She was on her own time. She expressed her dislike for the President.
Classic free speech.
I guess her employer has the right to fire her, but if she performed well in the job, It seems excessive.
All the bad publicity likely was the reason.
But, as noted, a large minority of citizens see her as a “shero”. I suppose that is newspeak for heroine.
The First Amendment protects us from the government, not us from our employers. She posted this on her Facebook site which, apparently, also identified her employer and embarrassed them. They took actions they deemed appropriate.
Agree— excessive. She clearly had little value for the company and they found an excuse to can her.
Virginia is a "right to work" state and as such both the employee and the employer have the right to engage employment or disengage at any time for any reason without union agreement.
Delayed proper responses can sometimes be excessive. You quietly put up with being poked in the chest a bunch of times, then finally respond — usually harsher than a first response. I’ll wager she’s been a tolerated thorn in that company’s side for a while. We all know the type.
I agree with you. She was working at the time. It seems some on FR is becoming more like the people they decry every day.
I agree. She was on her free time. I do not like sinking to the left’s level of doxxing and destroying someone’s livelihood.
I read down-thread that she posted this on FB and identified her employer so, I would leave it up to her employer as it should be.
“...but if she performed well in the job, It seems excessive.”
Her posting of the picture violated company policy. The company did what Goodell was too stupid to do. Case closed.
If she performed her job well, I would expect her to still have it.
I would caption the photo - “What Former President Obama Meant When He Said Democrats Must Take The High Road?”
Once she linked her free speech and personal identity with her employer’s in social media distribution channels with potential to reach millions ... the game changed. It is possible even if she limited her post to her speech and identity, someone else in social media would have “outed” her employer. Social media in a declining moral culture is changing the world in many ways. She probably didn’t think things through - how her brain was connected to her middle finger - instead of silent self-satisfaction for expressing herself without identification, it appears her ego may be a factor. In any case the assets, reputation and possibly employer’s future viability were potentially at risk. In this case, they are not going to risk them for an employee with her level and performance.
BTW - Shero = politically correct = heroine. Leftists should be challenged to live in different cultures and gender-cleanse relevant languages - let’s start with Spanish, French, German. I am sure they will be welcomed in with loving arms.
She didn’t just flip the bird, she also posted it in Facebook and it went viral. It’s the latter that got her fired and I don’t blame her employer.
But then the CFO of a biomedical company in Arizona got fired over the video he proudly posting of him berating the drive through clerk at a Chick-Fil-A.
You must be a victim of the government run school system otherwise you would have known that this is not a “free speech” issue.
Not at all excessive. I would never tell anyone why their position was being eliminated, but in an "at will" state the employer is entitled to fire someone for any reason or for no reason. As long as you're not dumb enough to say why, the former employee has no grounds to complain. I'd fire anyone who was rude in public about the President of the United States.