General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Doxxing Nazis: People in Charlottesville and surrounding areas should [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)I might not want to hire someone who identifies as a neo-Nazi, and I can decline to hire anyone as long as that decision isn't based on the person's inclusion in a protected class such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identification/orientation, or age. So if I see a Facebook post showing a photo of a job applicant standing in front of a Nazi flag and holding an AK-47 along with a caption that says "Sieg Heil," I'm probably not going to want to hire that person for fear they will be disruptive on the job or that they will do or say something that embarrasses my business.
If you post on social media, you're putting whatever you post out to the world in general. Many employers do check applicants' social media, and it's not at all unusual for someone to be fired because they did some assholish thing that casts the employer in a bad light. Many companies now have policies regarding their employees' use of social media. Like it or not, social media make it possible for employers to see what their employees are up to on their own time. If I am working for Chick-Fil-A or Hobby Lobby and I post a photo of myself on Facebook at a pro-choice protest wearing my pink pussy hat and holding a sign that says "Fuck Trump! Free Abortions For All!" I might get some blowback at work. And in most states I'd probably have no legal recourse.