Omaha man ‘liked’ a tweet, then lost his job
The meat of the story is that Omaha man worked for Marriott hotels on customer support. Their support system allows their agents to like tweets.<p>The man appears to have inadvertently clicked like on a tweet while dealing with a large influx of support messages (due to a promo going on) thanking Marriott for listing Tibet as its own country which was a huge no-no due to Mariott&#x27;s presence in China. Execs fire him as a part of their &quot;sorry China&quot; grovelling.<p>My kneejerk is to believe fired man. I&#x27;ve clicked like on things by accident browsing regular Twitter, never mind a support system designed to skim through hundreds of requests. Unfortunately belief isn&#x27;t going to restore the job, this is another lesson for the pile that companies will axe employees over fixing (heck, explaining) a problem with the system. It&#x27;s the cheapest option.<p>If liking a tweet will infuriate the largest (by population) country in the world, maybe $14&#x2F;hr support agents shouldn&#x27;t be able to one-click like tweets.<p>Another question does occur - if it&#x27;s such a big deal for them, why is&#x2F;was Tibet listed as its own country in their system that prompted the liked tweet in the first place?