The statements were not made while he was an employee. That, to me, is highly relevant.
It makes no difference if he made them while he was an employee. Employers have, for many years now, taken what you have said/posted in your past, into consideration for possible disciplinary action (including termination).
... If we want to "go there", how long should it be before this year's Ivy League grads get their first professional job once people find out they were part of the "From the River to the Sea . . ." crowd? Would it be right to assume the worst of these students and simply not hire them for their issues positions, even in positions that were not political or ideological?
This First Avenue manager was fired for what he DIRECTLY said/posted.
I'm sure the company did not say, he was fired for simply being affiliated with trump/MAGA.
Big difference, Fuzzy.
As far as any Ivy League grads who simply protested (without arrest), they probably will get a pass from future employers. Anyone who directly said (or video tape) or posted (ie Tweeted) anything that could be interpreted to be anti-Semitic, is another thing entirely.
... In a job like being the manager of First Avenue, the manager's politics should have nothing to do with it; only his conduct as an employee should matter.
Corporate HR would have possible problems as follows:
His tweet brings-in to question, how fair he would be, to any employees under his control who would describe themselves to be "Progressive."
He also directly posted the words "racists" and "homophobes" in his tweet.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has listed "Race" as a protected class, for employment discrimination. His use of "homophobes" involves someone's sexual orientation, which in newer laws also has implications for protection in employment.
Could this manager be trusted to protect all his employees from possible discriminatory acts by other employees/supervisors, from racist or homophobic comments?
His use of both words (and considering their use in the entirety of his bizarre tweet), just make corporate HR squirm, and question everything about this manager.
I don't blame the company for terminating him.
