to the company who employed her. They responded that &quot;Her comments don't reflect the company's values&quot; and they confirmed she is no longer employed with them.As far as often... It's not something that happens every day. It's convenient that this just happened yesterday for this example. It's something you hear about every month, to every few months or so.As far as legality goes.. I'm not a lawyer.. but many states here are what are called &quot;At-Will Employment&quot; states, meaning that employers can terminate someone's employment at will, for nearly any reason. The exceptions being usually discrimination against a protected class (Race, Religion, what have you.)So &quot;Not aligning with company values&quot; is usually a perfectly acceptable excuseEdit: I sound like a broken record, as alzrius beat me to the punch</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Meech17, post: 9407324, member: 7044459"] This weekend there was an assassination attempt on the former President of the US. Social media has, as one would expect, been nuts ever since. Cancellations are in full swing too. Many people making light of the attempt, making jokes at the former President's expense... Etc. (Not a normal Joe Blow) Comedy Rock Duo Tenacious D have canceled their tour due to pressure exerted on them from venues following one of the members making a joke about it during a show. As for normal folk, there was a New York woman, who made some comments regarding the attempt on her FaceBook page. Someone found the location where she worked(A major hardware store chain), went in, confronted her on video, and then shared it online to the company who employed her. They responded that "Her comments don't reflect the company's values" and they confirmed she is no longer employed with them. As far as often... It's not something that happens every day. It's convenient that this just happened yesterday for this example. It's something you hear about every month, to every few months or so. As far as legality goes.. I'm not a lawyer.. but many states here are what are called "At-Will Employment" states, meaning that employers can terminate someone's employment at will, for nearly any reason. The exceptions being usually discrimination against a protected class (Race, Religion, what have you.) So "Not aligning with company values" is usually a perfectly acceptable excuse Edit: I sound like a broken record, as alzrius beat me to the punch [/QUOTE]

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