My friend in Denver got canned for a 2019 meme he reposted last Tuesday

He argued it was just a dumb joke, but his company's HR said the image violated their new social media policy about 'historical context', so what's the statute of limitations on old posts anyway?

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river9522mo agoMost Upvoted

Denver's 2019 meme firing shows @juliarodriguez misses how unfair retroactive rules are.

juliarodriguez2mo ago

That's rough, but companies can fire you for any post if it breaks their rules. The "when" doesn't really matter if the policy says all content counts.

murray.cora1d ago

Can I be honest? I used to think along the same lines, that it was on the person for posting stupid stuff. But seeing how people get fired for memes from years ago, or jokes that weren't a big deal back then, it really changed my view. It just feels like companies are moving the goalposts way too far, and nobody really knows what's safe anymore from one year to the next. I still think you gotta be careful online, but this whole thing made me realize it's not as black and white as I used to believe.

diana_carr662mo ago

Remember when people dug up old tweets from like 2012 to cancel folks? Feels like that, but for your job now.