After reading the news article below, answer these two questions:
1) Do you side with the employee or the employer? Make a strong argument based on your knowledge from the chapter.
2) If the company had used progressive discipline process, how would the company had handled the employee in case differently?
“Chicago man’s tweet about widow of Navy SEAL killed in Yemen costs him job”
By CORILYN SHROPSHIRE CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
MAR 03, 2017
Another day, another tweet that cost someone their job.
Before President Donald Trump gave his speech to Congress Tuesday, Chicagoan Daniel Grilo had a job at a financial firm. The next day, he didn’t.
During the speech, Grilo, at the time a principal at Liberty Advisor Group, tweeted, “Sorry Owens’ wife, you’re not helping yourself or your husband’s memory by standing there and clapping like an idiot. Trump just used you.”
Grilo was referring to Carryn Owens, whose husband, Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, was killed during a January raid that targeted an al-Qaida stronghold in Yemen. Owens attended the president’s speech and cried as Trump acknowledged her and the audience applauded.
The tweet sparked a firestorm not only on Twitter, but on several social networks including 4chan and Reddit, shredding Grilo for his comments. “You’re disgusting, you don’t even deserve to speak to this man who served,” wrote @PolitBunny on Twitter. On Reddit, another user named “whywouldyousaythattt” wrote: “I really want to ruin this guys life over what he said. Does this make me THE LIBERAL now? ;(”
Within a few minutes Grilo responded with an apology, writing, “Folks, clearly a poorly worded tweet. I apologize to all and am deeply moved by all your comments. Thank you for your feedback.”
A few minutes later, Grilo, whose Twitter account said he volunteered for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, apologized again, writing in reference to Trump: “I apologize, I believe parading Ryan’s wife’s pain like that was shameful after his morning comments.” He also tweeted, “I am so happy to see you are all inspired to protect Gold Star families, and I thank you for swiftly condemning my awful tweet.”
Grilo later deleted his Twitter account. The tweets were archived and circulated on the Internet.
Despite his apologies, Liberty Advisor Group deleted his profile on their website and dismissed Grilo. “The individual who issued the tweet is no longer affiliated with Liberty. … His comments were inconsistent with the Company’s values and the unyielding respect it has for the members of our Nation’s Armed Forces,” said a statement posted on the company’s website Wednesday.
