SSgt Alex Robinson 988885 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money">http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/022/824/qrc/150922_car_privatetextfired.jpg?1443056793"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money">Can I Be Fired Over My Private Text Messages?</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Q: Was it wrong for my boss to fire me after a stranger sent in photos of my private text messages? I’m a part-time retail…</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Is it wrong to be fired over a private text message? 2015-09-23T21:06:56-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 988885 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money">http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/022/824/qrc/150922_car_privatetextfired.jpg?1443056793"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://time.com/money/4045304/fired-private-text-messages/?xid=yahoo_money">Can I Be Fired Over My Private Text Messages?</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Q: Was it wrong for my boss to fire me after a stranger sent in photos of my private text messages? I’m a part-time retail…</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Is it wrong to be fired over a private text message? 2015-09-23T21:06:56-04:00 2015-09-23T21:06:56-04:00 CPO Andy Carrillo, MS 988997 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Private? What's that? Insubordination and/or threatening communications have always been just cause for termination as a disrespectful nature seldom makes for a good workplace. The powerful TED Talk explains why seemingly "private" texts are not:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control?language=en">http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control?language=en</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/022/828/qrc/bd82943883da85a6df233090923b3699ee9f6f14_2880x1620.jpg?1443059988"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control?language=en">When online shaming spirals out of control</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman&#39;s life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob -- and says it&#39;s time to rethink how we interact online.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CPO Andy Carrillo, MS made Sep 23 at 2015 10:02 PM 2015-09-23T22:02:46-04:00 2015-09-23T22:02:46-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 989034 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The common man or woman can but not Hillary or O. Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 23 at 2015 10:24 PM 2015-09-23T22:24:41-04:00 2015-09-23T22:24:41-04:00 Sgt Rob Brothers 989285 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well you really need to be careful what you say in a text now days. I think its wrong, but others may not. Response by Sgt Rob Brothers made Sep 24 at 2015 12:35 AM 2015-09-24T00:35:40-04:00 2015-09-24T00:35:40-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 989805 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You probably are not in a union and probably work in a "right to work" state.<br />You boss can fire you because he / she does not like your shoes... Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Sep 24 at 2015 9:12 AM 2015-09-24T09:12:05-04:00 2015-09-24T09:12:05-04:00 SSG Warren Swan 990412 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you are on YOUR personal phone on your PERSONAL time, no. If you're "brave" enough to engage in questionable text messages on a government or business provided phone, you take your chances. Now if your phone is routed through a personal email/text/whatever you want server at your house, with monitors who are paid enough not to snitch, your chances of survival are pretty good. Response by SSG Warren Swan made Sep 24 at 2015 12:51 PM 2015-09-24T12:51:49-04:00 2015-09-24T12:51:49-04:00 SGT Scott Bell 990838 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes it is Response by SGT Scott Bell made Sep 24 at 2015 2:57 PM 2015-09-24T14:57:27-04:00 2015-09-24T14:57:27-04:00 2015-09-23T21:06:56-04:00