Will all this speculation and talk about sears censoring there employees, does anyone have a straight answer? could they legally fire you for posting here? what if you took them to court? could you win a case like that??
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O.P.-- Think of it this way, This site has been around since 2009 and no one has been fired yet. So what are the chances that a BK company will now have the resources, time or technology to now pursue someone who post on this site?
Just don't do it on a company computer or on company time and you will be fine.
@1zzw, I agree
Ghl, you are the biggest liar on this site. What a piece of garbage.
I've seen all sorts of confusion about this issue. "Freedom of speech" does not guarantee an employee the right to speak out against an employer, on or off the clock. The employee can certainly speak out without fear of being thrown in jail. The employer can fire them. It's that simple. If an employee chooses to work for a company this includes acceptance of their rules, and these may well include restrictions on behavior outside the workplace. There can be variations at the state level, but don't count on freedom of speech as a defense for public criticism of the company.
But in practical reality in this falling apart mess of a organization it's hard to believe management could get their act together enough to fire anybody for posting messages on an anonymous internet board.
SHLD will be releasing information soon about a lawsuit against this website. Please stay tuned.
Company is going to be done by 12/31. They have bigger fish to fry than to worry about an anonymous post on the internet.
I think sears and kmart have way more to worry about than taking employees to court for posting here. It a non issue...even if they try to say it is.
As long as you do it on you free time no worries here. Anything off the clock is your time. As someone else mentioned Sears doesnt have the resources to touch anyone at this point as well. Anything that the managers or any upper management of any sort are doing is a scare tactic.
My other half is an attorney and I asked him about it, DISCLAIMER this is NOT legal advice That being said, here is what he said
No, they can't and they should contact the labor board with the social media policy.
At will jurisdictions chumps. They exist.
Not a lawyer, but a Human Resources rep. If your manager tries to suppress your freedom of speech outside of working hours, contact the nearest office of the Nationals Labor Relations Board. A precious company of mine was hit with a charge from them due to our social media policy being too restrictive.
You'd be surprised. Look how much time Trump spends trolling on Twitter, and Obama was said to have spent plenty of time arguing on the Internet too. And we all know about Eli Wexler. Hell, I'm an attorney, and here I am.
They don't have the money/time/resources to pursue people posting on here. Don't let them threaten you but use common sense and don't talk about it at work.
In at will states they can fire you because they woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day. They don't need cause. If you're dumb enough to leave enough clues to identify yourself, they can yep, that sure is dwz alright. Let's fire him.
Of course they can. Don't be dumb enough to leave a trail of crumbs.