We’re sure this worker thought he was exercising his free speech when he posted the e-mail address of the Chrysler CEO on the Internet. Just the same, Chrysler exercised its free speech when it told him, “You’re fired.”
Before posting the address, Rob Diel thought Chrysler was going to fire him anyway. The automaker had announced its plans to outsource several hundred IT jobs.
But what Diel ended up doing got him fired a month earlier than he expected.
Diel made several posts on the Internet under the name “Chryslerworker,” including, “Boycott Chrysler … E-mail (CEO Bob) Nardelli and tell him what a great job he’s doing.”
In one post to the Detroit Free Press Web site, he included Nardelli’s Chrysler e-mail address.
So the company fired him – typical when an employee discloses internal company information.
But Diel says he was surprised his contract ended early. (He expected they’d be happy about this?)
