louisc9999 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) I'm in a league with the CEO of our company. In fact, he (the CEO) 'requested' that IT unblock access to our CBS Sportsline fantasy football site Edited December 16, 2009 by louisc9999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) From what I got, all this guy did was get some PM's about FF. If he wasn't actively using his company computer to play, how can he be fired? Gambling is not illegal. That has caveats attached, but casinos allow peole to gamble legally. For all the company knows, he could have been in a casino when they had their league draft! Doing it on company time or equipment is against policy. Recieving an unsolicited message or email does not mean he was gambling on company time or equipment. So, if you know someone at Fidelity, and want to get him fired, just send him a FF related email? I think, if the info presented is accurate, this guy has a case against the company. If I were him, I would definitely persue that angle. One more thought... what if it's a free league? Edited December 16, 2009 by Rovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 He he, just trying to have a little fun with you......our humor is to much the same......we could do this for days........Take it easy man Perch is gonna be mad you're making moves on his boy-toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dope man Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) hehe Edited December 16, 2009 by dope man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sounds like you've got yourself a date there Timmay... I will love him and I will squeeze him and I will call him George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Fan Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I will love him and I will squeeze him and I will call him George. Excellent Looney Tunes reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 From what I got, all this guy did was get some PM's about FF. If he wasn't actively using his company computer to play, how can he be fired? Gambling is not illegal. That has caveats attached, but casinos allow peole to gamble legally. For all the company knows, he could have been in a casino when they had their league draft! Doing it on company time or equipment is against policy. Recieving an unsolicited message or email does not mean he was gambling on company time or equipment. So, if you know someone at Fidelity, and want to get him fired, just send him a FF related email? I think, if the info presented is accurate, this guy has a case against the company. If I were him, I would definitely persue that angle. One more thought... what if it's a free league? I'm not sure all the details came out in the story. i can only guess based on my experience at a corporate entity. You're right in that you can't get fired for an unsolicited message because then anyone can send messages to employees about pretty much anything inappropriate to get them fired. He would have had to reply. If it was a free league, i don't think he would have been fired. Our company policy does not allow gambling. The amount doesn't matter. So a free league would not be gambling. My guess is that it will be very difficult for this guy to win any kind of a lawsuit. The company has more ammunition than you would think. For example, i'm sure he was going to espn, etc. during the work day. Well, that's using resources unrelated to work. Grounds for termination. If not that, i'm sure there's other things they can ding him for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig devilz Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Dude should a lied and told them it was a Free League..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Dude should a lied and told them it was a Free League..... yup. unless somehow $ was mentioned in one of the IM's. If i had to guess, the league could've been for more, and he might've just said 20 bucks figuring he'd never get fired for that amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I'll try to keep it simple for you next time. Will an umarked white van with a sign of "free ice cream through this hole" be simple enough for you? i won't fall for that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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