HR is on the side of the company, not the employee.

@TheMissPoovey

21 күн бұрын

It’s a way of getting your evidence ahead of time so they can counter it. Simply fill out forms, do not confide as a co-complainant. They are not on your side. They file paperwork, and use regulations to their advantage. Get the company handbook. Understand the company handbook. Know your rights before an issue arrives.

@kkirsch3583

20 күн бұрын

Nobody is on the employee’s side and that goes from government down to other employees and the EBT-card holders they are slaving to feed with their taxes.

@landymark5614

19 күн бұрын

idk if that how it is in other country. but from my experience. Hr maybe on the side of the company. but the ppl that work in the hr themselves, is on your side.

@KingSidJames

19 күн бұрын

@landymark5614 your very lucky. HR work for the company, so what benefit is it for them to side with you against the company?

@landymark5614

19 күн бұрын

@@KingSidJames to not be an ass? because they're also an employee that've been in my place once? because the rule is dumb and they dont personally believe or respect it but the job pay the bill? because they would have done the same in my shoe so they understand me and dont wanna punish me or throw me under the bus???

I get a very strong feeling that this is all real shit the actual creator has gone/is going through.

@Gancanna

26 күн бұрын

Or was sent in to them by people that dealt with it.

@dwaikens

21 күн бұрын

THe actual creator yea... but not the animator. I've seen many of the original videos.

@scottishhellcat

21 күн бұрын

I think the creator has been through this.

@danielle2451

20 күн бұрын

Same

@cubemissy

20 күн бұрын

I’m so non-confrontational, but I’m getting a LOT out of these videos. It’s helping me organize my thoughts, and get closer to the point where I can stand up for myself at work.

Companies will avoid paper trail. Then will fire someone for a different reason

@tordlindgren2123

Ай бұрын

Happened several times.

@doctormalleycat

29 күн бұрын

Yep oldest trick in the book this person is pretentious as hell and is immediately hostile as soon as she's spoken too I'm guessing she's an HR major who's never worked anywhere before cause you try to talk to your bosses like that in the real world gonna be a target on your back and they'll find a different reason to fire your ass simply cause you caused them problems and management doesn't like dealing with problems

@realpropertymangement7640

29 күн бұрын

​@@doctormalleycatLol....spot on. You go ahead and try responding to your upchain in that tone and tenor. See ya! Btw, the right to free speech only applies to infringement by a governmental entity, not a private company. And most states are "at will". In other words, the company WILL dictate to you, you WILL comply or you WILL be out the door. It's not right, it's not fair, but it is LEGAL!

@insaynt9924

29 күн бұрын

That's why it's generally up to you to create your own. Forward emails to your personal accounts, record conversations, etc And obviously don't tell them that you're doing this. They will try and use company policy against you to silence you if you let them know that you're doing it, But the truth is that it's not actually legal to prevent you from creating your own paper trail. That's basically interfering with your ability to have your own evidence and therefore interfering with the laws that protect you. In the event that it came to a legal dispute involving lawyers, it would be considered obstruction of justice.

@drewk75

29 күн бұрын

Or "We're not the government, you absolutely have the right to free speech. We're a private company and we have freedom of association, and as such, we're choosing not to associate with you anymore."

I worked with a Veronica once. The office improved dramatically with her around

@meyeah382

25 күн бұрын

I was Veronica, they fired me. When I asked why they said YOU DO NOT FIT INTO OUR WORK STYLE. I didn't work OT, they couldn't never reach me on my days off, there was a click that would be late the bosses friends she hired I'd go find a boss when the clock would be 30/45 mins late. Just a very oppressive place to work.

@Gonecheenin

25 күн бұрын

I usually quit from the BS far before they got to the point of firing me. 😅

@hydrangeas_lover

24 күн бұрын

​@@Gonecheenin😂

@calisongbird

21 күн бұрын

@@meyeah382*clique

@wallyballou7417

17 күн бұрын

I worked with a Veronica too. She was tedious and adversarial and we were all glad when she got fired.

Meanwhile the only reason HR knows about her social media presence is because the boss told them….boss is full of it.

@scottmcshannon6821

29 күн бұрын

how did the boss know? did she brag about it? did she spend all her "working hours" on social media? did she ever do any real work?

@lanceknightmare

29 күн бұрын

​@@scottmcshannon6821Veronica fans are less productive workers.

