Apple reportedly fires employee for negative Facebook post
Found on CNet News on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
This dour notion comes to me on hearing of a labor tribunal in the United Kingdom. It reportedly upheld Apple's right to fire an employee for saying something not entirely flattering about the company on his private Facebook page.
Apple reportedly has strict rules about posting any negative comments on any social media sites in order to protect its commercial reputation. So the company fired Crisp for gross misconduct, according to the report.
Quite a reputation Apple builds up with this. Bad products cause bad comments; and Apple seems to be scared. Apple may be able to bully and censor its employees, but it won't stop people from realizing that others build better products.