People in videos revealing selves as racist, then fired--anyone check if really fired?

[bobbieinok]

Or just a ploy by companies to get out of negative spotlight?

Now and then these days I get pretty cynical

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. How would you check?

[bobbieinok]

2. I don't know. I wondered if anyone follows up on the employer's claim?

As I recall, there have been follow-up checks on some

It just seemed it might be easy to look good but maybe not do anything

[JHB]

5. I suppose by hiring a private investigator to check up on how they're spending their time.

If it's basically still working for their "former" employer (e.g., as a consultant), then it's not so former. But if they're not, then yeah, they were canned.

[donkeypoofed]

3. The companies that fire them usually put up tweets

Which is their way of socially distancing from assholes.

[bobbieinok]

6. Wouldn't posting/linking a company web page be more reliable?

A twitter is just flung out there

[Tipperary]

9. Well, in the example of that man in Michigan married to Annie Oakley, they put out a tweet and

the article I read said he had vanished from their website.

[PTWB]

4. The backlash would be wayyyyy more severe if they lied about the terminations.

[FBaggins]

7. In most of these cases... the individual's name is known

I'm sure that some coworker would say something on social media if the person was still around months later.

[Xolodno]

8. Company I work for...

...came out for Pride month a few years ago during an all company meeting. Noticed one co-worker who did not clap...she left shortly after.

It's also recently announced its support for BLM and held conferences online with the company Black Alliance (they support inclusion networks).

No one has ever gone full bat shit crazy to embarrass the company, that kind of thing makes you unemployable. Instead, they leave quietly.

[WestCoastYellowDog]

10. Getting fired for just not clapping seems very extreme

[Xolodno]

12. Re-read my post.

She didn't get fired. She resigned.

[WestCoastYellowDog]

13. Thank you for the clarification

I interpreted they leave quietly and do not become unemployable as they are forced to resign, which is an involuntary termination.

[Wawannabe]

11. ...

This DU OP states that a spokesperson at the co confirmed person no longer employed. Think I have read this in several of the stories I followed...


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