You're a piece of shit if you try to get somebody fired for their off-work behavior.

I ain't the guy who you responded to but I slightly disagree with OP so here's my stance:

All employees are representative to a company, even if to only a certain extent.

It's why it's hard for ex-cons to get a job, rarely does a company want to be the place that hired a murderer that just got out after 25 years in prison. So when something someone said or did that can also be construed as, maybe not endorsement of their actions but either a tolerance or "okayness" to what said person is doing.

Topical example: Though context matters here, if I owned a company I would want to be told if my workers have biases, especially if I work with clients, customers, or if my workers will have bad chemistry. If I found out that an employee of mine is racist, it would be cause to take a look back and see, if any problems have arisen in the past that, with new information, might be seen as his biases getting the better of him. Of course depending on if there is history or not, I'd still personally want to talk to them, either not to fire them but to at least try and, you know, change them?

I would want to know, and they'd certainly be on a tight leash if they held some morally reprehensible ideas. Good employee or not.

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