@user-im8mz4lb6d

29 күн бұрын

Bosses will stalk employees’ social media….but to your point, they may argue that her social media is affecting her productivity, or she posted from company equipment on company time, blah blah blah. Freedom of speech is not unlimited.

@lanceknightmare

28 күн бұрын

@@scottmcshannon6821 Based on the Veronica videos I have seen. She completes all assigned work. Then treat the rest of the time as me time.

@scottmcshannon6821

28 күн бұрын

@@lanceknightmare yeah, many companies hate that. i know when i worked in IS we blocked access to social media for 99% of employees. hors worked is easy to measure and has long been what is used. for remote workers hours worked is totally useless because it is so easy to fake. they need to pay, at least remote workers, by the amount of work you get done. of course if you get a really difficult task and fail to accomplish it, do you not get paid?

It's the stuttering of the manager for me!!😂😂😂😂

@ChuckvdL

25 күн бұрын

We uh they Not so much a stutter as an accidental speaking of truth rapidly truncated and replaced with something less revealing.

@priscillamoore5736

14 күн бұрын

​@@ChuckvdL~ Yeah, that "backpedaling" is *great* !!

@UnitedAfrica-uw9ct

13 күн бұрын

it is not easy being a manager , when there's a Veronica in your ranks...lol

"Veronica! Why on earth do you refuse to be the abject coward that I am?" Turned up at an HR disciplinary hearing a lot of years ago. Allowed to have a companion to help me. The companion was a lawyer. You wouldn't believe how quickly that hearing moved into reverse - they really should have been fitted with beepers.

@mskay7817

18 күн бұрын

😂

@jackwaycombe

18 күн бұрын

@@mskay7817 The downside to that episode was that it cost me rather more than I could afford. The upside was I never had to do it again.

@mskay7817

18 күн бұрын

@@jackwaycombe dang

@Treasurerose11

14 күн бұрын

Good for you!!

@jackwaycombe

14 күн бұрын

@@Treasurerose11 One of the main things I learned over half a dozen careers is that bad management isn't simply ineffective in a business sense. For some reason they almost always considers themselves fireproof. And they're always wrong. Apart from anything else, if they're middle-management they never grasp that - despite their pathetic ass-kissing - the top floor will throw them under a bus as readily as they will any other employee.

Hahahahahahahaha...."if you want to throw HR under the bus"...hahahahahahahaha!

@gamingnerdgirlz

27 күн бұрын

Yep. It was gold. 🎉

@ChellBaker

25 күн бұрын

Yep 👍🏿 lol 😆

@nemo4evr

23 күн бұрын

HR is NOT and has never been there to support the employees, THEY ARE MOT YOUR FRIENDS ! They are paid shills by the company, do not talk to them unless you have your lawyer with you.

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

I just wish you'd show the rest of the clip where he was fired shortly afterwards and escorted out of the building by security

@emmanuels.6669

4 күн бұрын

@@TheTonyEd Ah certainly, fire them after privacy was violated, and threats were made. Now the lawyer's DEFINITELY getting involved. Cause I guarantee you Veronica started recording the conversation 20 seconds in.

The real change in Corporate America--where companies stopped rewarding hard workers with raises and promotions, and stopped valuing merit and productivity and seeing those traits as a threat and liability--happened at EXACTLY the same time when they changed the name of the Personnel Department to the "Human Resources" Department. They stopped viewing their employees as Persons (with loyalty initiative creativity, and feelings), and started seeing them as "resources" (like toner cartridges or desks...)

@TheGreatPresenter

6 күн бұрын

I've always thought that. "We need another resource" not "We need another person".

@crabstick250

4 күн бұрын

Brilliant. Toner and binder clips.

@RayRawwTV

Күн бұрын

Sorry . Didn’t mean to thumbs down your comment 😭

@SimplyInterested

Күн бұрын

This a good point of view.

She’s never named the company in her videos so I don’t see why they would need to talk to her. 🤷‍♂️

@tmf866

28 күн бұрын

Or, for that matter, herself. We don't know that her real name is Veronica or that she really works in an office. We don't, in fact, know that she is a she. It could be a guy named "Biff" who pumps gas.

@sherlockwho5714

20 күн бұрын

Exactly I wouldn't care personally especially as nobody can identify them. The racists who got fired were because they got identified and the company made the decision not to be affiliated with them. My company required a covid vaccine and the union agreed. People left and some whined but it was common sense for an office that didn't want to have people out sick over it

@mcgalen

17 күн бұрын

if they ever fire her though - she would be free to name them. They are worried about a social media backlash from "Veronica's" followers.

