My boss at the Phoenix call center gave me a choice: delete my tweet about the broken AC or lose my job.

I posted a pic of the office thermostat reading 87 degrees with the caption 'working conditions are a joke here.' They said it was bad for the company's image. I chose to delete it, but they still fired me the next day for 'attitude issues.' Has anyone else been fired for something they already took down?

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diana_carr667d ago

Seriously? They canned you over a deleted tweet about the heat? That feels like they were just looking for any excuse to get rid of you. The "attitude issues" thing sounds like a cover because they knew firing you over the tweet was weak. What a garbage move.

kimfisher7d ago

My old boss had a list of "attitude issues" longer than my deleted tweet. They just needed a reason to cut costs before the quarter ended. Guess complaining about the office AC was my final corporate crime.

the_drew7d ago

Saw a story last year about a warehouse worker who got fired for an old Instagram story about slow wifi, even after they removed it. Management claimed it showed a "pattern of negativity." It's a classic move to make the firing seem about your character, not their bad conditions.