[ferdowsi]

I've noticed tech employees conducting organizing activities using workplace resources, such as Slack. Even if I agree with the spirit of organizing activity, many people doing it seem totally out of their depth. Of course you are going to get nailed, unless the company is tolerating your organizing as PR or as a venting mechanism.

[alexashka]

> many people doing it seem totally out of their depth

Sure, they are just testing out the activism they were being taught in universities out in the real world and quickly learning that what they were taught in school only works when you pay them (at university), not when they pay you (at work). Oopsies.

[zozbot234]

Last I checked, conducting organizing activities was something you cannot be fired for under employment law. What am I missing here?

[bigjimmyjohnson]

To borrow a quote from the motorcycle community:

"The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way."

[SV_BubbleTime]

We’re not firing you for that you’re being fired for one of the literally hundred thousands of reasons we can fire you for. Side note, It’s really disappointing that even after all the memos, you weren’t putting cover letters on your TPS reports.

(in this case the claimed reason is firing for deleting things from work devices while under investigation)

[Grustaf]

The comment you're replying to says "using company resources", those are the operative words here.

[8note]

At will employment was brought in to make sure organizers can be fired for organizing