@priscillamoore5736

14 күн бұрын

@ThatGuy182545 ~ Veronika has mentioned that these vids are based on experiences she's had with different employers. (I think she said she had been in call centers (?) for 6 years,)

@jeepliving1

14 күн бұрын

@@priscillamoore5736 Why would a call center feel the need to abuse its employees? I thought they were all about service. Bwaahahahahahaha!

I work for a Fortune 500 and they have a ARMY of people monotoring social media looking out for employees that "Get out of line".

@stickyfox

29 күн бұрын

When working for a F500 I and all my coworkers kept all the supervisors in the company blocked on facebook. Just in case. Social media isn't a thing on the internet. It's the part of your real life that intersects with the internet. You don't owe it to work to change or forget who you are.

@gokuvegeta7770

29 күн бұрын

if its off the clock and is not doing anything agaist the company the company should mind their business

@Suitsyn

28 күн бұрын

lol let me know how that works for you

@gokuvegeta7770

21 күн бұрын

@@Suitsyn so far so hood

@priscillamoore5736

14 күн бұрын

@seththomas9105 ~ Wow.

HR can be an improvement over an uncontrolled manager but they are always a company’s first line of legal defense.

Sadly my attorney said " you're an at will employee and they can fire you without any explanation. Just like you have the right to quit at will." The attorney went on to say it's most likely company politics and you'll never get an explanation." Better to be self employed.

@darwinjina

29 күн бұрын

at my agency, when I hear the 'at will' employee, it is used to refer to executives. Normal employees have more options with HR.

@Exis247

29 күн бұрын

That may be so but you can still sue them if you can prove that the only reason they fired you was for your speech.

@Bannor21

29 күн бұрын

A company can't fire someone for a discriminatory reason... For example because of their race, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation. I'm pretty sure they can fire someone for their speech though. The first amendment doesn't apply to private businesses, only to the government. So, like when people get fired because of viral Karen videos for example... That would be getting fired for speech. If an employer found out an employee was posting a bunch of pro-Nazi stuff on social media, I think someone could be fired for that. Free speech does not mean free from the consequences of said speech. Just means that the government can't outlaw it.

@realpropertymangement7640

29 күн бұрын

​@@Exis247Sure, you can spend the time and money to sue. And you'll never recoup either. Infringement of speech/expression doesn't apply to a private entity.

@Selgeron

29 күн бұрын

@@Exis247 you cannot, your 'Right to Free Speech' is only protected from government action. You could sue the government if they put you in jail for your speech, or you were given a fine for your speech or something to that extent. But a private employer can just say 'I don't like what you say' and fire you for that reason and it is 100% legal. You can be fired for political opinions, having a bad haircut or really many other reasons, as long as it's not race/gender/medical/military/. All the talk on the internet of 'Oh that employer better watch out you have to call a lawyer and get a big payday' is just useless power fantasy. That's not how the law works. There are very few worker protection laws in the USA and until those laws are changed or added to, then employers have the upper hand. Now, you might be able to (especially if you are a person with very sought after skills) get a job with a special contract that allows you to have certain rights, which could be legally binding, but I think the vast majority of people will not have that.

🤣🤣🤣she couldn't bring herself to ask if Veronica has a second.

@giftij

28 күн бұрын

😂😂😂that!

free speach protects us from government censorship, not corporate censorship.

@geek49203

13 күн бұрын

Bingo. Number one rule of being an employee -- don't embarrass your employer. Doing so will get you fired every time.

@fumoffu_l

13 күн бұрын

Employment contracts go both ways. If you're fired for breaking a rule, and you can prove that rule was not broken, that's wrongful termination. It's not hard to record conversations and emails. My uncle was fired from a job for violating non-compete. He lawyered up and a judge determined that it was not in violation of non-compete, and he was awarded 1 year salary and his full severance package. It is illegal for a company to tell you what you can or cannot do in your free time outside of it being explicitly mentioned in your employment contract. And even those are limited to what they can and cannot control. Social media rules can be something like, "Don't mention the company in your posts, or use company devices." To threaten you with firing or other issue at work. That's a pretty cut and dry harassment case; and again, it's not hard to record conversations and emails. Sure, the first amendment right argument isn't valid, but everything else is. The point is that work doesn't have the right to dictate your freedom when you're not at work. And frankly they don't have that right when you're at work either.

