The world as we know it is changing and will continue to change and if you are not a part of this change you will literally be left behind. We recently did an article on “The Great Resignation”, that saw millennials and young adults quitting their jobs at an alarming rate for better salaries , benefits, flexibility and for better mental health. Just a few days ago, there was something trending on LinkedIn that caught my eye that I knew I had to immediately look into and share my opinions.
Let me start off by saying, the people at work are not our friends. No matter how long we know them or how we think we might “work well” together, this is never the case, so it is important to keep this in mind. If it comes down to you and them for a position that pays more, best believe they will push you under the bus without hesitation to be the one to get the job.
Should Employees be Fired for Venting to Each Other?
Before we start to form an opinion, please let me finish how the situation went down. Three Senior Executives within it’s Film Marketing Team was fired for airing company leadership via Slack Private Messages. If you are not aware, Slack is a tool that most companies use to manage and assign tasks to individuals within a company. It can be updated as often as possible and allows everyone to see what the other person is working on and people can be placed on teams and communicate with each other in the general group messages or private messages.
First off, there is nothing wrong with venting at work as we are all humans and get frustrated with each other, but!!! Where they went wrong was the “where” they chose to vent. Slack is a public platform that can be accessed by any one at that specific workplace especially the I.T team who can literally go in and share all information with the management team. This might not be intentional on the I.T team, as it’s a part of their job to track online usage, so it’s definitely not on them. I’m gonna assume that these people don’t see each other on a regular basis or speak to each other outside of work as why would they choose Slack? Since they complained on a public platform used for work, they have all reason to be fired. If they are not happy with how the company is being run, surely they can find employment elsewhere and there are 3 more people who are equally as skilled and competent waiting to take their jobs.
In a statement to Insider, a Netflix spokesperson disputed the nature of the behavior that led to the apparent firings:
“The depiction of the Slack messages in question being critical of marketing leadership is untrue,”
the spokesperson said, declining to clarify to Insider the language the employees used.
Netflix is known for a unique company culture that it famously outlined publicly in a 127-slide deck in 2009, which stated that it valued “radical transparency” — a value that leads to intense feedback during its annual 360-degree reviews.
The three offenders also criticized their immediate boss, VP of marketing for Netflix original films Jonathan Helfgot, who was reportedly reluctant to fire the three, arguing that they were just venting and it did not warrant firings.
But Helfgot eventually relented to pressure from higher-ups, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It is said that an employee at the company (maybe a Karen), found months worth of messages and reported them to Netflix. What is this employee’s angle? Remember what I told you initially ” The people at work are not our friends”... I am sure there is more to the story as it couldn’t be that these employees were speaking badly about their bosses, because we all do and if that were true, there would just be offices with bosses and no people.
What do you think about this story? Do you think they should have been fired?
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#Should Employees be Fired for Venting to Each Other?
#Should Employees be Fired for Venting to Each Other?
#Should Employees be Fired for Venting to Each Other?
#Should Employees be Fired for Venting to Each Other?
