Facebook Argument Caused Verbal Warning at Work

Facebook Argument Caused Verbal Warning at Work Q: Should I have gotten in trouble at work for a Facebook spat I got in that had nothing to do with my job? I had an online spat with someone on Facebook in my free time. They wrote an anonymous note to the company I work for saying that I called them names (I called them “whiny”) and that I set a bad example for the company, etc. My boss asked for screen shots but got no reply. Then she friended me on Facebook to find out if I had done this and gave me a verbal warning at work. Should she have done this? I feel my freedom of speech was violated. Read More: I was fired after a stranger sent photos of my private text messages to my employer A: Your boss was out of line, but your freedom of speech wasn’t violated, not in the legal sense. Your constitutional right to free speech protects speech from being censored by the government; it doesn’t regulate what private entities can do. In other words, your employer can indeed impose consequences for what you say, even outside work, and even if they’re being unreasonable in doing so.