@thefishingpol

9 күн бұрын

Ahhh that's what corporate wants you to believe. You DO HAVE rights, but they don't want you to know that

@deenine

5 күн бұрын

@@thefishingpol No, they are correct. The First Amendment has nothing to do with protecting your speech from private companies.

@reddog19d

Күн бұрын

Correct. A private employer has every right to expect an employee to behave according to company guidelines. You absolutely have the right to free speech but you also have the priviledge of suffering the consequences of that same free speech when it crosses a line.

Veronica is my hero!

@CompoundCali

Ай бұрын

She’s all of our heros

@BrandiMattison

29 күн бұрын

Agreed! She rocks!

@ladyteemoo1477

27 күн бұрын

@therealveronika

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

I wish I could show the rest of the clip instead of cutting it off where he was fired shortly afterwards and escorted out of the building by security

@brelshar4968

19 күн бұрын

@@TheTonyEd Get over it.

But ... but ... but . I'm your MANAGER. I'm GOD and you are a little peasant who must bow and scrape when I walk past ... The power trip of every newly-promoted supervisor

my youtube feed is full of veronica videos for some reason and i'm happy for it

Veronica is savage!!

I feel like this was a conversation that actually happened. Verbatim! 😂

I can’t wait until the algorithm blesses you.

@dracofirex

29 күн бұрын

"Veronica" has been used by so many YT accounts at this point I have no idea who the original poster was.

Veronica has the manger speaking in BUFFERING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 PURE 100❤❤IT🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@hydrangeas_lover

24 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

I wish they would show the rest of the clip where he was fired right after

I don’t even mention any of the companies I work for in my social media… Always have lawyers in your circle

Veronica must have a union job because most jobs in at-will states can fire you for ANYTHING as long as it’s not discrimination against a protected class.

@waytoocoolforme

29 күн бұрын

Wrongful termination can also a very costly battle for the company……and lawyers only need to show intent of wrongful termination to get a huge settlement for clients.

@nembhardandre

29 күн бұрын

​@waytoocoolforme ...rarely will you get a settlement or a lawyer that'll take a wrongful termination case. You're probably thinking of a "back-pay" or compensation case they are different.

@JacqlynCharles

29 күн бұрын

Im From NY. This soundd like its a NY company

@Selgeron

29 күн бұрын

​@@waytoocoolforme the number of wrongful termination court cases that result in a 'huge settlement' for their clients is a tiny minuscule fraction of the ones that result in their clients spending a lot of money for nothing. At best you might get backpay for the time you were fired, but even that is going to very rarely happen. And keep in mind, the whole time you are in that court battle, you will be unemployed- and if you are in the process of suing your employer, or sued your employer in the past it WILL come up in a background check and will be a major red flag for hiring in the future. In the USA our laws protect very very few workers rights, and until those laws are changed there is very little that we can do from a legal standpoint. But then look at our politicians and look at the voting base. Our laws aren't getting any better any time soon.

@interestedbystander196

29 күн бұрын

Well Veronica is female _and_ Latina, so she's covered there...

It's really amazing how some companies think they own employees body and soul.

@TTnoyb

24 күн бұрын

true

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

I truly wish they'd show the rest of the clip where she was fired shortly afterwards and escorted out of the building by security

Poor Veronica is going to get fired. They are starting a paper trail on her.

Try this in the real world however, and they will find a way to fire you, and black list you if used as a reference. But, it would be sooooo nice!!!!

@tmf866

28 күн бұрын

1. Scare them badly enough and they will be afraid to fire you, because they know that you know your rights and you'll fight back. If you are generally a good employee and they merely wanted to threaten you to make you compliant, they will probably think it's easier to just make sure you don't get promoted and keep you than to let you go and risk you getting angry about it. 2. Never, ever use a former employer as a reference. Even if you think they are going to be good, they may stab you in the back or blindly say something that makes you sound bad. Always get someone you worked with there who likes you to act as a peer reference. Far more predictable, and they're not likely to do the things that will scare away an employer.

Don’t start none, won’t be none. Lol!

@hydrangeas_lover

24 күн бұрын

Period.

None of these vids have ever mentioned WHERE she works.

@silverhammer7779

29 күн бұрын

Does it really matter? These days, just about all companies are like that.

@ekibirigeable

29 күн бұрын

Does it really matter? She's just doing a general representation of the soul-sucking US corporate culture

@dragonwood4562

29 күн бұрын

I'm assuming you were referring to the part in the video where the manager said she's putting the company in a bad light. Which, how could she be if she never mentioned where she works. In which case, great point.

