ICYMI: CEO of company that fired employee over BBQ sauce tweet: 'Calmer heads didn't prevail'
“Calmer heads didn’t prevail over this,” Florness said. “Nobody reached out to me to say, ‘Really? I am getting fired over a tweet?’ It’s an incredibly unfortunate event.”Regardless, Florness told the newspaper that the company’s reaction followed the law. And while he admitted that the firing may have been “an overreaction” and he may have responded differently, he said he was “not going to second guess” his staff’s decision.
But this year, he and his co-workers received a bottle of Edmonton-made “Get Sauced” barbecue sauce, which retails on Amazon for $5.99, and a wooden scraper branded with Fastenal’s logo. The day before New Year’s Eve, Mehaidli was called in for a meeting with his manager where he said he was fired on the spot.
Asked if he has any regrets about sending the tweet, Mehaidli said: “I wouldn’t say it’s regret … I let my emotions get the best of me at first. That’s all I’ve got to say.”
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