Can't make any jokes at work anymore. 6 BMO bankers fired for a leaked group chat

They had it coming.

People have been getting fired for inappropriate stuff in emails and texts for as long as those have existed. And many times, the leak was accidental, and someone saw it that wasn't intended to. Same thing can happen just talking in a group at work. But emails/chats are worse because you are using company property.

You are at work. Act that way. I say that as a huge free speech advocate. But there is a time and a place for everything. Understand when you are not on your own time. Say your spicy things outside of company property, like at lunch or after work.

You can tell jokes as long as they’re not funny.

Same 6 that were fired for harassing a gay employee or was this another group? Not being able to use gay slurs and a abuse people should definitely be a protected right?

Simply pathetic how you don't understand what free speech means as it relates to companies. That's capitalism b*tch.

You defending this bullying as a right is on par with a middle school bully. You never evolved past that emotionally or intellectually. However if you want a real job, they aren't going to put up with your childish mean girls shenanigans. There are better qualified employees who know how to conduct themselves in a professional manner so kick rocks and pump gas or drive trucks, beyatch.

Why do you view their free speech right as so-called harassment?

Link or GTFO.

These guys were harassing a fellow employee.

bankingdive.com

4 BMO bankers fired, 2 resign after bullying probe: report

Dan Ennis

An investment banker in the Toronto office of BMO’s mining group was subjected to homophobic slurs and targeted in person and virtually on Microsoft Teams, four sources told The Globe and Mail.

Link:www.bankingdive.com/news/bmo-4-bankers...

It’s sad, I know.

But we’ll always have your stunning and brave staunch defense of Al Franken, set forth in words that continue to ring throughout the interwebs.

You are so dense that you have no concept of what the word “woke” even means.

whether you agree with it or not the Bank itself has an image and a reputation to uphold. They cater to gay and straight clients alike and would not want to alienate its customers who prefer that lifestyle. Banking is money and gay people like straight people have money to invest. Why let six immature people cost them money. The bottom line will always count in business.

They had their free speech, but they forgot all speech whether good or bad carries with it weight and consequences. Eben the founding fathers understood this. Their free speech to rebel against Britain had consequences and lead to a revolution.

Hope this helps explain the situation.

My apologies for the spelling errors :)

Seems to me like some losers are out of a job. I won’t shed a tear over it.

If you wouldn't say it in public, don't say it in a group chat. It's not difficult.

You can't even insult and harass your gay coworkers anymore!? What happened to muh freedom?

What do you call repeating using homophobic slurs against an individual other than harassment?

why do you think free speech means you are free from the consequences of your speech?

You are free to say whatever you want and the company is free to fire you for it.

Sadly, you're actually quite wrong about companies tolerating mean girl behavior. I've had plenty of bosses and managers who would happily join in whenever they saw people migrating to the office of the company gossip. Whoever OP was talking about will likely have been fired because the public or the press got wind of the stuff they were saying. The mere fact they said it probably doesn't have much bearing, it's that it got out.