@JAT922

29 күн бұрын

Its a cartoon

@black1917

29 күн бұрын

@@silverhammer7779For legal purposes yes. If they want to do anything to her about it, they have to prove she blasting the company specifically. Which they can’t.

There are a few people on the planet who never lose arguments. Gate Agents, Umpires and HR people.

@swatbwana

Ай бұрын

lol HR loses arguments all the time it's called case law lol ...

@BronzeDragon133

Ай бұрын

Just make sure you have your phone on record in your pocket--even if it's not necessarily legal in your state. They really don't like knowing you have a personal record.

@user-dg5zf4it8c

Ай бұрын

California's Labor Board wins arguments and the loser is HR.

@TheMusicalElitist

Ай бұрын

@@swatbwanaProof?

@TheMusicalElitist

Ай бұрын

@@user-dg5zf4it8cLol, no it isn’t. And you know that, gammon.

Or, as I call my HR rep, "Hot and Ready." He's amused by that.

My father told me that my grandfather kept a negative file on every employee, so he would always have good reason to fire anyone he needed too.

Manager should have never given a heads up. Should have just let HR take care of a situation like this. If this was just a scare tactic from the manager then it obviously failed and Veronica should contact HR herself. And depending on what state she lives in or what she signed when she got hired, she can definitely be fired for social media presence that harms the company.

@silverhammer7779

29 күн бұрын

And then file suit for wrongful termination and let a court or an arbitrator decide if and how Veronica's media presence "harms the company" and to what, if any, extent.

@TwitchyHarp

29 күн бұрын

​@silverhammer7779 depends on the state. At will states (every state besides montana) can fire you for any reason (except an illegal one, or for no reason). You, just as well as I, means you could get fired for dang near anything. You could spin up a wrongful termination, but that's a huge financial burden on the filer.

@Simsane

29 күн бұрын

​@@TwitchyHarp unfortunately that's very true.

@black1917

29 күн бұрын

@@TwitchyHarpIts already illegal to fire someone for informing others of their rights. In fact, it’s one of the big no-no’s the triggers an investigation into the company.

@black1917

29 күн бұрын

If they fire her for the videos, it’s an easy lawsuit. Telling people their rights, in any way, does not hurt a company in any way the law considers legal.

At 1.01 Veronica is stating that HR or her boss is trying to infringe her right to free speech. But the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law…….abridging the freedom of speech…” (and this also includes state, county or municipal legislatures) it merely protects a person’s freedom of speech from any sanction by any organ of the state. The idea that it protect one’s freedom from sanction by any private organisation is not true. If one expresses views which are unacceptable to a private organisation or is deemed to bring that organisation into disrepute (eg expressing anti-Semitic views or pro-abortion views) one can be sanctioned or dismissed. The First Amendment does not give one all encompassing freedom of speech. Veronica’s threats of legal action are actually a bluff.

@michaelallen1432

18 күн бұрын

Very true. Her only argument that might protect her is that she is engaging in protected labor organizing activities. Especially of they are dumb enough to say thst people from work are reading it and therefore its disruptive. At the point where shes encourgaing peope at work to stick up for their rights, it starts getting into thst. Its still kinda sjetchy and i wouldnr wNt to be un the position of having to rely on that to defend myself. But theres probably some meat there. But it might make somone back off. And depending on the situation, it might make somone bavk down. But more likely they would just find a different way to fire her.

Fun fact: *FREEDOM of SPEECH* applies to the Government... Not Private companies

@CidVeldoril

3 күн бұрын

That depends on the country. In Germany for example it was ruled that for freedom of speech to mean anything, any body with power over you, including your employer, can not be allowed to infringe upon it.

Usually Veronica is on point but this time she made a mistake. A company cannot violate your first amendment rights. They can violate labor laws, they can be guilty of discrimination, retaliation is also illegal but not your 1st amendment rights. Your first amendment rights can only be violated by the government. Your employer can tell you what you can or can't post on social media and you are under no legal obligation to do what they say. This can get you fired and you might possibly have a wrongful to termination lawsuit but not a 1 amendment lawsuit.

@bregenoranthoran1820

28 күн бұрын

The first Amendment and other's we refer to as "rights" are not given to us by the Constitution, the Constitution lays out that the government legally cannot violate those rights and has an obligation to protect them. The rights exist separate from the government and so other entities can still violate them. Referring to those rights by the amendment that outlines what they are is just a shorter way of stating them. Free speech for example can be misconstrued in its meaning while saying First Amendment is more precise. As you've stated violating Rights can lead to consequences for non-governmental entities as the government has an obligation to protect those rights. Because of this I do not see Veronica as being wrong in the way you seem to infer.

