Quote Originally Posted by Sarteck View Post
I see the analogy as perfectly apt.

It's people judging someone on a bit of information, out-of-context, that may or may not be representative of their lifestyle.

Your own analogy is anything but--it's a specific situation that happened while the person was working, and had everything to do with how she conducted herself while on the job.
No, the subsequent confrontation was when the woman was off the clock at a completely different store. The person she was in an argument with just happened to be a frequent customer at the store we worked at. An off-the-clock confrontation/situation directly led to her being fired. Because that customer knew she worked for our store. Please read my post again.

Again, your analogy doesn’t work. Companies do perform background and social media checks for prospective employees. And even for current employees. They give you the social media policy when you talk to them about being hired. Next time, take the time to go over it and read it.

It doesn’t matter if it’s an accurate representation of a person’s “lifestyle”—if it’s something that reflects badly, a company can choose to not have that person work for their company. Because even one bad off-shot is one too many for some.