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In reply to the discussion: Erika Casher: Cigna 'Quietly Fires' Employee Mocking Teen Over Grandmother's Death Due to Covid-19 [View all]wnylib
(21,422 posts)Her actions are directly related to her work. As a nurse, health care is her profession, regardless of what specific work she does for her company. Health care and prevention of disease and the cost of treatment is directly related to her company. When she supports actions that make more people get sick and die, she is acting at cross purposes to her company, costing thrm more money in payouts. When she is seen in public mocking a teen for grieving the loss of his grandmother, she hurts the company's image. Even if only her friends, relatives, and neighbors know that she is a nurse and where she works, in today's world, with social media, the whole world could end up knowing.
So I agree with the company on this.
I do think that firing people for non work activities is encroachment on privacy. In the runup to the Iraq war, I went to DC for a protest march. A reporter started asking me questions during the march. To protect my privacy, I did not give him my name. When his companion put a camera on me I coverrd my face and said, "No pictures, no film." i knew that if my employer saw or heard me on the news, they would make my life miserable and find an alternate excuse to fire me if I didn't quit.
But this time I agree with the company.