They're not being targeted for speaking out against climate change, they're being targeted for publicly criticizing their employer. The context of climate change here is irrelevant, they'd have gotten that HR call for literally any other public criticism.
Of course it's against communication policy to publicly bad-mouth your employer. Amazon is being fair and reasonable by giving them a warning before actually firing them. As an employee, if you have concerns about the company, you keep it in-house. If those concerns aren't addressed to your satisfaction, then you quit. You can talk about them all you want, but you can't expect to continue to be paid by a company while you give them bad press.
I have a strong feeling these employees will be fired in a few days. After all publicly complaining about their warning to stoke further news against amazon is a blatant violation of the warning they were just given.
I've written in forums and such about my employer when they come up in the news on an issue I happen have an opinion about but I have never said in at any point online I was an employee. It's common sense in corporate world to have a layer of anonymity if you want to speak about your boss.
This is actually a smart move: If they protest louder and louder until Amazon fires them, they'll become Internet famous and will be quickly hired by a more enviro-conscious company, AND even more attention will be drawn to Amazon's CO2 footprint. Win-win!
If they quiet down and go out with a whimper rather than a bang, then they'll just have a black mark on their records and will likely be squeezed out of the company anyway.
The general Rule of thumb is to not bite the hand that feeds you. First amendment rights make sure that you will not be arrested for stating your views. But it isn't about having no consequences for stating your views.
This is the way capitalism is done in the US, but not every country does it the same way. In Nordic countries workers are considered to have more rights than they do in the US.
Anyhow, perhaps someone from that area could comment on how employees who criticize their employers are treated. Here in the US they can be terminated, unless you can show that the employee was being discriminated against (e.g. if the treatment of black employees who do this differs from the treatment of white employees).
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You mean, "for publicly criticizing the company" (Score:5, Informative)
They're not being targeted for speaking out against climate change, they're being targeted for publicly criticizing their employer. The context of climate change here is irrelevant, they'd have gotten that HR call for literally any other public criticism.
Of course it's against communication policy to publicly bad-mouth your employer. Amazon is being fair and reasonable by giving them a warning before actually firing them. As an employee, if you have concerns about the company, you keep it in-house. If those concerns aren't addressed to your satisfaction, then you quit. You can talk about them all you want, but you can't expect to continue to be paid by a company while you give them bad press.
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I have a strong feeling these employees will be fired in a few days. After all publicly complaining about their warning to stoke further news against amazon is a blatant violation of the warning they were just given.
I've written in forums and such about my employer when they come up in the news on an issue I happen have an opinion about but I have never said in at any point online I was an employee. It's common sense in corporate world to have a layer of anonymity if you want to speak about your boss.
Re:You mean, "for publicly criticizing the company (Score:4, Interesting)
This is actually a smart move: If they protest louder and louder until Amazon fires them, they'll become Internet famous and will be quickly hired by a more enviro-conscious company, AND even more attention will be drawn to Amazon's CO2 footprint. Win-win!
If they quiet down and go out with a whimper rather than a bang, then they'll just have a black mark on their records and will likely be squeezed out of the company anyway.
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The general Rule of thumb is to not bite the hand that feeds you.
First amendment rights make sure that you will not be arrested for stating your views. But it isn't about having no consequences for stating your views.
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This is the way capitalism is done in the US, but not every country does it the same way. In Nordic countries workers are considered to have more rights than they do in the US.
Anyhow, perhaps someone from that area could comment on how employees who criticize their employers are treated. Here in the US they can be terminated, unless you can show that the employee was being discriminated against (e.g. if the treatment of black employees who do this differs from the treatment of white employees).