@thisfool89

28 күн бұрын

@@bregenoranthoran1820 the first amendment only protects your speech from the government, there for a business can't violate your free speech rights. For example I can cuss at and call a police officer derogatory names and aside of running a foul of disturbing the peace laws I can't be arrested or fined for cussing at and calling that police officer names . On the other hand business have code of conduct policies and cussing at and calling a coworker derogatory names absolutely can get me fired from that work place and it is in no way a violation of my first amendment rights. Like wise I can post and say what ever I want on social media and not have any fear of being arrested (with a few exceptions) but the social media platform is well with in their right ban me from their platform for conduct they consider unacceptable and that is not a violation of my first amendment rights, also my employer can decide they no longer want to employ mee based on my social media conduct and that again is not a violation of my first amendment rights. So yes in these scenario where her employer is asking her to delete her post there is no first amendment violation and Veronica threatening to sue over it is wrong.

@werefrogofassyria6609

27 күн бұрын

@@thisfool89 Actually, if Veronica's social media is about worker's rights or discussions that are protected speech of workers (forming a union for example), then it could fall into it. Also, Veronica states she's not violating company social media policy, which means the company has a policy and as such is bound to that policy. The company can change the policy, but as of now, Veronica hasn't violated it. The manager is actually wrong here. Veronica is also wrong in that freedom of speech doesn't apply to private companies. She's making the wrong argument.

@thisfool89

27 күн бұрын

@@werefrogofassyria6609 ok bud your last paragraph is my entire point.

@canucanoe2861

26 күн бұрын

@@bregenoranthoran1820 Veronica can not be forced to curb her speech online, but if her boss doesn't like her content, he can fire her unless she has a contract laying out restrictions to online content that she has violated.

Sounds like the only person who has a problem with it is the boss.

Lmao "social media presence" 😂😂😂😂

I ran for congress and I have many views that don’t align with the programs my company supports. I was very blunt on my stance in certain areas. Of course, I made my profession known in my campaign, but I never mentioned my employers by name. I never received so much as a call from HR or upper management. I enjoy my career and enjoy going to work. I am very proud to be working for my employer and thankful for the opportunities they give me. I am so thankful for the mutual respect we showed each other even though some ideas didn’t align.

100 % thought Veronica was going to pull out a third hand for number 3.

HR will throw the manager under the bus and back up if they are contacted by her lawyer😂😂😂

When HR wants to see you they’re never going to tell you what it’s about until they already did their dirt.

First rule of thumb, HR is not your friend. I got chewed out by my manager/HR for not writing my birthday down on a sheet of paper she passed around during a staff meeting. She acted like it was her right to know why I refused to give consent. I told her my reasons were personal, and therefore none of her business. She told me "just so you know, I do all the payroll and have access to that information, so I know it's next week." I told her "just so you know, this conversation should have ended the moment I said I didn't want my employer imposing themselves in my personal life, and I'd appreciate it if you'd respect my boundaries." It blows my mind how managers get that little bit of power and think it makes them the ruler of every aspect of their subordinates' lives.

It’s so weird that people don’t understand that their social media presence can in fact impact their employment status.

I love Veronica! She’s my hero. ❤

Bring your lawyer to the meeting Veronica

Free speech only applies to government regulation. A lawyer wouldn't really do anything in this scenario as free speech laws do not really apply to a private business unless it violates a very specific labor law.

boss got busted

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

Actually no private company has to respect anyone's right to the freedom of speech. I would stay with you the rest of the video where she was fired and escorted out of the building by security

If this person lived in an "At will" state, she's be gone immediately - no reason given. No reason needed. End of discussion. End of job.

Unless you are a government employee, you have no freedom of speech that can be infringed upon by your employer

Fight the power. HR can suck it!

@mrimmortal1579

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, suck it HR! Wait, what? What do you mean by “Yay, one less check to sign”?!?

Idk why, but the pointy elbows are so funny to me. Especially when Veronice rests her arms on the chair......So random Ik, but I love these videos. I love how Veronica shut the conversation down with words.

