Current Events > Marriott Hotels Fires Social Media Manager over Tibet Tweet

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Per a report in the Wall Street Journal, hospitality chain Marriott International Inc. fired 49-year-old Roy Jones after he liked a tweet praising the chain for listing Tibet as a country, rather than part of China, in an online survey.

Marriott said the country listing was a mistake, while Jones said the errant fave was also a mistake. But as the Journal reported, Marriott not only fired Jones rather than reprimanding or otherwise punishing him, but issued a statement stressing its agreement with the Chinese governments view on the Tibetan separatist movement:

I was completely unaware of what was going on, Mr. Jones said by phone from Omaha, Neb., where he worked at Marriotts customer-engagement center. We were never trained in any of the social graces when it came to dealing with China.

Craig Smith, head of Asia-Pacific for Marriott, said in a separate statement, We made a few mistakes in China earlier this year that suggested some associates did not understand or take seriously enough the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. Those incidents were mistakes and in no way representative of our views as a company.

Read more here:
https://gizmodo.com/after-china-got-mad-marriott-fired-a-social-media-mana-1823500225

Amazing that companies are bending over backwards to appeal to China.

Fuck china, such a piece-of-shit country.
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Terrible reason for firing someone.
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If you're a free thinking, employed person its probably best to stay off social media, period.

so he only liked a tweet that was sent out by mistake and he got fired?

i hope he sues them for everything.

never staying at a shitty marriott again
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america is a bigger wetter piece of shit tho
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Tibet is part of China though and that's how it should be.
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E32005 posted...

i hope he sues them for everything.

Sue them for what? Employers can fire you over anything, just like how you can quit over anything. If they withhold his benefits though, that's worthy of suing.

Thatuser posted...

If you're a free thinking, employed person its probably best to stay off social media, period.

Yeah but what if it's your job? Lol
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IdiotMachine posted...

Amazing that companies are bending over backwards to appeal to China.

Not really.

They have money.

Who would you bend over backwards for? Your boss or Bill the smelly tramp down the street?
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Thatuser posted...

If you're a free thinking, employed person its probably best to stay off social media, period.

Yeah but what if it's your job? Lol

Better tow the company line or risk getting shit canned. In this case the guy liked a tweet the fucking company made, so damned if you and damned if you don't.

UnfairRepresent posted...

IdiotMachine posted...

Amazing that companies are bending over backwards to appeal to China.

Not really.

They have money.

Who would you bend over backwards for? Your boss or Bill the smelly tramp down the street?

Neither, because principles.
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IdiotMachine posted...

E32005 posted...

i hope he sues them for everything.

Sue them for what? Employers can fire you over anything, just like how you can quit over anything. If they withhold his benefits though, that's worthy of suing.

i know. but its bullshit if thats the way it went down.
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It's got to be awesome to be retired. You can say anything you want to on social media without worry
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Behaviorism posted...

It's got to be awesome to be retired. You can say anything you want to on social media without worry

SJWs will ruin your life with death threats.

Jones (who was making just $14 an hour)

what's he supposed to do now? starve?

fuck marriott, fuck china

FREE TIBET
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uwnim posted...

Neither, because principles.

america says fuck principles when they bombed a hospital and ally with a country that teaches alt ww2 history, denies their war crimes with the help of america.
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