(April 26, 2016 at 12:11 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(April 26, 2016 at 6:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: What sucks about this is did she fire you for complaining about her? Or did she fire you because you are an atheist?
This is why it is never a good idea to use work computers for talk about work. And even with home devices, I would not even advise being friends online with co workers even if you like them, precisely because of things like this. I also cannot prove that I got fired from my 7 year job for my atheism. In my case though, I think it had more to do with the owner being a fucking cheapskate and didn't like the fact I wasn't willing to do two jobs at once, and especially when I was already doing a ton of shit work none of the other workers were willing to do.
I would at least report this to FFRF if you truly think you were fired for being an atheist. If you have damned good work record that is a shitty thing for them to do.
I didn't complain about her - not in person to anyone, not via e-mail, not online - - EXCEPT here, which I thought was safe. (Silly me.) And, no, I wasn't Facebook friends with my boss. According to my only witness, I was the perfect employee until I left my computer unlocked, and she found "atheist forums" in my computer history. At that point, I became someone she had to get rid of. (Remember, it's a two-person office.) She could have objected to using a work computer to surf the web - but then, she was on FB all the time at work. Oh well - - FFRF! I should look into that. Thanks Brian!
You are missing my point. What she did was unfair, but if you are not part of a union, and cant afford a labor lawyer in most of America they can fire you for no good reason and lie about it. I bet if you went on every worker's computer there you would find every single one of them uses it for non work stuff, and don't be shocked if it were porn either. Point is, from what you said it sounds like you got fired for being an atheist but all she'd have to argue is that you used a computer to look up non work stuff. I'd still report this to FFRF.
The rest of what I said was advice for anything on any issue even if you are not using a work place computer. It is simply better not to have online communication with co workers at all, just in case you do want to bitch.