Yes Veronica🌹🌹🌹🌹we have a right to free speech ❤❤❤❤❤

@thescott7539

29 күн бұрын

Yes, but that right has nothing to to with private businesses and your job. Freedom of Speech means you can't be imprisoned by the government for your speech. But you can most certainly be fired for it.

@vanessapatterson3129

29 күн бұрын

As an HR student in Canada, I have seen social media stop some from getting an interview 😮 Some companies have new hires sign a 1-3 page policy on internet use & social media practices 😵‍💫

@redink71

29 күн бұрын

@@vanessapatterson3129 Yeah but canada...lol is not really a free country anymore since 2020. So...there is that.

@tmf866

28 күн бұрын

You do not, in fact, have a right to say anything you like and *stay employed*. An employer can definitely fire you for using your free speech. Your "right to free speech" only means "the government can't put a gun to your head and tell you that you're not allowed to say that" - literally nobody else can violate that right. The moment anyone starts screaming "free speech!" for anything else, I know they don't know what they're talking about. An employer has certain limits of what speech they're allowed to fire you for, but generally if you go around saying "My favorite color is blue" they are allowed to fire you and say that because their logo is green they feel you are telling people that their logo isn't beautiful. If an employer decides that your "free speech" isn't pleasing to them and fires you, they are not violating your rights. You still have every right to say what you want and go work for someone else who doesn't mind it. Veronica would have a much better argument to say that courts have found that an employee has the legal right to tell others what their rights are, and she didn't even mention what her real name is, what she really does for work, her actual gender, or where she works (we don't know that she is a woman named Veronica that does office work, she could be a guy named Ralph who is a mechanic and has a woman who does voice acting for him for the videos), so if they let her go that would probably be illegal retaliation against her for lawfully telling others about their rights.

'We definitely want you to shut the @$&% up, we just don't want to SOUND like we're telling you to shut up.' Rock on, Veronica! Your word is Word.

Problem is, a company can, and will, fire someone for their personal Social Media posts. It's not illegal, not "Wrongful Termination," none of that.

These videos are brilliant!! The character of Veronica is perfection! 👏👏👏👏👍

@_abracadabra

29 күн бұрын

Apparently Veronica is based on a real person. Look up "Customer Service Academy."

It's really amazing how so few people understand the right to free speech.

UNIONS FOR ALL AMERICANS

Moist of these are really absurd since in America you'll be almost immediately dismissed for refusing work, or having an attitude with/being dismissive to a boss

Social media has really tainted the work place and not for good. I read an article saying you don't stop being an employee after your shift ends and questionable behavior can hurt the company based on what you post on social media. Well if they expect me to represent the company 24/7 i should be paid 24/7. If i do legal thing regardless of how it's viewed it shouldn't be the company's business. Even if i binge drink or something and I'm acting legally they should stay out of it. The mentality of when will this start effecting your work shouldn't be a factor. Thats like saying well you are going to die one day and leave us hanging so we shouldn't hire you. Companies have termination policies in place. If you make a bad decision you can just terminate and move on. Don't hire based on the fact this may not work out years down the road.

@waltblackadar4690

23 күн бұрын

This isn't a social media thing. Companies could ALWAYS do this. If they saw you marching for Civil Rights you could get fired. If you participated in an anti Vietnam war demonstration you could get fired. No nukes rally? FIRED! Of course, it works the other way too. White power march? FIRED. Social media has just made it easier for (1) People to express their opinions (or act like idiots) and (2) For the entire world, their employer included, to see those opinions (or actions). Freedom of Speech does not equal Freedom from Responsibility.

Wanda is all of us if we were allowed to say and do what we really feel. I love her.

@mrpj1390

8 сағат бұрын

You mean......Veronica?

How to get fired 101. (thats not how freedom of speech works, your work is not the govmt and can infringe all they want)

Yo! Where are these sound bites coming from? They are hilarious!

@chanelle4286

29 күн бұрын

Tiktok

@VillageWisewoman

28 күн бұрын

instagram.com/reel/C72hA9by31j/?igsh=bmxyZ2tsbTNpdGV3 @therealveronika on ig and tiktok

I ain't scared of Veronica or her attitude. 😂

Can I just go ahead and say it? VERONICA FOR PRESIDENT!!

LOL LOL. This is a great series!

@cbesanimation

9 күн бұрын

@@kevinknecht ❤️❤️

"We....they..." Hummadehummadehummade.

I need a Veronica at my job 🤣🤣🤣💯

I'm not a lawyer, but the First Amendment WOULD NOT APPLY HERE. America's right to free speech is a defense against the U.S. government censoring or retaliating against you - it has nothing to do with what private corporations may or may not do with regard to your speech.

@technomancermagus8357

22 күн бұрын

I cringe anytime people say "my free speech rights!" when talking about non-govt related things.

@Temulon

9 күн бұрын

@@technomancermagus8357 I agree. If you could say anything you wanted to anyone about anything, why are there laws against slander?

I love these!

A company cannot "infringe" on a person's free speech rights. "Infringe" is mentioned in the US First Amendment, which deals with government restrictions on free speech.

the average lawyer will not even talk to you seriously without first securing a 10k retainer so good luck with that

@Temulon

9 күн бұрын

My Cousin Vinny would.

Her "Lawyer" is going to tell Veronica that, yes, your employer can fire you because of your "Free Speech". The First Amendment protects you from the government's actions. Your employer can fire you at will because of online statements.

Veronica overlooks the most important lesson. She will never get promoted.

@tmf866

28 күн бұрын

Maybe she doesn't care. Maybe she knows that a person is far more likely to get promoted by getting a higher level job somewhere else and changing jobs than by applying for a promotion at their current employer.

@frankiedean7215

27 күн бұрын

Well, if she never gets promoted she can move on. The important thing is to stand up for yourself and know what YOUR rights are as an employee. I wish they had veronika when I was in the workforce.

That "So" at the end was so personal, I LOVE IT

@TheTonyEd

21 күн бұрын

I wish I would show the rest of the clip where she was fired

so very , very true with big companies......

We need to hear this ❤

HR is always on vacation

I would dearly love it if people really understood where free speech applies and where it does not.

Good luck not getting fired. I had my HR call me about my beliefs.

@user-wh5ir4fo4r

28 күн бұрын

I don't like that you're right about that. And I'm sorry they felt like they could tell you how to believe. Control freaks.

Get em girl! Make sure to send a follow up email

They can't do nothing with Veronica 😂😂

@redink71

29 күн бұрын

but get rid of here. When they get tired of here crap all the time. P: Veronika, what time is it? V: You don't have no watch? P: No I.... V: Well go get a watch, Its not my job to give you the time! Every single time for every little thing veronika is a PITA.

Thanks!

I have worked with a Veronica. Thank God for them.

@cbesanimation

11 күн бұрын

@@davidbryant4664 😂😂

An actual company wouldn't bother setting up a meeting with HR, or even mention anything about the online presence of the employee. She'd just find herself being "laid off", permanently.

This is not a free speech issue. Free speech is a government thing, not a private employment thing.

This isn't an attack. 🙄 Great videos! Exactly how many of these jobs operate

It's unfortunate - without hands - I wouldn't be able to give the boss lady the finger as I exit the building.

"Free speech" doesn't mean what she thinks it means.

And the crowd rejoiced!!! 🎉🥳 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

“We” turns to “they” quite a few times on the manager’s side.

They (corporate) are trying to silence you. They don't like employees knowing their rights.

As a current supervisor, I can honestly say that every office needs a Veronica around. Employees are treated like cattle the higher up the business food chain you go, and an informed employee can be a powerful thing for your team.

Go girl! We LUV YOUR videos! Keep posting girl!

Free speech does not enter into an employer employee relationship. Free speech means that the government can't take actions against you for your speech. If you say something on social media your employer doesn't like they have every right to terminate the relationship.

All Veronica needs in her animation is a cape. She is the hero we all need to fight against our employers. LOL.

I just love these videos!

How would HR even know? I have never seen anything identifiable to a specific company or person, as far as I know even the Veronica name is fictitious, the characters are stick figures. I just want to know what paranoid manager sees these videos and then asks the employee if this is them?

@tmf866

28 күн бұрын

I've filled out job applications that demand to know what all your social media account names are, and you'd better have some because if not they will say you're lying and not hire you. (So I give them the name of one of my accounts where almost everything is private, so you can see I'm there, but only friends can see what I say.)

@Thomas63r2

28 күн бұрын

@@tmf866 Who knows, maybe Veronica can make something on this. I haven't had any employers ask me for my social media presence/account names. They have let me know that if something should come up they would investigate for any mentions of who I worked for or mentions of other employees and that could become grounds for dismissal. Fine by me, never talk about them, no problems.

As soon as Veronica mentioned her attorney I could almost hear her manager farting in her pants as she almost lost her shit.

Hahaha Hahaha you should al😂think before confrontational talks with Veronica 😅