Did he deserve to lose his job?

MyNameIsCharlie · November 03, 2015, 01:28:41 PM

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uber-rider-arrested-20151101-story.html

Here's the tl;dr version:

This guy gets a ride from an Uber driver. He's an asshole and attacks the driver. The driver uploaded the attack on YouTube, where the passenger is identified as a marketing manager for Taco Bell. He gets canned.

Now, it was not to or from a company function. He wasn't yelling anything that would tie him to Taco Bell corporate.

Should he have been canned?

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · November 03, 2015, 01:29:16 PM

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Dietrich Six · November 03, 2015, 01:30:33 PM

Absolutely not. Unless he went to jail and they have a policy for that.

Jim · November 03, 2015, 01:31:05 PM

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SecondClass · November 03, 2015, 01:31:43 PM

I would say absolutely not, but unfortunately, when you take a high-end job in today's world you kinda just have to accept that you're on the clock at all times. You have to represent the company. I hate this model of business, but it's there, and the Taco Bell guy knew that.

Jim · November 03, 2015, 01:32:32 PM

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Naru · November 03, 2015, 01:35:26 PM

well, sorta. unless he went to jail for doing it then yea he deserves it. but being a rep of a big company really makes you think twice of what you do.

velox · November 03, 2015, 01:44:39 PM

It's up to the company, really. Should that be a legal consequence? Absolutely not. But if a company consider this to be something they don't their employees to do, then so be it.

Rule #1: don't be a dick.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · November 03, 2015, 01:55:34 PM

That depends. Did he sign a contract saying that he is responsible for maintaining Taco Bell's public image? He probably did, because even cashiers at K-Mart and Target have to sign that shit, much less a marketing manager (given the PR nature of the job). If he broke contract, there's reason; even if he didn't, it might have been an At Will position.

BrenMan 94 · November 03, 2015, 02:30:03 PM

Did he get fired or was he forced to quit? There's a difference.