that guy is obviously a douchebag, and apparently he got fired after HR found out. but is that reasonable grounds for being fired? i mean, the firm's name wasn't mentioned and what he does in his private life should be none of the firm's business. if that happened to me i think i would sue the bank or something.
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you are an at-will employee. you may be fired for any or no reason whatsoever, as long as its not based on race, sex, religion, etc. you would have no grounds to sue.
I suspect you are not a lawyer; there are always grounds to sue. I bet this guy could make a case if he really wanted to even though he would subsequently lose.
Particularly if you are working in the state of New York, it is EXTREMELY rare to find legitimate grounds to sue (as in, the kind that won't get immediately thrown out in court) for the termination of at-will employment.
thank you, that was my impression. i dont think i need to be a lawyer to have a basic grasp of the concept.
i thought the video was hilarious. the dude thinks he's hot st, which is ridiculously funny since he's a little analyst (like myself) "banking" all of 60K. rolling with yo top down, arm candy on one side, models and bottles on the other. if i was his boss i'd give him st about it for the rest of his life, but probably wouldn't cut him loose. unless they just thought the clients might recognize the dude from the video, which i guess could leave a bad taste in their mouths.
I would be so excited to get to the office and fire that guy if he worked for me. I'd even try to bring along the camera crew to watch him pack up his cube. How's he going to pay the credit card bill for that porsche rental now?
You only really have grounds to sue if it's formal discrimination, e.g. firing you because of gender/religion/ethnicity etc.
Would they use a video like that alone to fire someone? No, probably not. But once they have that video, they can dig up plenty of other reasons to fire you and use those when the real reason is the video.
Aside from the fact that you can be fired for just about anything, the company can EASILY say that during the interview of XXXX we asked him why he wanted to do investment banking and he said YYYY, not "models and bottles". We don't want employees here who are working here for simply "models and bottles", which is why we fired him. Also, he clearly lied to us during the interview process...
Fire up Lexis/Nexus or whatever news search service you use now, and look up Philip G. Potter, who once worked at Morgan Stanley.
Here is Philip's NYT profile that got him fired:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DB103FF93AA25753C1…
That's a great example showing the importance of using discretion. Douchebaggery doesn't get your very far.
"He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will com to ruin."
Wow.
What's wrong withat that profile? He spends money extravagantly. So what? It's his money to spend. He's free to spend it in any way he sees fit. And if he sees fit to drop $800 on a suit or cellphone or $4k on a TV, so be it.
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