Over the weekend, my HR buddy Heather Kinzie and I exchanged emails about employees discussing politics on social media. Serendipitously, a recent employee firing over an explosive tweet — yeah, I know, shocking — provides me with some fodder for you.
Nancy Dillon at the the New York Daily News reports about a (former) employee of California’s State Board of Equalization, who tweeted an image of a masked hangman holding a noose above the words “I’m Ready for Hillary.” Worse yet, he tweeted it on the official Twitter account for the Riverside County Republican Party.
The employer learned about the tweet the hard way; that is, when the press reached out to the Riverside County GOP chairman for comment. To its credit, the Riverside County GOP issued a public apology and, shortly thereafter, the employee who tweeted the image resigned.
When enjoying your highball, you know not to discuss either politics or religion.
If only these rules applied at work. But, I do want to make a few points here: